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January 26, 2024

US National Guard officer pleads guilty to assault, sexual harassment

A New Hampshire National Guard officer who led a battalion on the southern U.S. border has pleaded guilty to assault and other charges, according to officials.

January 26, 2024

As Texas faces potential federal standoff, state AG says border looks like Biden 'cut a deal with cartels'

Texas Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton sounded off on 'Hannity' as a potential standoff brews between Texas National Guard and the U.S. Border Patrol.

January 12, 2024

Maine Senate confirms first woman to lead state's National Guard

Retired Army Brig. Gen. Diane Dunn has been confirmed by the Maine Senate as the first woman to serve as the state's adjutant general, leading the Maine National Guard.

November 11, 2023

South Dakota high school removes unloaded guns from Veterans Day National Guard recruitment booth

A South Dakota high school removed unloaded guns from a National Guard recruitment stand saying that it had, "potential to cause a panic."

November 9, 2023

New Jersey teen is surprised with early West Point acceptance at New York Jets game: 'Bunch of gratitude'

John Graham of Tom’s River, New Jersey, was presented with his certificate of appointment to the United States Military Academy West Point on the field at MetLife Stadium.

November 8, 2023

Liberal mayor-elect wants National Guard to shutter open-air drug markets

Cherelle Parker was elected Philadelphia's first female mayor Tuesday. She previously said she would bring in the National Guard to help clean up the city's open-air drug markets.

November 3, 2023

Thousands of National Guard troops have not received promised enlistment bonuses

The National Guard is late paying enlistment bonuses to close to 14,000 service members who were promised as much as $20,000 to join the part-time volunteer force.

October 7, 2023

New military bonus program haunted by old recruiting scandal that gave soldiers false criminal records

Numerous states are launching National Guard recruiting bonuses to try to bolster troop numbers, but skeptics say the programs look a lot like the infamous G-RAP.

October 5, 2023

Alabama Gov. Ivey sending 275 National Guard troops to Mexico border: ‘Every state has become a border state'

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey is sending 275 National Guard troops to the southern border, saying "every state has become a border state" amid a migrant crisis.

October 4, 2023

North Dakota state senator who died in Utah plane crash recently earned commercial pilot’s license: report

Doug Larsen, the North Dakota Republican state senator who died over the weekend in a plane crash, hoped to work for a major airline, a report says.