Military helicopters pulled off Colorado wildfire
Military helicopters dispatched to fight a wildfire near Colorado Springs have now been sent back home.
National Guard
14 UW Students Among Those Being Deployed
Fourteen University of Wyoming students are among the Wyoming Army National Guard soldiers being deployed to the Middle East.
Wyoming Army Guard Unit To Deploy This Month
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — The Wyoming Army National Guard unit will be deployed this month for a stint in the Persian Gulf region.
The Guard says 162 soldiers from the Laramie-based 133rd Engineer Company will deploy on April 12.
The unit's will be deployed for 400 days and provide base security in Middle East country of Bahrain...
National Guard Sends Furlough Notices in Error
The National Guard mistakenly sent out furlough notices to Guard members in up to 21 states, despite the Pentagon's decision to delay the notification of unpaid time off for two more weeks.
Guard Evacuating People, Taking Food To NJ City
HOBOKEN, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey National Guard trucks are delivering ready-to-eat meals and evacuating the city of Hoboken.
About half the city remains flooded two days after superstorm Sandy struck. Thousands are still holed up in their brownstones, condos, and other housing...
Fire Crews Busy Near Wheatland
Wildfires continue to burn in Wyoming
National Guard Unit Consolidation Focus Of Study
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — The Wyoming Legislature plans to study the possible consolidation of Wyoming Army National Guard armories in the northwest area of the state.
Maj. Gen. Luke Reiner is Wyoming's adjutant general. He says the Wyoming Military Department requested the interim legislative study...
Wyoming Guard Unit Targeted In Defense Spending Cuts
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A unit of the Wyoming Air National Guard is being targeted in national defense budget cuts.
Wyoming Adjutant General Maj. Gen. Luke Reiner says the U.S. Air Force is proposing to cut the Guard's 187th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron as part of an overall plan to cut 5,500 personnel nationwide...
Guard Practices Aerial Firefighting
GUERNSEY, Wyo. (AP) — The Wyoming Air National Guard is practicing fighting wildfires from the sky.
Guard members plan to conduct training flights at the Camp Guernsey Training Center on Wednesday and will drop water to the ground in a fire exercise...
Increase in Summer Trainees at Camp Guernsey
The Wyoming National Guard Camp Guernsey Joint Training Center will be seeing an increase in their activities this summer.