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Guard Resumes Ukraine Training

A small Florida Army National Guard task force that left Ukraine just before the Russian invasion has resumed training Ukrainian troops — this time at an undisclosed location in Germany. The 160 members of the 53rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, known... Read More Details

Guard Sending Armored Personnel Carriers to Ukraine

The Army National Guard in at least five states is contributing to the 200 M113 armored personnel carriers the U.S. is sending Ukraine. On Friday, the governors of Indiana, Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio and West Virginia announced that, at the... Read More Details

More HIMARS, Phoenix Ghost Drones Heading to Ukraine

The Defense Department has announced another security assistance package for Ukraine, which will include additional High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems, ammunition and a substantial number of Phoenix Ghost unmanned aerial systems. The latest... Read More Details

NGB Chief: Guard Training Helped Steel Ukraine Military

The National Guard Bureau chief says Ukraine’s ability to blunt Russia’s invasion shows how the Guard defends American values by partnering with foreign nations. Gen. Daniel R. Hokanson hopes the Guard’s State Partnership Program will grow following... Read More Details

NGB Refutes Russian Report of Dead Guardsmen in Ukraine

Three current or former Tennessee Army National Guard officers, who a Russian media outlet claimed were mercenaries killed in Ukraine, are alive and in the U.S., the National Guard Bureau said Thursday. The Russian website Pravda.ru had claimed... Read More Details

Guard General: US, West Should Send Ukraine Fighter Jets

A general officer uniquely familiar with Ukraine's ground conditions says the U.S. and other Western countries should examine sending fighter jets to the troubled Eastern European nation. Maj. Gen. David S. Baldwin, the adjutant general of California... Read More Details

NGB Chief Visits Guardsmen Training Ukrainian Troops

More than a week after the one-year anniversary of Russia invading Ukraine, the National Guard’s top officer visited Guardsmen in Grafenwoehr, Germany who are helping to ensure the combat effectiveness of Ukrainian troops. Gen. Daniel R. Hokanson... Read More Details

Close to the Fight

It was a "heartbreaking" moment Col. Blake Glass will likely never forget. Sent late last year to Ukraine to help train members of the Ukrainian armed forces to defend their country, Glass and his Florida Army National Guard task force were ordered... Read More Details

Friends in Need

Maj. Gen. David Baldwin looks of a man who is just itching to roll up his sleeves and confront a thug who has started a fight with his friends. In this case, the belligerent is Vladimir Putin and Baldwin’s friends are the Ukrainian people, who the... Read More Details

Deep Ties

Within 30 minutes of the Russian invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24, senior Ukrainian leaders reached out to some of their most trusted allies in the world — the California National Guard. Digital Version Guard leaders in the Golden State immediately... Read More Details