Awards

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.

Eleven members of the Tennessee Air National Guard’s 134th Air Refueling Wing received the Distinguished Flying Cross on Dec. 7 for their heroic...

The National Guard Educational Foundation recognized another large group of major donors Saturday evening during a special reception at the National Guard Memorial, the NGAUS headquarters in Washington, D.C.

Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., received the NGAUS Montgomery Medal — the association’s second highest award — during an Oct. 24 ceremony in St. Paul, Minnesota.

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, Rep. John James, R-Mich., and Sen. Gary Peters, D-Mich., addressed the 146th NGAUS General Conference and Exhibition in Detroit last weekend.