Army National Guard

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.

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth underscored the Department of War’s top priorities in a meeting with National Guard leaders Feb. 25 at the Herbert R. Temple Army National Guard Readiness Center in Arlington, Virginia.

The 86th Infantry Brigade (Mountain) took over the training of Ukrainian troops in Germany last week as the war in Ukraine today enters its fifth year.

New aircraft and vehicles for the National Guard not included in the original budget request were in the fiscal 2026 defense appropriations President Donald Trump signed Feb. 3.

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.

The Department of War has designated the National All-Domain Warfighting Center in Northern Michigan as a national range for deep uncrewed aerial systems training.

More than 100 National Guardsmen from nine states gathered at the Washington Monument in Washington, D.C., last week to recite the oath of enlistment and extend their service contracts.

Three Army National Guard Soldiers are set complete at the 2026 Winter Olympics now underway in Milan-Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy.

More than 5,300 National Guardsmen are supporting local response and recovery efforts across 15 states in the wake of Winter Storm Fern.

The Pentagon last week released a memo directing the U.S. military to start using a waist-to-height ratio to evaluate the body fat of troops.

The Army pulled back the curtain on the first M1E3 Abrams prototype earlier this month at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit.