MADISON, Wis. — Approximately 30 Soldiers and Airmen from the Wisconsin National Guard mobilized to state active duty yesterday to support Wisconsin’s Department of Health Services in the state’s ongoing response to the COVID-19 — or coronavirus — outbreak in Wisconsin.
WISCONSIN DELLS, Wis. — Planning and responding to emergency efforts in the new decade was the common goal at the 53rd Annual Governor’s Conference on Emergency Management and Homeland Security. Nearly 450 representatives of the state’s emergency management, fire, law enforcement and other first responder agencies attended the event, held March 10-11 at the Kalahari Resort and Convention Center. The theme this year was “New Decade — New Challenges.”
Maj. Gen. Paul E. Knapp was officially promoted to the rank of major general, by the governor, who is the commander-in-chief of the Wisconsin National Guard, during a ceremony in the governor's office with members of his family present as he assumed the duties of the adjutant general.
Today marks the Wisconsin National Guard’s 183rd birthday, and the beginning of another year in the long and distinguished history of a military organization that predates Wisconsin’s statehood by 11 years.
The Soldiers of the Wisconsin Army National Guard’s 1st Battalion, 128th Infantry remain hard at work in Afghanistan, despite talks of peace and ending America’s longest war.
The Wisconsin Army National Guard’s 829th Engineer Company is spread across the Middle East and Southwest Asia making an impact wherever they go.
MADISON, Wis. — Gov. Tony Evers announced the appointment of Wisconsin’s next adjutant general Feb. 24.
MADISON, Wis. – Wisconsin Emergency Management (WEM) is announcing an upcoming grant opportunity for nonprofit organizations that may be at risk of being targeted for a terrorist attack due to their ideology, beliefs, or mission.
"Dawn of the Red Arrow," the feature-length documentary profiling the formation of the 32nd "Red Arrow" Division in World War I, will be publicly released at 6 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 16 on the Wisconsin National Guard’s YouTube channel. That date coincides with the 32nd Division headquarters arriving in Brest, France in 1918.
MADISON, Wis. — Gov. Tony Evers approved a plan Thursday developed by the Wisconsin National Guard to implement improvements recommended in a recent assessment conducted by the National Guard Bureau’s Office of Complex Investigations.
