U.S. Air Force Airmen, assigned to the 146th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, California Air National Guard and the 172nd Medical Group, Mississippi Air National Guard, load a 143rd AW C-130 assigned to the Rhode Island Air National Guard with medical equipment during exercise Sentry South 26-2 at the Combat Readiness Training Center Gulfport, Mississippi, Feb. 26, 2026. Sentry South 26-2 is a large force employment exercise focused on major combat operations and joint maritime opportunities in a contested or degraded operational environment. It applies joint and combined warfighting doctrine against realistic and robust enemy integrated threat systems, all while under safe and controlled conditions. (U.S. Air National Guard video by...
During the nationā€™s longest-running government shutdown, the California National Guard was mobilized to support food banks overwhelmed by halted SNAP benefits. Soldiers from the 40th Division Sustainment Brigade worked alongside community partners statewide, helping distribute millions of pounds of food and bringing comfort to families facing food insecurity. Their service not only eased a growing crisis, but also strengthened the bond...
