Awards

The National Guard Bureau announced the recipients of the 2025 State Partnership Program Awards during a recent conference, recognizing individuals, teams and partnerships whose achievements strengthened security, increased readiness and forged enduring partnerships worldwide.

The Indiana National Guard’s Company D (Ranger), 151st Infantry — one of the most decorated infantry companies of the Vietnam War — will receive the Presidential Unit Citation at the 148th General Conference & Exhibition, Aug. 28-31 in Indianapolis.

Seven Army National Guard officers were recognized during the 2026 General Douglas MacArthur Leadership Awards ceremony Aug. 12 at Conmy Hall on Fort Myer, Virginia.

On July 15, senior leaders from NGAUS and the New Hampshire National Guard presented Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., with the Harry S. Truman Award, the association’s highest honor.

Two National Guardsmen who risked their lives to save another person in separate incidents, a governor and a U.S. senator who is a former governor, top this year’s NGAUS individual awards recipients.

A retired Michigan Army National command sergeant major received the nation’s highest award for valor in combat from President Donald Trump on Monday at the White House.

Soldiers with the 28th Infantry Division won the innovation competition at the Army’s inaugural Best Drone Warfighter Competition last week in Huntsville, Alabama.

The Army National Guard formally established a new leadership tradition Feb. 12, 2026, presenting the inaugural Lt. Gen. Herbert R. Temple Jr. Leadership Award to Chief Warrant Officer 4 Douglas Malone and Sgt. 1st Class Danielle Beasley.

Lt. Col. Eric “Rebel” Emerson, a fighter squadron commander with the New Jersey Air National Guard’s 177th Fighter Wing, received the 2024 Lt. Col. Anthony C. Shine Award at a ceremony last week at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland.

The National Guard associations of North Carolina, Tennessee and Texas were honorees at the National Guard Executive Directors’ Association’s first “Oscars” last week in Indianapolis, as part of the annual NGEDA meeting.

A U.S. senator who has long championed National Guard personnel and readiness tops the list of 2025 NGAUS individual awards approved July 19 by the board of directors.

The period to nominate someone for the 2025 NGAUS Individual Awards Program is underway. May 15 is the cutoff for this year’s nominations.