Story by Staff Sgt. Seth LaCount | Alaska National Guard | 10.19.2025
The Alaska Organized Militia continues coordinated response operations in support of the State Emergency Operation Center following the 2025 West Coast Storm as the mission focus, pursuant to Governor Dunleavy’s declaration of disaster, shifts from lifesaving to life sustainment and stabilization of communities and survivors....
Story by Dana Rosso | Alaska National Guard | 10.15.2025
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – The State Emergency Operations Center (SEOC), Alaska Organized Militia (AKOM), and multiple state and volunteer agencies continue coordinated response operations following the severe storm that struck Alaska’s West Coast late last week, causing widespread flooding, infrastructure damage, and community displacement across the region....
Story by Dana Rosso | Alaska National Guard | 10.13.2025
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – At the request of the Alaska State Troopers, the Alaska Rescue Coordination Center continues to lead the multi-agency search and rescue operations across storm-impacted communities in Western Alaska....
Story by Sgt. 1st Class Benjamin Crane | Kentucky National Guard Public Affairs Office | 03.14.2023
Around 20 Soldiers from the 75th Troop Command’s, 41st Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support Team (CST), along with Soldiers from CSTs from seven other states’ National Guards, Louisville Metro Police Department (LMPD) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), conducted the one-day exercise in preparation for the Kentucky Derby festivities March 13....
Story by Staff Sgt. Scott Tynes | Joint Force Headquarters - Mississippi National Guard | 09.21.2017
The Mississippi National Guard played a vital role in what has been called the largest marijuana bust in recent memory by Mississippi state law enforcement officers. In August, the MSNG Counterdrug Program assisted state agencies in the location and seizure of more than 20,000 marijuana plants with a street value exceeding $23 million in Jefferson Davis County....
Story by Staff Sgt. Scott Tynes | 102d Public Affairs Detachment | 04.23.2015
Mississippi Army National Guard Soldiers are part of a federal multi-agency task force that has captured nearly 100,000 undocumented immigrants and more than 262,000 pounds of marijuana alone crossing the Arizona border since 2012....
Story by Sgt. 1st Class Jeff Lowry | Indiana National Guard Headquarters | 11.04.2013
The theater shooting in Aurora, Colo. The Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Newtown, Conn. The Boston Marathon bombing. Friday's shooting at the Los Angeles International Airport. All are terrorist acts. All involved first responders. National Guard Airmen and Soldiers are America's military first responders, and its members are sometimes called into action to support civilian......
