EAATS: Training for Excellence
The Eastern Army National Guard Aviation Training Site (EAATS) is a National Guard Bureau (NGB) directed training center that has been charged by The Army School System as a “Learning Institution of Excellence.”
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Offering a Little Help
A new National Guard Bureau (NGB) initiative has begun to benefit National Guard Soldiers and Airmen who require behavioral health care but live in remote locations not near a military facility or base.
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Supporting Tomorrow’s Leaders: Army National Guard Scholarships
For members of the Army National Guard, the high price of tuition does not need to stand in the way of a great education. The Army National Guard provides financial assistance to students who wish...
Through the Fire
Dynamic Front 19 Tests Joint Fire Capabilities
Army National Guard Soldiers from Illinois, New Hampshire, New York, Ohio and South Dakota traveled through Europe this past spring as part of Dynamic Front 19,...
Office of Equity and Inclusion Reflecting a New Approach to Diversity
In a recent departmental change, the National Guard Bureau (NGB) has combined its diversity and equal opportunity offices, thus founding a new office designation—the Office of Equity and Inclusion.
According to NGB, the...
Stepping Up in South Korea
Plans for the consolidation of Army forces in South Korea from U.S. Army Garrison Yongsan near Seoul to Camp Humphries, 50 miles to the south, began over a decade ago in 2004. More recently, Special...
Just Another Amazing Soldier
As SSG Cassandra Black, 2nd Battalion, 70th Regiment, Maryland Army National Guard, crawled her way through part of the stress shoot in this year’s Maryland Best Warrior Contest, she dragged a heavy sandbag behind her....
Panther Strike
National Guard military intelligence (MI) Soldiers recently participated in Panther Strike, the largest military intelligence collective training event in the U.S. Army.
Panther Strike 19, a two-week MI exercise, took place in June...
Forged in War: The Birth of the Jeep in World War II
Years before the development of the prototypes, Soldiers nicknamed a gun-hauling tractor the Jeep.
As Germany and Japan were wreaking havoc throughout the world in 1939, many Americans felt that the overseas wars...
Pain-Free in Suriname
South Dakota Soldiers Bring Humanitarian Relief to Suriname
The tooth fairy was kept busy in Suriname this past April and she had the Army National Guard to thank for the extra work. The...