By The Associated Press The Iowa National Guard is getting ready for what could be it’s largest call-up of a single unit for an overseas deployment since World War II. Guard spokesman Maj. Michael Wunn says troops from the 2nd Brigade of the 34th Infantry Division, which has about 3,500 soldiers, were alerted over the […]

By Joel Brown / Argus Leader Being the father of a deployed soldier has been eye-opening. As a political conservative, I had grown accustomed to cheering for the USA in conflicts overseas. I had my own thoughts on Sept. 11, 2001, and supported the wars in two countries that have followed. I haven’t wavered as […]

An event that hasn’t happened since World War II is making history in Indiana as an Indiana National Guard combat division is deployed to Afghanistan. A send off ceremony was held Tuesday for the 38th Infantry Division “Task Force Cyclone” at the division’s headquarters in Columbus. It’s the first combat deployment from the headquarters in […]

By Barbara Rothschild / Courier-Post After the fireworks of July Fourth, South Jersey was the setting for a very special parade on Sunday. To celebrate the recent return of New Jersey National Guard members who had been deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan — the largest deployment of the state National Guard since World War II […]

By The Associated Press About 1,700 Hawaii National Guard soldiers are preparing to come home this summer from their Middle East deployment. The 29th Brigade Combat Team is expected home in August. Officials haven’t said when the unit will leave their Kuwait base. The soldiers were sent to Kuwait for nine months to provide security […]

By Amanda Nalley / Tallahassee Democrat “Any load, any where. Drive it like you stole it,” shouted the 67 men and women of the Florida Army National Guard 144th Transportation Company of Marianna before being released for lunch during a deployment ceremony Sunday at the Max L. Thomas National Guard Armory in Marianna. The group […]

By David Davis / Cleveland Daily Banner Jessica Vines of Madisonville waited with spouses, other immediate family members and friends Friday afternoon at the U.S. Army Reserve Center in Chattanooga as the 591st Transportation Detachment returned from a 12-month deployment in Iraq. “This is my first and hopefully my last deployment for awhile,” Jessica said. […]

By Barbara S. Rothschild / Courier-Post After the fireworks of July Fourth, South Jersey was the setting for a very special parade on Sunday. To celebrate the recent return of New Jersey National Guard members who had been deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan — the largest deployment of the state National Guard since World War […]

Fifteen hundred members of the Vermont Army Guard have finally gotten the official notice:  They’ll deploy to Afghanistan early next year.  Their mission is to train Afghan security forces.  They’ll be part of the 10,000 soldier Task Force Phoenix, commanded by Colonel Will Roy of the Vermont Guard. Read original story here

By Kari Petrie / St. Cloud Times With their training done, 550 Minnesota National Guard soldiers are waiting to go to Iraq where they’ll provide convoy security. The members of the 1st Battalion, 151st Field Artillery are ready for their yearlong deployment to Iraq. Their commander, Lt. Col. Scott St. Sauver of Pierz, spoke to […]