WEST BEND, Wis. — A November exercise held in West Bend involving five Wisconsin National Guard units and one Louisiana Air National Guard unit helped build readiness for the National Guard’s dual-mission.
The crew of a Wisconsin Army National Guard UH-60 Blackhawk that rescued two kayakers stranded in a marsh near Fond du Lac last fall received a major award from the Army Aviation Association of America at Fort Rucker, Alabama, Jan. 30.
A team of 12 Wisconsin Army National Guard Soldiers are headed to Florida to conduct relief operations in support of civil authorities in response to Hurricane Michael.
A group of 24 Wisconsin Army National Guard Soldiers and four UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters that deployed to North Carolina for Hurricane Florence relief operations returned to Wisconsin Sept. 21 after a successful mission.
Wisconsin Army National Guard aviators are actively conducting relief operations in support of civil authorities in North Carolina as the state grapples with the fallout of Hurricane Florence.
The Wisconsin National Guard stands ready to assist civil authorities, if needed, with the response to Hurricane Florence.
A Wisconsin Army National Guard UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter crew rescued two men stranded in the Eldorado Marsh in the Fond du Lac River Sept. 9 after the men got disoriented on a kayak trip.
Approximately 35 Soldiers from a West Bend, Wisconsin-based Army National Guard unit landed safely back on U.S. soil this week.
MADISON, Wis. — Gov. Scott Walker issued Executive Order 260 Oct. 23, authorizing Maj. Gen. Don Dunbar, Wisconsin’s adjutant general, to call elements of the Wisconsin National Guard to state active duty as necessary to assist the Virgin Islands in response to an Emergency Management Assistance Compact request from the U.S. territory.
Nearly 100 Wisconsin Army National Guard Soldiers will deploy to Kuwait and Afghanistan in support of Operations Spartan Shield and Freedom Sentinel later this winter.