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Force of Nature

America may have just completed its toughest year in decades while the National Guard, in many respects, had one of its best. The Guard’s profile has never been higher. Some are calling 2020 the Year of the Guard. That can only help us going forward... Read More Details

Automation's Edge

Technology will soon take a load off of ground troops in the field and enable them to see threats over hills and into buildings. Infantry squads will still carry 100 pounds of gear, ammo, water and batteries each, but much of it will no longer be on... Read More Details

Pandemic ChalleNGe

The National Guard Youth ChalleNGe Program is navigating the obstacles of the coronavirus pandemic with the same perseverance it aims to instill at-risk youth. Now in its 28th year, ChallenNGe offers high-school dropouts an opportunity to get their... Read More Details

A New Milestone

The National Guard Memorial, the NGAUS headquarters in Washington, D.C., is now 30 years old. That’s hard to believe for those of us who helped open the building in 1991. Time does fly. The structure has now stood longer on the same site than the... Read More Details

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NATIONAL GUARD Magazine | December 2020

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Complete Conversion

Three years ago, the last of the North Carolina Air National Guard’s C-130 Hercules cargo planes departed Charlotte Air National Guard Base, marking the end of a mission that spanned more than four decades. The 145th Airlift Wing officially marked... Read More Details

A Fleet in Need

Three years ago, the last of the North Carolina Air National Guard’s C-130 Hercules cargo planes departed Charlotte Air National Guard Base, marking the end of a mission that spanned more than four decades. The 145th Airlift Wing officially marked... Read More Details

You're A Target

Deric Palmer was an active-component Marine when it happened. He was stationed in Okinawa and got a call from his bank at 2 a.m. The representative wanted to know if Palmer had just bought a TV at a Wal-Mart in New Jersey. Palmer had taken out a so... Read More Details

A Conversation with Lt. Gen. Jon A. Jensen

Lt. Gen. Jon A. Jensen had somehow escaped an assignment in Washington, D.C., during a 38-year career in uniform that has taken him around the world. That was until Aug. 10 when he took over responsibility for coordinating federal programs and... Read More Details