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State subgrant saves Nevada’s STARBASE—for now
March 4, 2025 — STARBASE, the Nevada National Guard’s Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) learning program for Title 1 schools, will remain open for nine months thanks to a subgrant through the Nevada Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation (DETR)...

Nevada ATAG named Army Guard's CASCOM deputy commanding general
February 14, 2025 — Brig. Gen. Troy Armstrong, Assistant Adjutant General, Nevada Army National Guard, has been selected by the Chief of the National Guard Bureau to serve as the Army National Guard Deputy Commanding General at the U.S. Army Combined Arms Support Command (CASCOM)/Sustainment Center of Excellence, Fort Gregg-Adams, Virginia...

Nevada Air Guard officer’s D.C. tour encounters presidential funeral, inauguration, crisis response
February 5, 2025 — Lt. Col. Jennifer-Ruth Green, Nevada Air National Guard, entered an active-duty assignment last fall that would throw her into some of the most high-profile and challenging operations of her career...

Nevada Guard Airlift Wing Assists with Operation Deep Freeze
February 4, 2025 — CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand - The 152nd Airlift Wing “High Rollers” from the Nevada Air National Guard achieved a historic first by participating in Operation Deep Freeze.The High Rollers supported the annual U.S. military mission in Antarctica by flying augmented max duty day missions, logging over 30 hours in three days in December. The operation...

Military service in Nevada Legislature highlights state service, bipartisanship
January 29, 2025 — With the Nevada Legislative Session set to start next week and last through June, a quick look at military service among those in state legislature shows a bipartisan pull from service members...

National Guard Bureau Chief Thanks Firefighting Guardsmen
January 14, 2025 — CHANNEL ISLANDS AIR NATIONAL GUARD STATION, Calif. – The National Guard is part of a multi-agency response to the historic wildfires across the Los Angeles Basin and Southern California. Over the weekend, Guard members took to the sky to help extinguish the flames.Air Force Gen. Steve Nordhaus, chief, National Guard Bureau, and Army Senior Enlisted...

Nevada Air National Guard’s 152nd Airlift Wing Activated for Firefighting to assist in the greater Los Angeles area
January 10, 2025 — U.S. Northern Command has activated eight C-130 aircraft equipped with Modular Aerial Fire Fighting Systems (MAFFS) and associated personnel to relocate from their home stations to the Channel Islands in Southern California to support firefighting efforts in the Los Angeles area. Some of the aircraft will be operational beginning Jan. 10, with all ready by or before Jan. 12. The 152nd Airlift Wing’s “High Rollers” will report on Jan.11. ...

California, Nevada, Wyoming Guard Join Firefighting Battle
January 10, 2025 — MOFFETT AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Calif. - Hundreds of National Guard members are now involved in multiple air and ground firefighting efforts as wildfires rage across the Los Angeles Basin and Southern California.More than 880 Guard members from California, Nevada and Wyoming are currently activated.Mutliple C-130 Hercules aircraft eqipped with...

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...

25 years ago, Y2K scare gave Nevada Guard its initial invite to America’s Party
December 30, 2024 — As the 20th Century drew to its end 25 years ago, most Nevadans were ready to participate in the ultimate celebration to close out the period and – as Prince wrote in the quintessential song to mark the moment – “Party like it’s 1999.”...