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Nevada Guard Brigade Returning From Middle East Deployment
July 22, 2025 — After 10 months of conducting logistical operations across the Middle East, the Nevada Army National Guard’s 17th Sustainment Brigade is coming back home to the Silver State with its Task Force Warrior mission successfully concluded...

Nevada Air Guard Wing Assists in Firefighting Efforts
July 18, 2025 — U.S. Northern Command has activated two Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System Aircraft, one from the Nevada Air National Guard’s 152nd Airlift Wing out of Reno, Nevada, and one from the 146th Airlift Wing out of Channel Islands Air National Guard Station in California...

Nevada Guard’s Civil Support Team, critical asset for domestic response, passes federal evaluation
June 30, 2025 — The 92nd Weapons of Mass Destruction, Civil Support Team (WMD-CST) underwent its training proficiency evaluation through U.S. Army North (USARNORTH) this week. The unit completed a “fully trained” performance on all collected tasks and met all objectives, said Nevada Air Guard Lt. Col. Jami Cavins, 92nd WMD-CST commander...

Nevada Guard, State Archives hold event to celebrate U.S. Army’s 250th birthday, Flag Day at Capitol on June 14
June 3, 2025 — The Nevada National Guard is set to host its 27th annual Flag Day Ceremony and the U.S. Army’s 250th Birthday celebration in partnership with Nevada State Archives at 10 a.m. on Saturday, June 14, at the Veterans Memorial on the Capitol Grounds, 101 N. Carson St...

Nevada National Guard recognized at Vegas Chamber’s MAC Night Out
May 12, 2025 — Three exceptional members of the Nevada National Guard were honored during the Vegas Chamber’s Military Affairs Committee (MAC) Night Out on May 7, 2025 held at the Westgate Hotel ballroom...

Nevada Army Guard enjoys healthy retention numbers in 2025
May 9, 2025 — Midway through Fiscal Year 2025, statistics reveal a robust number of Nevada Army Guard Soldiers are choosing to remain “Battle Born” and extending past their Expiration Term of Service...

Commander: Nevada Guard's High Rollers need upgraded planes for fighting wildfires
May 9, 2025 — The 152nd Airlift Wing, Nevada Air National Guard, provides a high-caliber military unit here in Reno with a history dating back to 1948. The High Rollers — starting with P-51 fighters in the late-1940s to reconnaissance with F-101 and F-4 jets (1965-1995) and eventually cargo and transport with C-130 Hercules (1995-present) — represent a long-standing institution here in the Biggest Little City...

Dignitaries, Nevada state partner Samoa, learn National Guard operations
May 7, 2025 — Josephina Chan Ting, principal disaster risk reduction officer from the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment in Samoa, was one of the participants. Samoa doesn't have a military of its own, but the nation partnered with the Nevada National Guard through the SPP, and Chan Ting said it's a valuable asset for the island nation...

Air Guard Units Join Forces for Aerial Wildfire Suppression Training
April 29, 2025 — Military and civilian flight crews wrapped up a week of aerial wildfire suppression training on April 27, concluding the annual Modular Airborne Firefighting Systems spring training at Channel Islands Air National Guard Station in southern California...

Nevada Army Guard supports WWII veteran's repatriation funeral ceremony
April 3, 2025 — U.S. Army Air Forces 2nd Lt. Robert D. McKee's delayed funeral highlighted the lack of access to the area in East Germany following the fall of the Iron Curtain during the Cold War and the persistence of the U.S. Army’s repatriation efforts with use of DNA evidence during the past two decades...