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Air Force Week in Photos
September 12, 2025 — This week's photos feature Airmen from around the globe involved in activities supporting expeditionary operations and defending America. This weekly feature showcases the men and women of the Air Force. ... MORE

First AFMEDCOM commander departs, continues National Guard, Space Force roles
September 9, 2025 — Maj. Gen. Sean Collins concluded his assignment as the first commander of the Air Force Medical Command following the U.S. Senate’s confirmation of Lt. Gen. John J. DeGoes, U.S. Air Force Surgeon General, and their transfer of authority... MORE

Guard assisting law enforcement in making D.C. safe
August 19, 2025 — National Guardsmen are assisting law enforcement in Washington, providing a visible presence in key public areas and serving as a crime deterrent, after President Donald J. Trump declared a crime emergency in the nation's capital... MORE

Four people wearing camouflage military uniforms walk down the street in front of the U.S. Capitol. There are people in the background, along with trees and a blue sky with white clouds.

National Guard leaders see heroism, partnership in Central Texas
July 21, 2025 — Early on July 4, 2025, almost 30 inches of rain fell within hours across central Texas's Hill Country, surging the Guadalupe River and triggering catastrophic flash flooding. Within hours, Texas National Guardsmen sprang into action... MORE

Air Force Gen. Steve Nordhaus, 30th Chief of the National Guard Bureau, and Senior Enlisted Advisor John Raines, SEA to the CNGB, join Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and Air Force Maj. Gen. Thomas Suelzer, the adjutant general of Texas, for an aerial assessment of flood-affected areas in Central Texas and to visit Guardsmen on duty supporting civil authorities with response efforts, Kerrville, Texas, July 15, 2025.

Air Force Week in Photos
July 11, 2025 — This week's photos feature Airmen from around the globe involved in activities supporting expeditionary operations and defending America. This weekly feature showcases the men and women of the Air Force... MORE

Hegseth arrives at Pentagon, says warfighters are 'Ready to Go'
January 28, 2025 — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said improving lethality, warfighting and readiness are the main lines of effort he will pursue while in office... MORE

A man wearing business attire speaks to the press on the steps of the Pentagon.

DOD orders 1,500 troops, additional assets to southern border
January 23, 2025 — The Defense Department is sending 1,500 active duty service members and additional air and intelligence assets to the southern border to augment troops already conducting enforcement operations in that region, Acting Secretary of Defense Robert Salesses said... MORE

A five-sided building is photographed from above.

Department of Defense assisting in combating So-Cal wildfires
January 10, 2025 — The Defense Department announced it will work to provide additional firefighting personnel and capabilities to California as Los Angeles County continues to be ravaged by a series of out-of-control wildfires... MORE

A military airplane is flying over a lush field will white fire suppressant discharging from the back.

The Guard in 2024: Deployments, hurricanes, wildfires and new leadership
December 30, 2024 — The members of the National Guard took part in many missions during a year that saw continued overseas deployments, domestic response operations, training in large-scale exercises and many other events that kept Guard members busy... MORE

Air Force general assumes role of Chief, National Guard Bureau
October 16, 2024 — Air Force Gen. Steven Nordhaus assumed responsibility as chief of the National Guard Bureau during a ceremony Tuesday at Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall, Virginia... MORE

Navy Adm. Christopher Grady, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, hosts the assumption of responsibility ceremony for the chief of the National Guard Bureau, Joint Base Myer Henderson Hall, Arlington, Virginia, Oct. 15, 2024. Air Force Gen. Steven Nordhaus will serve as the 30th CNGB and a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, succeeding Army Gen. Daniel Hokanson, who retired in August.

Pentagon condemns political violence, details National Guard aid to convention
July 15, 2024 — There is no place in America for the type of violence demonstrated in Pennsylvania over the weekend in which a gunman tried to assassinate former President Donald Trump, Deputy Pentagon Press Secretary Sabrina Singh said on July 15... MORE

five-sided building is photographed from above.

State Partnership Program turns 30: The Department of Defense National Guard State Partnership Program today
July 19, 2023 — On the eve of its 30th anniversary, the Department of Defense National Guard State Partnership Program has matured into thriving security cooperation relationships with 100 nations... MORE

Guard chief plans fitness initiative for Guard, families
February 1, 2023 — The chief of the National Guard Bureau is launching a holistic fitness initiative in March to improve the wellness of National Guard members and their families. The new program highlights two priorities of Army Gen. Daniel Hokanson: readiness and people... MORE

U.S. Army Soldiers in the 1-254th Regional Training Institute's Infantry Advanced Leaders Course 22-02 take part in an Army Combat Fitness Test at the National Guard Training Center in Sea Girt, New Jersey, March 23, 2022. Forty-three Active-Duty, Reserve, and National Guard Soldiers attended the course, which focused on skills to lead squad- and platoon-sized units.

Leaders detail future of National Guard
January 25, 2023 — The National Guard remains an integral part of U.S. military might, and it's changing to remain effective for the future, Chief of the National Guard Bureau Army Gen. Daniel R. Hokanson said... MORE

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National Guard’s global reach, capabilities support National Defense Strategy
December 12, 2022 — What the National Guard brings to the global stage directly contributes to significant pieces of the 2022 National Defense Strategy, said Army Gen. Daniel Hokanson, chief of the National Guard Bureau... MORE

Army Gen. Daniel Hokanson, chief, National Guard Bureau

Month of the Military Family: Husband, wife enlist, graduate Basic Military Training together
November 30, 2022 — November is Month of the Military Family and is designated as a time to acknowledge the service and sacrifices made by military members and their families. For Airmen 1st Class Alex Waters and Melissa McCabe, those sacrifices are being made as both service members and military family members... MORE

Airmen First Class Melissa McCabe and Alex Waters see each other for the first time and share a hug after completing Basic Miliary Training at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. (U.S. Air National Guard courtesy photo)

McConville: 'We can't do what we do as an Army without the National Guard'
August 31, 2022 — The Army is transforming, modernizing, boosting readiness, improving fitness across the force, and investing in potential recruits, the chief of staff of the Army said in wide-ranging remarks Aug. 27. But, first, Army Gen. James McConville heaped praise on a National Guard he said is essential to the Army, overseas and in the homeland... MORE

Retiring from National Guard or Reserve? Know your TRICARE options
August 9, 2022 — Are you thinking about retiring from the National Guard or Reserve? Retirement benefits depend on your age and service time... MORE

Modernized, interoperable Guard is hedge against peer competitors
June 9, 2022 — Having a modernized, relevant and capable reserve component to augment the nation's active forces is a key part of deterrence, the chief of the National Guard Bureau told a Senate panel... MORE

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AI-powered app aims to discover talent in Guard, Reserve
May 12, 2022 — Members of the Reserve and National Guard are highly skilled across a variety of private-sector industries and have the potential to make substantial contributions to Defense Department missions, a DOD official said. ... MORE

As he squats on the floor, a service member looks at an electronic device that's connected to a computer network.