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gt. First Class Christopher Rosenberger, a member of the Wisconsin National Guard’s 54th Civil Support Team, tests an unknown substance during a collective lanes training exercise in Madison, Wis., on March 8, 2022. The Madison-based CST is the state’s full-time response team for emergencies or terrorist events that involve weapons of mass destruction, toxic industrial chemicals or natural disasters. Wisconsin National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Katie Theusch

Dec. 13, 2023

A birthday guide to the nation’s oldest military organization

The National Guard serves its community in numerou.s and perhaps unfamiliar ways

An enlistment is held at the 115th Fighter Wing

Dec. 11, 2023

I now pronounce you Airman & Airman; married couple enlists together

MADISON, Wis. — Husband and wife enlist in Wisconsin Air National Guard unit on the same day.

Members of the 128th Air Refueling Wing Security Forces Squadron practice room-clearing techniques as part of augmentee training Nov. 9 at the Wisconsin Air National Guard base in Milwaukee. The augmentee training program, an essential component of the squadron's operations, prepares selected members to step into specialized roles during periods of heightened security or crisis. 128th Air Refueling Wing photo by Master Sgt. Kellen Kroening

Dec. 8, 2023

128th Air Refueling Wing Security Forces Squadron gear up for its annual augmentee training program

MILWAUKEE, Wisc. — Airmen at a Wisconsin Air National Guard unit train to augment base security when the need arises.

Collected medications were brought to the collection site in Waukesha, Wis., where they were packaged Oct. 30 for shipment to a secure disposal site as part of Wisconsin’s Drug Take Back Day effort. Submitted photo

Dec. 7, 2023

Wisconsin Guard part of nation-leading effort on Drug Take Back Day

WAUKESHA, Wisc. — Wisconsin National Guard supports leading drug take-back effort.

Brig. Gen. David May, Wisconsin’s deputy adjutant general for Air, presents retired Brig. Gen. Gary Ebben with a plaque during a Wisconsin Air National Guard Hall of Fame induction ceremony Dec. 1 at Joint Force Headquarters in Madison, Wis. Ebben served as Wisconsin’s interim adjutant general as well as deputy adjutant general for Air, and prior to that commanded Volk Field Combat Readiness Training Center. As a command pilot, he logged more than 3,000 flight hours in such aircraft as the T-41, T-37, T-38, A-10 and RC-26B. Wisconsin Department of Military Affairs photo by Vaughn R. Larson

Dec. 6, 2023

Wisconsin Air Guard inducts retired general officer to Hall of Fame

MADISON, Wisc. — The Wisconsin Air National Guard inducts former interim adjutant general into its Hall of Fame.

Maj. Eric Van Hout, an administrative officer with the Wisconsin Army National Guard’s 2nd Battalion, 127th Infantry Regiment, and Command Sgt. Maj. Ryan Johnson, battalion command sergeant major, present a Purple Heart medal to Mike Muthig, the grandson of World War I veteran Pvt. George Arts. Arts enlisted in the battalion’s Company I and was severely wounded Aug. 4, 1918, during the battalion’s assault on the town of Fismes.

Dec. 5, 2023

Red Arrow Veteran Awarded Purple Heart Medal Posthumously

APPLETON, Wis. — One hundred and five years after the horrific battle that caused his wounds, a Wisconsin National Guard veteran received his Purple Heart medal at a ceremony Nov. 11 at Outagamie County Courthouse.Pvt. George C. Arts, a member of Company I, 127th Infantry Regiment, was wounded Aug. 4, 1918 during the Second Battle of the Marne. The 32nd Division,