US National Guard

The National Guard Should Boost Retention With AI

Making full use of data analytics and artificial intelligence would be cost-effective in increasing the National Guard's retention, which is necessary to ensure ongoing security.

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South Dakota’s National Guard Funding Controversy and PMCs

Concerns raised about what South Dakota’s National Guard being funded by a Republican donor could lead to are a reality with private military contractors.

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US National Guard Soldiers Train With New Compact Sniper Rifle

A group of Virginia and Kentucky Army National Guard soldiers recently trained with their new M110A1 Squad Designated Marksman Rifles.

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US Air National Guard to Upgrade MQ-9 Reaper

The US Air National Guard has announced a partnership with Department of Defense contractors and academia to retrofit its MQ-9 Reaper drones, adding additional capabilities.

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FBI Retrieves Armored Humvee Stolen From California National Guard

The FBI safely recovered a $120,000 armored military Humvee which was stolen from a National Guard facility in Los Angeles five days earlier.

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US training program in Burkina Faso seeks to stabilize ‘core region’

The DC National Guard and Burkina Faso armed forces are working to stabilize the security situation through a comprehensive training partnership

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Burkina Faso and DC National Guard sign counter-terror partnership

The District of Columbia National Guard and Armed Forces of Burkina Faso concluded a formal partnership to develop the African nation’s counter-terrorism and peacekeeping capacities as part of the U.S. National Guard Bureau’s State Partnership program. Burkina Faso is the 76th country to join the program, which will focus on building its security force capabilities, the D.C. National Guard said on February 3. The partnership will include “mission areas related to homeland defense and security, disaster mitigation and response, consequence and crisis management, inter-agency cooperation, border, port and aviation security, fellowship-style internships, and combat medical events” similar to the existing partnership with Jamaica, the National Guard said. “We are eager to develop our partnership with Burkina Faso through targeted security force assistance programs aimed at building Burkina Faso’s capacity in specific areas such as counter-terrorism, peacekeeping, intelligence, and defense institutions building,” said Major General William J. Walker, Commanding General, D.C. National Guard. The agreement was formally signed on February 1 with Walker in attendance, as well as Burkina Faso’s Secretary General of the Ministry of Defense Justin Som, U.S. Ambassador to Burkina Faso Andrew Young, Brigadier General Moise Miningou, the Chief of General Staff for the National Armed Forces of Burkina Faso, and …

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New York Army National Guard to begin training Ukraine’s soldiers in November

Soldiers from the New York Army National Guard will take over the U.S. training mission in support of Ukraine in November.

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