Story by Master Sgt. Michael Touchette | Montana National Guard Public Affairs Office | 08.29.2025
The Montana Army National Guard (MTARNG) recently completed a high-altitude Search and Rescue (SAR) mission to recover a missing 71-year-old hiker in the Stillwater Plateau region of the Beartooth Mountains....
Story by Warrant Officer Michael Touchette | Montana National Guard Public Affairs Office | 07.24.2025
Lt. Col. Erik D. Oberg, S3/Operations Officer for the 95th Troop Command, Montana Army National Guard, accepted a posthumous award on behalf of Command Sergeant Major William Frank. The recognition, presented by U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM), honored CSM Frank’s distinguished service and unwavering dedication to the success of the multinational exercise...
Story by Sgt. 1st Class Britney Hiatt | Montana National Guard Public Affairs Office | 08.16.2023
More than 100 service members from the U.S. Army Reserves, U.S. Public Health Services, U.S. Air Force, as well as the Montana, New Mexico, and Arizona National Guards, conducted medical operations in support of the 2023 Walking Shield Innovative Readiness Training at the Fort Belknap Reservation, Montana, August 2023....
Story by Sgt. 1st Class Terra Gatti | Virginia National Guard Public Affairs | 08.13.2023
Exercise Regional Cooperation 23, an annual U.S. Central Command-sponsored exercise, is underway in Helena, Montana. The exercise, this year hosted by the Montana National Guard at the Helena Aviation Readiness Center, kicked off Aug. 8, 2023, and brings together military personnel from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and U.S. personnel from across the......
Story by Sgt. Billy Topaz | Montana National Guard Public Affairs Office | 01.20.2023
Billings, Mont. – Starting Friday, the Montana Army National Guard will begin operating helicopters full time from a leased hanger southwest of the Logan International Airport. This Limited Army Aviation Support Facility will manage up to six helicopters, including UH-60 Blackhawks, CH-47 Chinooks, and LUH-72 Lakotas....
Story by Master Sgt. Michael Touchette | Montana National Guard Public Affairs Office | 11.15.2022
Fort Harrison, MONT. – Soldiers of the Montana Army National Guard’s 1-189th General Support Aviation Battalion rescued an injured hunter in the Shoshone National Forest in Wyoming, November 3, 2022....
Story by Master Sgt. Becky Vanshur | Idaho Army National Guard | 10.26.2022
Throughout the days and nights of Oct. 24th through Oct. 26th, 2022, four planes full of National Guard Soldiers arrived at Fort Bliss, Texas, after a yearlong deployment overseas. Leadership from Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon and Florida, shook the hands of more than 1,000 Soldiers to welcome them home upon their arrival. The majority of the Soldiers are from the 116th Cavalry Brigade Combat......
Story by Master Sgt. Michael Touchette | Montana National Guard Public Affairs Office | 10.19.2022
Two Montana National Guard Youth Program volunteers were presented with national-level awards by Maj. Gen. Pete Hronek, the Adjutant General of Montana, at a ceremony held on the Montana State University campus October 19....
