Aug. 10, 2023

Wisconsin Air Guard Unit Masters New Air Control Tactics

MADISON, Wis. - More than 120 members of the Wisconsin Air National Guard’s 128th Air Control Squadron recently spent two weeks at the Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center in lower Michigan, learning how to integrate a more lightweight, scalable and mobile air traffic control management system in the field.Historically, units such as the 128th

Aug. 8, 2023

Wisconsin Guard Members Seek to Elevate Women in Aviation

OSHKOSH, Wis. - Four Wisconsin Army National Guard female Soldiers in the aviation field spoke about their experiences during a Women in Aviation panel July 26 at the Experimental Aircraft Association AirVenture.The EAA was celebrating 30 years of women in combat aviation, marked by 1st Lt. Jeannie Leavitt — still serving today as a major general —

Aug. 1, 2023

Wisconsin Guard Unit Returns Home From Africa Deployment

MADISON, Wis. - More than 250 Soldiers from the Wisconsin Army National Guard’s 157th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade returned to Wisconsin after a nine-month deployment to Camp Lemonnier in Djibouti to support Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa. A large gathering of family and friends — many fighting back tears while holding signs, pictures of

July 26, 2023

South Dakota’s 153rd Engineer Battalion Trains at Fort McCoy

FORT MCCOY, Wis. - The 153rd Engineer Battalion with the South Dakota Army National Guard and its corresponding units convoyed with 90 vehicles and equipment to Fort McCoy July 8-19 for annual training. “I brought units from Huron and Madison, S.D. — three different companies — here to Fort McCoy this summer to train for annual training,” said Lt.

July 21, 2023

Wisconsin Guard Trains with Hospital on Patient Transport

GREEN BAY, Wis. — For the past few months, Wisconsin Army National Guard aviation Soldiers have partnered with Aurora BayCare Medical Center to conduct training to provide a higher level of care for critically ill patients being transported by UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters. “This helps train nurses for future partnerships if we ever needed to

July 20, 2023

Future Vision: Panel Discusses Way Ahead for DOD National Guard State Partnership Program

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. – As the Department of Defense and National Guard State Partnership Program celebrated its 30th anniversary, U.S. and international senior leaders and officials from 93 of the SPP’s 100 partner nations attended a panel discussion highlighting aspirational goals for the program and a vision for the way ahead. Panel members