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NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee signed new legislation that establishes a TRICARE premium reimbursement program for eligible Tennessee National Guard members during a signing ceremony in the state capitol’s old Supreme Court chambers, June 3. Known as the “Tennessee National Guard Servicemember’s Medical Readiness Act,” the new law helps Guardsmen offset the cost of healthcare premiums under TRICARE Reserve Select and the TRICARE Dental ...

Operation Homefront recently announced Emily Baldeosingh is the Military Child of the Year for the National Guard. The 18 year old from Havelock, North Carolina, is the president of her senior class, a two-time National Cheerleaders Association (NCA) All-American cheerleader, and a varsity lacrosse, soccer, and track and field athlete. Emily is also the 2024 Havelock Chamber of Commerce Volunteer of the Year and ...

Before they were playing “Taps” and marching down pit lane, Indiana National Guard members assumed the role of “Yellow Shirts” — the colloquial term for safety patrol at the Indiana Motor Speedway.  But over the years, the relationship between the speedway and the Guard has grown into a community-building opportunity for both organizations. This is particularly true when it comes to the Indy 500, ...

On the morning of Sept. 27, 2024, Spc. Brandon Moore of the Tennessee National Guard grabbed the go-bag his father had packed for him and headed off for another day of disaster response in the wake of Hurricane Helene. He and Spc. Ethan Ward loaded into an up-armored LMTV, the second truck in a four-truck convoy tasked to help evacuate citizens stranded on the ...

In direct response to recent executive orders, the U.S. Northern Command (USNORTHCOM), or the combatant command and operational lead for the Department of Defense’s role on the southern border, activated Joint Task Force-Southern Border (JTF-SB) at Fort Huachuca, Arizona, with the 10th Mountain Division from Fort Drum, New York, as its Headquarters Battalion. The command announced in a press release that JTF-SB “assumed the ...

CHEYENNE, WYOMING -- The Wyoming Army National Guard’s Army Aviation Support Facility achieved the second-highest operational readiness ranking for the 2024 fiscal year and secured the number one spot for the first quarter of the 2025 fiscal year. The achievement is the result of optimized work schedules, a dedicated maintenance team, and a focus on crew readiness, according to Maj. Lauren Gurney, commander of ...

Members of the National Guard in 20 states now have a solution for a common challenge facing working parents: quality child care. Upwards, the largest child care network in the U.S., partnered with the Army Reserve in 2023 on a pilot program that was so successful it expanded to include the Army National Guard last year. Now, thousands of soldiers and their families are ...

A former security forces officer credits her unit with helping her navigate the medical process following a breast cancer diagnosis. Colorado Air National Guard Capt. Kathryn “Kat” Aguilar was deployed to Afghanistan in 2019 when she noticed a dimple on the right side of her skin. Having previously worked in healthcare, she said she knew it was something to get checked out when she ...

The Quarterly National Guard Commander’s Update shows efforts to align activities with U.S. Army Pacific and Indo-Pacific Command objectives.

The largest designated sponsor of the U.S. State Department-regulated au pair program announced its 2024 Host Family of the Year. Cultural Care Au Pair (CCAP) named the Bright family, an Army National Guard family from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as its recipient. Capt. Joel Rice Bright, a JAG officer with Vermont National Guard, and his wife Caroline Bright were chosen from hundreds of nominations by au pairs. They shared the ...