EDEN PRAIRE, Minn. — “You know that each and every day your warriors walk out the door, it’s a risk,” said Minnesota Governor Tim Walz. “But what I can assure you is, there is no better trained, ...

FORT HOOD, Texas – Following the announcement for its call to overseas service as Task Force Spartan, Virginia Army National Guard’s (VAARNG) Fort Belvoir-based 29th Infantry Division (29th ID) ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- More than 300 Illinois National Guard soldiers and their families are preparing for deployment to the Middle East on Saturday. The soldiers took center stage at Wintrust Arena, ...

BOISE, Idaho — Soldiers with Army National Guard units based in Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon and Florida make up a task force preparing to deploy to Southwest Asia in support of Operation Spartan ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — More than 250 National Guard service members from Southern Illinois are set to deploy this weekend in support of Operation Spartan Shield, a U.S. Central Command operation in the ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Tom Mockaitis, DePaul Professor and ...

BOISE, Idaho — More than 600 members of the Idaho National Guard's 116th Cavalry Brigade Combat Team are deploying to Southwest Asia in support of Operation Spartan Shield. A group of Idaho soldiers ...

WALBRIDGE, Ohio — Both nerves and excitement filled the Lake High School gymnasium, as friends and family anxiously watched their uniformed loved ones' call to duty ceremony Saturday afternoon.

A mobilization ceremony is planned for 10 a.m. Aug. 24 at Macomb High School. The event will honor about 155 soldiers from the 661st Engineer Construction Company, according to a community ...

CENTENNIAL, Colo. (CBS4) - About 300 soldiers from the Colorado National Guard left the state last week en route to deployment destinations in the Middle East and Central Asia, the agency announced ...