Wyoming National Guard

On Thursday, the 133rd Engineer Company of Wyoming National Guard will return to Laramie after serving nine months in Bahrain. The company is set to arrive at the Laramie Regional Airport at 8:10 a.m. Deidre Forester, State Public Affairs Officer for the Guard, says that the homecoming ceremony will include speeches by Governor Matt Mead and Major General Luke Reiner...

Most of the people who were sent home Tuesday were the same people who were furloughed earlier this year.

In 1991, the 51st Wyoming Legislature passed the Arts in Public Buildings legislation. One percent of construction costs of new state owned buildings is used for the purpose of placing artwork in a public setting.

Helicopter crews planned to expand the search area east to Longmont, Fort Collins, Fort Morgan and Weld County.

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — The Wyoming Military Department is planning to furlough more than 430 employees because of federal budget cuts. The furloughs are scheduled to start April 26 and total up to 176 hours through the end of September...

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — More than 160 Wyoming National Guard members are preparing for deployment to the country of Bahrain. The guard's 133rd Engineer Company based in Laramie will spend nine months on the deployment. The unit will provide security at a military base...

The Camp Guernsey Joint Training Center was named the 2013 Army Communities of Excellence first place winner in the Army National Guard Special Category. "The Army said, 'Hey, If we become more of a military community, if leadership takes more of an active role in caring for the soldiers and not just train, equip, sustain the force, but actually have a better understanding of how and why we d

Suicide prevention week winds up with a suicide  awareness walk, Breaking The Silence, along the Platte River Parkway in Casper Saturday. The event starts at Crossroads Park at 4:00. Walk as far as you want to. Up to the Casper Events Center or back the other way...

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Lt. Col. Mark Allison has taken over as the new Wyoming National Guard state chaplain this year. Allison is a marriage and family therapist, a nationally board certified clinical chaplain trainer for the Veterans Administration in Salt Lake City, Utah, and as a veteran himself...

Suicide statistics for the military are sobering. The Associated Press reports that, so far this year, more soldiers have died by their own hand than in combat in Afghanistan. New techniques for working with soldiers are being offered now, that, according to Wyoming National Guard Public Affairs Officer, Lt...