DECEMBER 19, 2024 - National Guard Soldiers and community members gathered at Fort Lesley J. McNair Dec. 13 to celebrate the National Guard’s 388th birthday at the annual National Guard Bureau Fun Run and Ruck. The event, hosted by Army Lt. Gen. Jon Stubbs, 23rd director of the Army National Guard, brought together participants of all ages and fitness levels for a morning of … [Read more...]

Maj. Gen. Michel Natali, assistant adjatent general for the state of New York is joined by Airmen Gabriel Geise, age 18, Master Sgt. Michel Schin, age 59, and Pvt. 1st Class Aliyah Billar, age 17, in cutting the National Guard birthday cake during a ceremony marking the 388th anniversary of the National Guard on Dec. 13, 2024 at New York National Guard headquarters in Latham, … [Read more...]

U.S. Army Honor Guard Soldiers with the New Jersey Army National Guard fold an American flag during the ceremony for U.S. Army Air Forces 2nd Lt. William Scott at the Brigadier General William C. Doyle Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Wrightstown, New Jersey, Dec. 9, 2024. Scott, a navigator on a B-24 Liberator bomber, was killed when his aircraft was shot down during Operation … [Read more...]

Eleven Airmen from the 134th Air Refueling Wing receive the Distinguished Flying Cross on December 7, 2024 at a ceremony on McGhee Tyson Air National Guard Base, Knoxville, Tennessee. The ceremony highlighted the critical role played by these recipients during a coordinated defense effort in response to one of the largest missile and drone attacks in history, when Iran launched … [Read more...]

U.S. service members pose for a group photo after offloading toys on Marine Corps Air Station New River, in Jacksonville, North Carolina, Dec. 3, 2024. The delivery is part of a Toys for Tots delivery supported by Marine Aircraft Group 49 to deliver over 4,000 toys to families affected by Hurricane Helene. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Devaraja … [Read more...]