WILLISTON, N.D. — A formal welcome home ceremony, called a Freedom Salute, is taking place this weekend to honor approximately 90 Guardsmen and their families with the North Dakota National Guard’s 818th Engineer Company (Sapper)...

BISMARCK, N.D. — Soldiers with the North Dakota Army National Guard’s 1st Battalion, 188th Air Defense Artillery Regiment will be leaving North Dakota in two groups and from two locations on Sunday morning, as they travel to Fort Bliss, Texas...

BISMARCK, N.D. — Joining the national-wide proclamation, Gov. Jack Dalrymple has proclaimed May as Military Appreciation Month...

FARGO, N.D. — North Dakota National Guard Soldiers and Airmen have gotten pretty good at fighting floods. They should. They’ve got plenty of real-world experience in recent years. North Dakota Guardsmen have helped local ...

LINCOLN, Neb. — Six members of the North Dakota National Guard covered a cumulative 157.2 miles Sunday morning as they represented the state in the Lincoln National Guard Marathon...

BISMARCK, N.D. — After 42 years of service to his state and nation, Chief Warrant Officer 5 David Jundt, of Bismarck, is retiring...

BISMARCK, N.D. –The North Dakota National Guard’s 957th Engineer Company (Multi-Role Bridge) will be conducting field training exercises at Kimball Bottoms beginning 7 p.m. on Friday, May 3 and 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Saturday, May 4...

GRAND FORKS, N.D. — More than six years after its return from a mission to Afghanistan, Company A of the 1st Battalion, 188th Air Defense Artillery Regiment finally received tangible proof of one of the highest unit awards the Army can bestow for meritorious service. ...

BISMARCK, N.D. — A Change of Responsibility ceremony on Saturday will honor the North Dakota National Guard’s outgoing state command chief warrant officer and welcome his replacement. ...

BISMARCK, N.D. — The North Dakota Army National Guard welcomed a Catholic chaplain to its ranks in a ceremony held at Raymond J. Bohn Armory here today.

FARGO, N.D. — As the North Dakota National Guard begins its second week supporting flood efforts, the number of Soldiers and Airmen on duty increased briefly today as missions shift from traffic control to quick reaction forces for flood emergencies. ...

GRAND FORKS, N.D. — More than 1,000 family members, friends and supporters of the North Dakota Army National Guard’s 1st Battalion, 188th Air Defense Artillery Regiment filled the Alerus Center in Grand Forks today. They were there ...

BISMARCK, N.D. —The North Dakota National Guard’s 188th Engineer Company (Vertical), of Wahpeton and Oakes, recently dominated the annual Army Engineer Regiment and Society of American Military Engineers-sponsored awards in the National Guard division by claiming four of the five top military honors...

BISMARCK, N.D. —The North Dakota National Guard and Joint Family Program recognizes its volunteer award winners this week during National Volunteer Week, thanking their many volunteers that enable the accomplishment of critical missions...

FARGO, N.D. — The first North Dakota National Guard members to assist in 2013 flood operations began duty Monday in Fargo, and those efforts increased yesterday and again today. Nearly 80 National Guard members are now ...

GRAND FORKS, N.D. — More than 200 members of the North Dakota Army National Guard’s 1st Battalion, 188th Air Defense Artillery Regiment will be honored Sunday before leaving for a yearlong deployment. The Soldiers ...

FARGO, N.D. — A weekend Spring Concert will bring together the North Dakota National Guard’s 188th Army Band and the Lake Agassiz Concert Band with a mix of music from throughout the past century. Each band ...

FARGO, N.D. — A boy from Glasston, N.D., will soon be promoted to a general in the North Dakota Air National Guard. Samuel Green, 7, just finished chemotherapy to battle Desmoplastic Small Round Cell Tumor, an aggressive and rare cancer ...

FARGO, N.D. — During a ceremony today at the North Dakota Air National Guard base in Fargo, the unit known as the “Happy Hooligans” added yet another accolade to a lengthy list of accomplishments. For the 15th time, the Airmen ...

FARGO, N.D. — It may seem routine to receive the same award again and again, but leaders say it simply shows the level of dedication, precision, commitment and mission accomplishment shown by the North Dakota Air National Guard. Known as ...

BISMARCK, N.D. — The North Dakota National Guard will be participating in the recertification portion of the Wildland Fire Behavior and Firefighter Training Friday, April 5...

FARGO, N.D. — As part of the Department of Defense-sponsored State Partnership Program relationship that North Dakota shares with Ghana, three North Dakota National Guard members recently returned from a mission there and in the neighboring country of Togo. ...

BISMARCK, N.D. — The final two Guardsmen with the North Dakota National Guard’s 818th Engineer Company (Sapper) are scheduled to return tomorrow...

On Feb. 2, along with a group of 29 other people from the 119th Wing, I departed Fargo in a C-130 Hercules military transport aircraft. The temperature was negative 12 degrees Fahrenheit as we boarded the aircraft and waited — with all of the doors open — while the loadmaster ...

FARGO, N.D. — After a nearly three-month hiatus from overseas deployments, nearly 30 members from the North Dakota Air National Guard’s 119th Security Forces Squadron left this month for Afghanistan. The six-month deployment breaks the reprieve ...

BISMARCK, ND — Almost a year after the community hosted a send-off in their honor, more than 90 Soldiers with the North Dakota National Guard’s 818th Engineer Company (Sapper) were united with family and friends ...

BISMARCK, N.D. — The return trip for nearly 100 Soldiers with the North Dakota National Guard’s 818th Engineer Company (Sapper) has been confirmed...

FARGO, N.D. — North Dakota National Guard journalists recently garnered numerous awards in competitions that pitted their stories and photos against the best across the nation...

FARGO, N.D. — The North Dakota Air National Guard Happy Hooligans welcomed a new commander today. Col. Kent Olson will lead the 119th Wing as Col. Rick Gibney steps down and prepares to deploy. ...

FARGO, N.D. — Nearly 40 North Dakota National Guard members who took part in a U.S. Army Africa exercise in Cameroon are back home as their Central African military counterparts develop follow-on plans for using their newly learned skills. The exercise ...

FORT BLISS, Texas — Almost a year after the community hosted a send-off in their honor, nearly 100 Soldiers with the North Dakota National Guard’s 818th Engineer Company (Sapper) are back on U.S. soil tonight. ...

FARGO, N.D. — A Thursday ceremony at the 119th Wing, North Dakota Air National Guard, will honor the outgoing wing commander and welcome his replacement. After more than three years of dedicated leadership ...

CAMP RIPLEY, Minn. — The North Dakota National Guard capped off a stellar biathlon season with a team championship at the 29th Annual Chief of the National Guard Bureau Biathlon Championships last week...

FARGO, N.D. — The North Dakota Air National Guard, known as the “Happy Hooligans,” recognized the “best of the best” during the 2012 Outstanding Airmen of the Year banquet on Saturday...

FARGO, N.D. — The 10th annual Remember Our Serving Soldiers, or R.O.S.S. event, will take place Saturday, March 9 at the West Fargo, N.D., VFW Post 7564...

FARGO, N.D. — The North Dakota Air National Guard, known as the “Happy Hooligans,” will recognize the “best of the best” during the 2012 Outstanding Airmen of the Year banquet at 6 p.m. Saturday in Moorhead, Minn...

DOUALA, Cameroon – Col. Giselle Wilz, Task Force Central commander for Central Accord 2013, will be available for phone interviews from Cameroon at 2 p.m. Central time Friday, March 1...

DOUALA, CAMEROON – While plentiful in the United States, finding duct tape in Cameroon brings to mind the proverbial needle in the haystack. ...

BISMARCK, N.D. — The North Dakota National Guard will host a media availability for former U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Clinton L. Romesha at 1 p.m. (CST), Thursday Feb. 21...

DOUALA, Cameroon – Months of long-distance planning and meetings evolved in recent weeks into an in-person partnership that will launch Central Accord 13...

FORT BENNING, Ga. — The North Dakota National Guard’s best shooters have been competing against the best in the U.S. Army since Jan. 28 at Fort Benning, Ga. As they travel home this weekend from the U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit’s U.S. Small Arms Championship, or “All-Army” competition ...

BISMARCK, N.D. — An Iraqi war Veteran with more than 40 years of military experience relinquished his duties as the North Dakota National Guard’s senior enlisted leader to Chief Master Sgt. James Gibson...

BISMARCK, N.D. — An Iraqi war Veteran with more than 40 years of military experience will relinquish his duties as the North Dakota National Guard’s senior enlisted leader during a change of responsibility ceremony at the Raymond J. Bohn Armory in Bismarck...

BISMARCK, N.D. — The North Dakota National Guard will host a media availability for former U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Clinton L. Romesha at 1 p.m. (CST), Feb. 21 at the North Dakota State Capitol press studio...

CAMP RIPLEY, Minn. — The North Dakota National Guard brought its largest team yet to the Central Region Biathlon Competition last week. Twelve Soldiers and Airmen competed against their counterparts from 12 other states Jan. 24-27 at Camp Ripley, Minn. ...

BISMARCK, N.D. – A North Dakota Army National Guard unit has received an alert notification for possible mobilization. The 814th Medical Company (Area Support), based out of Bismarck, with a detachment in Grand Forks, N.D...

CAMP GRAFTON, N.D. — The commander of the North Dakota National Guard’s Camp Grafton Training Center at Devils Lake officially retires Jan. 31 after 36 years of service. Rickford and others celebrated his career and subsequent retirement during a ceremony at the camp’s Military Service Club, on Jan. 4.

FARGO, N.D. — Chaplain John Flowers, of West Fargo, N.D., has been promoted to the rank of colonel in the North Dakota Air National Guard...

BISMARCK, N.D. — Family, friends and elected and military leaders gathered at the Army Aviation Support Facility in Bismarck, N.D., for a sendoff ceremony to honor eight North Dakota Army National Guard Soldiers before the Soldiers begin a yearlong mission in Afghanistan. The aviation Soldiers of the Bismarck-based Detachment 42 (Det. 42), Operational Airlift Support (OSA), are deploying in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.

FARGO, N.D. — After spending most of 2012 assisting the U.S. Customs and Border Protection on the southwest border of the United States, members of the North Dakota Army National Guard remain on mission but in a new location ...

MINOT, N.D. — The North Dakota Army National Guard Public Affairs Office will host a media availability with former U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Clinton Romesha and his wife Tammy, at the Minot Armed Forces Reserve Center at 9 a.m. Wednesday...

BISMARCK, N.D. — 8 North Dakota Army National Guard Soldiers will be honored Wednesday before beginning a yearlong mission in Afghanistan. The Soldiers of the Bismarck-based Detachment 42 (Det. 42), Organizational Support Airlift (OSA), will be formally sent off on the mission during a ceremony at 2 p.m. Jan. 14 at the Army Aviation Facilities, 3420 Airway Avenue, in Bismarck.

BISMARCK, N.D. — Gov. Jack Dalrymple and Maj. Gen. David Sprynczynatyk, North Dakota adjutant general, along with other elected and military leaders and community supporters filled the Army Aviation Support Facility in Bismarck today to honor North Dakota Army National Guard Soldiers and their families.

BISMARCK, N.D. — A ceremony here Sunday will honor about 55 North Dakota Army National Guard Soldiers who deployed to Kosovo last year. At 11 a.m. Jan. 13 ...

BISMARCK, N.D. – BISMARCK, N.D. — A North Dakota Army National Guard unit has received an alert notification for possible mobilization. The Jamestown, N.D.-based 817th Engineer Company (SAPPER) was notified of their possible mobilization by their leadership...

FARGO, N.D. — For the first time in about 11 years, no North Dakota Air National Guard Airmen are deployed overseas. Last night, Capt. ...

CAMP GRAFTON, N.D. — The commander of the North Dakota National Guard’s Camp Grafton Training Center at Devils Lake will retire after 36 years of service. A ceremony for Col. Dave Rickford will be held at 3 p.m. on Friday Jan. 4 at the camp’s Military Service Club...

FARGO, N.D. — The North Dakota National Guard’s 188th Army Band will begin the new year rocking schools across southeastern North Dakota. From Jan. 7-9, three ensembles from the band will perform in 16 schools. ...

FARGO, N.D. — As 2012 comes to an end, the North Dakota National Guard looks back at the service, missions, Soldiers, Airmen, families and employers who made everything possible. While natural disaster response required ...

LISBON, N.D. — As everyone around him opened brightly wrapped presents, Art continued to marvel at his, turning the three country music CDs around and around in his hands. He talked of singing along to the radio to ...

FARGO, N.D. — Volunteers with the North Dakota National Guard will show their appreciation to the men and women in the state who served before them during an annual trip to the North Dakota Veterans Home in ...

BISMARCK, N.D. — Today, members of US Bank presented a check to North Dakota National Guard leadership, further showing the company’s support for North Dakota’s Soldiers, Airmen and military families.

BISMARCK N.D. — A memorial service to honor the late Sgt. 1st Class Darren M. Linde will be at 3 p.m. on Dec. 15 at the 164th Regional Training Institute (164th RTI) theatre at Camp Grafton Training Center at Devils Lake, N.D...

BISMARCK, N.D. — Operation Homefront is in full swing this week, as military families are invited to stuff their stockings with donations made by the local community in coordination with Dollar Tree and RDO...

BISMARCK N.D. — The funeral arrangements for both North Dakota National Guard 818th Engineer Company Soldiers that were killed in action on Monday, Dec. 3 have been released...

BISMARCK N.D. — The timeframe for the dignified transfer of remains for both North Dakota National Guard 818th Engineer Company Soldiers that were killed in action on Monday, Dec. 3 has been released...

BISMARCK N.D. — Adrienne Linde, the spouse of Sgt. 1st Class Darren M. Linde, who was killed in action with the North Dakota National Guard 818th Engineer Company on Dec. 3., has issued the following statement...

BISMARCK N.D. — The North Dakota National Guard Public Affairs Office will host a media availability with the parents of Spc. Tyler J. Orgaard, 20, of Bismarck, who was killed in Afghanistan on Monday, Dec. 3...

BISMARCK, N.D. – Maj. Gen. David Sprynczynatyk, North Dakota National Guard adjutant general, announced today that two Soldiers assigned to the 818th Engineer Company (Sapper) were killed in action Dec. 3 while on duty in Afghanistan...

FARGO, N.D. — Four Airmen with the North Dakota Air National Guard will return home tomorrow from a four-month deployment to Southwest Asia. Master Sgt. Terry Moser, Senior Airman Charles ...

CAMP DODGE, Iowa — “It was a rush being under the helicopter doing hands-on training that we have not done before,” Sgt. Robert Shannon, of Ashley, N.D., said during two weeks of annual training for his ...

BISMARCK, N.D. — TriWest Healthcare Alliance donated $10,000 to the North Dakota National Guard Emergency Relief Fund today at the Guard’s Bismarck headquarters at Fraine Barracks. Maj. Gen. David Sprynczynatyk, North Dakota adjutant general, accepted the check on behalf of the fund, while representatives from TriWest, to include Don Brown, vice president of Midwest operations, and Tim Ray, service area director, presented the check.

BISMARCK, N.D. — TriWest Healthcare Alliance will donate $10,000 to the North Dakota National Guard Emergency Relief Fund at 1:30 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 8, 2012, at the Guard’s Bismarck headquarters at Fraine Barracks, building 30...

BISMARCK, N.D. — Elected and military leaders, as well as families and loved ones, gathered at Bismarck’s Raymond J. Bohn Armory today for a send-off ceremony that honored four North Dakota Army National Guard Soldiers with the 1919th Contingency Contracting Team.

BISMARCK, N.D. — North Dakota Army National Guard Soldiers received an urgent call from the Bismarck Fire Department early Tuesday morning. After a suspected terrorist attack during a rally at the Bismarck Community Bowl, firefighters suspected heightened radiation levels near the blast and requested the skills and capabilities of the North Dakota National Guard’s 81st Civil Support Team. The Bismarck-based unit immediately activated 20 Soldiers, who arrived on the scene to provide critical emergency resp

BISMARCK, N.D. — Four North Dakota Army National Guard Soldiers will be honored Saturday in a send-off ceremony to wish them well on their upcoming yearlong deployment to support the Global War on Terrorism...

GRAND FORKS, N.D. — The most-deployed unit in the North Dakota Army National Guard during the Global War on Terrorism has received a fresh alert for mobilization...

BISMARCK, N.D. — Four N.D. National Guard service members were recently promoted during ceremonies at Raymond J. Bohn Armory and Fraine Barracks in Bismarck.

FARGO, N.D. — Elected and military leaders and well-wishers from throughout the area filled the Fargo Armed Forces Reserve Center today to give their best to about 30 North Dakota Army National Guard ...

BISMARCK, N.D. — A ceremony celebrating the seventh annual North Dakota “Day of the Deployed” and the second annual national observance was held today at Bismarck State College...

FARGO, N.D. — Two Airmen with the North Dakota Air National Guard are expected to return from a deployment to Afghanistan today. Master Sgt. Curt Stetz and Master Sgt. Kip Terry, both with the ...

BISMARCK, N.D. – A ceremony celebrating North Dakota’s seventh annual and second national “Day of the Deployed” will be held at 9 a.m. on Friday, Oct. 26...

FARGO, N.D. — About 30 North Dakota Army National Guard Soldiers will be honored Saturday before beginning a yearlong mission in Cuba. The Soldiers, who serve in the 191st Military Police Company, will be formally sent off ...

MANDAN, N.D. — Mr. Bob Kupper, owner of Kupper Automotive, presented Maj. Gen. David Sprynczynatyk, North Dakota adjutant general, with a donation of more than $11,000 for the North Dakota National Guard Foundation on Oct. 19, 2012...

WAHPETON, N.D. — Gov. Jack Dalrymple and Maj. Gen. David Sprynczynatyk, North Dakota adjutant general, along with other elected and military leaders and community supporters filled the Claire T. Blikre Activities Center at North Dakota State College of Science today to honor North Dakota Army National Guard Soldiers and their families.

FARGO, N.D. — Two Airmen with the North Dakota Air National Guard’s 119th Civil Engineer Squadron will return home Saturday from a six-month deployment. Chief Master Sgt. Mark ...

FARGO, N.D. — North Dakota Army National Guard Soldiers who served a year in Kuwait will be formally recognized during a Freedom Salute ceremony Sunday in Wahpeton, N.D. ...

BISMARCK, N.D. — North Dakota National Guard’s Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve, or ESGR, will host a “Lunch with the Boss” at 11:30 a.m. Monday at Basin Electric Power Cooperative’s Board Room. Lieutenant Governor Drew Wrigley, NDNG’s Col. David Thiele, and Mr. Andrew M. Serri, Basin Electric CEO and general manager, will speak at the event...

FARGO, N.D. — The North Dakota National Guard’s Child & Youth Program is partnering with the Military Family Research Institute at Purdue University to bring a new curriculum to military children in the state. Titled ...

FARGO, N.D. – The leadership of the North Dakota Army National Guard’s largest unit changed hands yesterday during a formal change of command ceremony, at the Fargo Armed Forces Reserve Center...

BISMARCK, N.D. — Nearly 12 months have passed since 55 members of the North Dakota Army National Guard’s Headquarters and Headquarters Company of the 1st Battalion, 112th Aviation Regiment (Security and Support) mobilized...

BISMARCK, N.D. — Nearly 12 months have passed since 55 members of the North Dakota Army National Guard’s Headquarters and Headquarters Company of the 1st Battalion, 112th Aviation Regiment (Security and Support) mobilized...

FARGO, N.D. — The leadership of the North Dakota Army National Guard’s largest unit will change this weekend. After leading the Fargo-based 141st Maneuver Enhancement Brigade since 2010, Col. Lannie Runck will step down as Col. Giselle Wilz takes the helm. ...

FARGO, N.D. — The North Dakota Army National Guard’s 191st Military Police Company received an alert for mobilization order this week. Only a portion of the company, which is based in Fargo with detachments ...

FARGO, N.D. — The North Dakota Air National Guard’s “Happy Hooligans” were among the first called into service following the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, when the unit’s F-16 fighter jets were scrambled from an alert detachment at Langley Air Force Base, Va...

CAMP ATTERBURY, IND. — Fifty-five Soldiers with the North Dakota Army National Guard’s Headquarters and Headquarters Company of the 1st Battalion, 112th Aviation Regiment (Security and Support) arrived in the U.S. early this morning...

CAMP GRAFTON, N.D. — The North Dakota National Guard held a ribbon cutting ceremony to celebrate a new addition to the Camp Gilbert C. Grafton Readiness Center today...

FARGO, N.D. — The North Dakota Air National Guard will honor Airmen who have served in a contingency operation, along with their families, during a Hometown Heroes event Sunday in Fargo. ...

CAMP GRAFTON, N.D. — The North Dakota National Guard will hold a ribbon cutting ceremony to celebrate a new addition to the Camp Gilbert C. Grafton Readiness Center on Sept 7 at 11 a.m...

BISMARCK, N.D. — The North Dakota Army National Guard, together with representatives of North Dakota’s Tribal Nations today dedicated the NDNG’s newest helicopter, the UH-72A Lakota...

BISMARCK, N.D. — The North Dakota Army National Guard will partner with the North Dakota based Tribal Nations in dedicating the Guard’s newest helicopter, the UH-72A Lakota, at a ceremony at the United Tribes Technical College (UTTC) in Bismarck. The dedication ceremony is scheduled for Sept. 4 at 1:30 p.m.

FARGO, N.D. — A two-day workshop in Fargo, N.D., will address educational needs of military-connected families. The Living in the New Normal Institute: Helping Children Thrive Through Good and ...

FARGO, N.D. — A group of North Dakota National Guard Soldiers and Airmen returned to the state yesterday with more hardware than when they left last week. Three teams of Guardsmen competed in the Marksmanship Advisory Committee Region VI ...

FARGO, N.D. — As the State Partnership Program marks its 20th anniversary this summer, the North Dakota National Guard heads into its ninth year of having a formal relationship with the African country of ...

FARGO, N.D. — Backed by the UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter, state, local and military leaders announced an expansion of North Dakota Army National Guard aviation assets in the state today. The event ...

FARGO, N.D. — First, the call came in this morning to the North Dakota Air National Guard’s 119th Civil Engineer Squadron fire department. A civilian cargo transport plane had crashed, spewing its contents before bursting into flames ...

FARGO, N.D. — Eastern North Dakota will soon be able to benefit from the capabilities that accompany Army aviation assets. The North Dakota Army National Guard will announce the stationing of a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter in ...

FARGO, N.D. — The North Dakota National Guard’s 81st Civil Support Team, in conjunction with Fargo-Moorhead Hazmat and the North Dakota Air National Guard’s fire department and emergency management ...

FARGO, N.D. — 1st Lt. Andy Teigen and Col. Rick Gibney kneeled down to pin general rank on Garrett Beckwith, 5, today. Garrett was chosen to be a “Pilot for a Day” for the North Dakota Air National Guard. ...

FARGO, N.D. — Nearly a year after beginning a federal mobilization, about 160 North Dakota Army National Guard Soldiers are back in the arms of their families and friends this afternoon. Members of the ...

FARGO, N.D. — Nearly 12 months have passed since members of the North Dakota Army National Guard’s 188th Engineer Company (Vertical) left the state for a construction-oriented mission in Kuwait. ...

FARGO, N.D. — A young Frazee, Minn., boy will have the chance to be a “Pilot for a Day” at the North Dakota Air National Guard. Garrett Beckwith, 5, has been fighting cancer for nearly six months....

BISMARCK, N.D. — The North Dakota National Guard’s Military Service Center in Bismarck will hold an open house from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 16 for the public, veterans and current military service members...

FORT BLISS, TEXAS — About 160 members of the North Dakota Army National Guard’s 188th Engineer Company (Vertical) arrived in the United States at 9:40 p.m. CDT today. The unit, which is ...

DEVILS LAKE, N.D. — Last weekend, North Dakota National Guard Soldiers participated in a Comprehensive Soldier Fitness Resiliency Training Course at Camp Grafton Training Center, Devils Lake, N.D. The ...

FARGO, N.D. — The Soldier musicians of the 188th Army Band went back to school Aug. 1-3 as part of their annual training. The band, a North Dakota National Guard unit based in Fargo, assisted educators from North Dakota State University ...

FARGO, N.D. — The North Dakota Army National Guard’s 188th Army Band will play a series of free concerts around the state during its two-week annual training, which begins next week. The concerts celebrate the band’s 125th anniversary and will ...

FARGO, N.D. — Three North Dakota Air National Guard members are expected to return home this afternoon after having served in Afghanistan since mid-January. ...

BISMARCK, N.D. – The Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR), a Department of Defense agency, announced Basin Electric Power Cooperative (BEPC) of Bismarck, was selected to receive the 2012 Secretary of Defense Employer Support Freedom Award...

BISMARCK, N.D. — Lt. Col. Larry Shireley, Bismarck, relinquished his duties as commander of the North Dakota National Guard’s 81st Civil Support Team (81st CST) after more than 12 years of service with the unit during a change of command ceremony today at the Guard’s headquarters in Bismarck...

BISMARCK, N.D. — The only commander the North Dakota National Guard’s 81st Civil Support Team (CST) has ever known, will retire after relinquishing duties to Lt. Col. Mark Quire...

FARGO, N.D. — Some remaining members of the North Dakota Air National Guard’s 119th Civil Engineer Squadron are expected to return from a six-month deployment to Southwest Asia today. While ...

DEVILS LAKE, N.D. — Chief Warrant Officer 2 Dennis D. Lahti retired from the North Dakota Army National Guard June 30, 2012. Lahti, of Minot, N.D., serves with the Valley City-based Detachment 1, ...

FARGO, N.D. — Eight members of the North Dakota Air National Guard returned home from a six-month deployment to Afghanistan this morning. The Airmen serve with the 119th Logistics Readiness ...

BISMARCK, N.D. — The North Dakota National Guard (NDNG) presented the families of fallen Soldiers, Staff Sgt. Ken Hendrickson and Sgt. Keith Smette, the U.S. Army Combat Action Badge (CAB) for their service in Iraq at an ceremony today at the “Memorial to the Fallen in the Global War on Terrorism” in Bismarck...

CAMP GRAFTON TRAINING CENTER SOUTH, N.D. — Food service specialists with a Fargo-based North Dakota National Guard unit breezed through state-level evaluations last week allowing them to move on to a regional competition for best Army field mess section...

Devils Lake, N.D. – Napoleon knew what he was talking about 200 years ago when he proclaimed “An army marches on its stomach...”

FARGO, N.D. — Some Happy Hooligan families celebrated Christmas in June when their loved ones returned from a six-month deployment to Southwest Asia today. More than 50 Airmen with the North Dakota Air National Guard's ...

FARGO, N.D. — Members of the North Dakota Air National Guard’s 119th Civil Engineer Squadron are expected to return from a six-month deployment to Southwest Asia this week. Most of the Guardsmen will ...

BISMARCK, N.D. — North Dakota National Guard Family members will host a “Memorial Road March” Sunday, June 10, in remembrance of all North Dakota National Guard service members killed in action in the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT)...

Looking at the white-haired man sitting in a wheelchair at a Fergus Falls, Minn., nursing home, a visitor can only imagine the life he has lived. Homer Goebel’s memory obviously isn’t as sharp as it once was, and his body never fully recovered from the stroke he suffered four years ago. His crisply buzzed ...

FORT RANSOM, N.D. — For the past two years, visitors to this tiny southeastern town have asked about the walking bridge they’ve heard so much about. “And we tell them, ‘Well ...

BISMARCK, N.D. –The North Dakota National Guard’s 957th Engineer Company (Multi-Role Bridge) will be conducting field training exercises at Kimball Bottoms beginning 8 a.m. Saturday, June 2, to 6 a.m. on Sunday, June 3...

ARLINGTON, Va. Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR), a Department of Defense agency, announced Basin Electric Power Cooperative and Kadrmas, Lee & Jackson of Bismarck as finalists ...

MANDAN, N.D. — The 2012 Memorial Day Ceremony at the North Dakota Veterans Cemetery will begin at noon, Monday, May 28...

BISMARCK, N.D. — The North Dakota National Guard Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors (ND-TAPS) will kick-off a week-long event that honors North Dakota’s Fallen service members that will begin at 4 p.m. in Memorial Hall at North Dakota’s capitol building...

BISMARCK, N.D. — The North Dakota National Guard will conduct joint training with the North Dakota Forest Service (NDFS) on May 23 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Garrison Weekend Training Site or Douglas Creek training area located approximately 3.5 miles south of Garrison, ND...

FARGO, N.D. — John R. Dougherty, of Moorhead, Minn., has been promoted to the rank of colonel in the North Dakota Air National Guard. Maj. Gen. David Sprynczynatyk, North Dakota adjutant general, ...

FARGO, N.D. — Dozens of North Dakota National Guard members will be taking part in the Fargo Marathon events this weekend in a couple of unique ways. Some will join with 18 family members of ...

BISMARCK, N.D. –The North Dakota National Guard’s 957th Engineer Company (Multi-Role Bridge) will be conducting field training exercises at Kimball Bottoms beginning 6 p.m. Friday, May 18 to noon on Sunday, May 20...

LINCOLN, Neb. — Seven North Dakota National Guard marathon runners completed the 35th Annual Lincoln National Guard Marathon May 6 in Nebraska. The race serves as the qualifying event for the ...

BISMARCK, N.D. — The North Dakota National Guard Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors (ND-TAPS) received a donation in April from Century 21 Morrison Realty in Bismarck...

MINOT, N.D. — This week, members from the North Dakota National Guard’s (NDNG) 81st Civil Support Team (CST) from Bismarck N.D., participated in a three-day Nuclear Weapons Accident/Incident Exercise (NUWAIX) on the Minot Air Force Base...

FARGO, N.D. – Airmen and Soldiers from the North Dakota National Guard participated in Red Card Wildland Fire Behavior and Firefighting Training May 4 through May 6 at the 119th Wing’s Regional Training Site in Fargo...

FARGO, N.D. — A trio of West Fargo military Veteran groups on Saturday handed over one of its biggest monetary donations to help Families of local North Dakota National Guard Soldiers and Airmen and Naval Reserve Sailors who are serving away from home...

MINOT, N.D. — Nearly 8 years after he was wounded during an attack, a North Dakota National Guardsman was presented a Purple Heart Medal for wounds he received in Iraq.

Devils Lake, N.D. – North Dakota National Guard’s Command Sgt. Maj. Alan P. Grinsteinner took over as the Commandant of Headquarters (HQ) 164th Regiment Regional Training Institute (RTI) from Command Sgt. Maj. Orville C. Wang at a Change of Responsibility ceremony Saturday, April 16, 2012, at Camp Grafton...

CAMP ROBINSON, ARK.- North Dakota National Guard (NDNG) marksmen competed in the 41st Winston P. Wilson (WPW) Championship at the National Guard Marksmanship Training Center at Camp Robinson, Ark...

FARGO, N.D. — A daylong practicum this week in Minot, N.D., will provide a practical application of techniques and strategies for Family Readiness Group leaders, first responders and other concerned adults ...

BISMARCK, N.D. — The only first sergeant that the North Dakota National Guard’s 81st Civil Support Team has ever known, stepped down after more than 13 years of service as the unit’s top enlisted Soldier...