OCTOBER 14, 2024 — Over 11,000 National Guard Soldiers and Airmen were actively conducting Hurricane Milton and Hurricane Helene relief missions in the Southeast, helping first responders and victims by air, land and water. Disaster relief operations were centered in the hardest-hit areas of Florida, North Carolina, Georgia and Tennessee. Guard assistance also continued in … [Read more...]

Florida Army National Guard (FLARNG) Soldiers from HHC, 2-124th Infantry Regiment, depart their armory in Orlando, Florida, and head towards Riverview, Florida, to team up with additional assets ahead of Hurricane Milton Oct. 8, 2024. The FLARNG has Soldiers positioned throughout Florida engaged in prestaging efforts to support mission readiness and civilian needs as they … [Read more...]

U.S. Army National Guard Spc. Diamond Espinoza, a water treatment specialist assigned to Alpha Company 169th Divisional Sustainment Support Battalion, pumps water for a local in Mountain City, Tennessee, Oct. 6, 2024. The Tennessee National Guard continues to support the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency and the state, county and local first responders in the areas impacted … [Read more...]

Tennessee Air National Guardsmen dropping debris into an Army truck in Hampton, Tennessee, on Oct. 2, 2024. The Tennessee Air National Guard Civil Engineer Squadron members were activated to assist with recovery efforts after Hurricane Helene hit East Tennessee. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Airman Xaviera Stevens.) OCTOBER 7, 2024 – More than 450 Soldiers and … [Read more...]

OCTOBER 4, 2024 - More than 6,600 National Guard members from a dozen states rescued hundreds of people and cleared roads across the Southeast in the wake of Hurricane Helene. As of Friday, Guardsmen in 17 states are responding to disaster recovery in Alabama, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, Mississippi, North and South Carolina, … [Read more...]