National Guard

In some Massachusetts communities, you could see bus drivers wearing fatigues on Thursday. That’s because members of the National Guard are already practicing bus routes in several cities and towns across the state. The guard started learning routes and bus stops in Chelsea, Lowell and Lynn on Thursday. Guard members went through training on Wednesday. They underwent medical exams,...

Oregon’s governor says she will deploy up to 1,500 National Guard troops to hospitals around the state to support healthcare workers as COVID-19 surges amid the rapid spread of the Delta variant.

National Guard troops are set to leave the U.S. Capitol and turn over security of the area to Capitol Police

New details from the deadly riot of Jan. 6 are in a previously undisclosed document prepared by the Pentagon for internal use.

An Arizona man is accused of forcing off the road a National Guard convoy that was transporting COVID-19 vaccines in West Texas and then holding 11 guard members at gunpoint

More than 1,000 National Guard members will be leaving Washington, D.C.

The Pentagon is set to approve an extension of the National Guard deployment at the U.S. Capitol for about two more months, defense officials said Tuesday.

The Associated Press has learned that U.S. Capitol Police have requested that members of the National Guard continue to provide security at the Capitol for another two months

The commanding general of the D.C. National Guard says military leaders at the Pentagon delayed deployment of his Guardsmen for three hours as Capitol Police begged for help when Trump supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol.

Multiple Michigan National Guard members stationed at the U.S. Capitol were sickened after they were served food that was raw, moldy, undercooked and even filled with metal shavings, the state’s congressional delegation said in a letter.  Guard members who have served at the Capitol for weeks in the wake of the Jan. 6 riot recently reported being served meals...

U.S. officials say the cost of deploying about 26,000 National Guard troops to secure the U.S. Capitol in the wake of the deadly Jan. 6 riot is nearly $500 million

Members of the state’s National Guard returned home Wednesday after providing additional protection for D.C. in the days after the Capitol riot and during the inauguration, but some will have to stay in the nation’s capital a little longer. NBC New York’s Brian Thompson reports.

First lady Jill Biden on Friday handed out cookies made in the White House to National Guard troops as a token of appreciation for their work defending the nation’s capital.

A National Guard helicopter crash in upstate New York has left an Orange County family devastated. Their 30-year-old son was among three aboard the helicopter when it crashed Wednesday night. NBC New York’s Chris Glorioso reports.

The New York National Guard released the identities of three service members killed in a helicopter training accident on Friday, a day after their bodies were recovered and transported by police and fire escort from the crash site. The victims include Chief Warrant Officer Steven Skoda, a 35-year veteran of the Army and the New York Amy National Guard. He…

As many as 15,000 National Guard members are preparing to leave Washington, D

Three National Guard members on a routine training flight have been killed in a helicopter crash in a western New York town. The craft, a UH-60 Black Hawk medical evacuation helicopter, crashed around 6:30 p.m. Wednesday in Mendon, New York, a rural town south of Rochester.

Three National Guard members on a routine training flight were killed Wednesday when their helicopter crashed in a western New York town, an official said.

Troops in riot gear lined the streets of the nation’s capitol, but there were no crowds. Armored vehicles and concrete barriers blocked the empty streets around the U.S. Capitol. From behind miles of fencing, Joe Biden was safely sworn in as president in a Washington on edge, two weeks after pro-Trump rioters besieged the U.S. Capitol. Law enforcement officials...

Pentagon officials say 12 Army National Guard members have been removed from securing President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration after vetting by the FBI, including two who posted and texted extremist views about Wednesday’s event. There was no specific threat to Biden. Two U.S. officials told The Associated Press that all 12 were found to have ties to right-wing militia groups...