Wyoming National Guard

A wildfire near Glendo State Park was started by engineers with the Colorado National Guard

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Wyoming would get to keep an Air National Guard medical unit under the latest military budget proposal being considered by Congress. In March, the Pentagon proposed cutting the Guard's 187th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron as part of an overall plan to cut 5,500 personnel nationwide...

Two weeks of wild land fire fighter training at Camp Guernsey just wrapped up and should prep responders for what's looking to be a dry summer. According to a Wyoming National Guard release the Rocky Mountain Engine Academy hosted regional firefighters from the U...

Wyoming National Guard soldiers on duty in Kosovo got a visit from home over the weekend. Governor Matt Mead, First Lady Carol Mead and Wyoming’s Adjutant General, Major General Luke Reiner, arrived in Kosovo Friday afternoon and left early Sunday...

The Wyoming National Guard wrapped up a three day exercise in the Salt Lake City Area Thursday. 'Operation Utah Shake Out' was an earthquake disaster drill that simulated a magnitude 7 earthquake. Joint Task Force Commander, Col. Shelly Campbell, says Salt Lake City sits on the Wasatch fault line and is at high risk for an earthquake...

Sexual Assault Awareness Month is underscored Thursday with a proclamation signed by Governor Matt Mead. The Wyoming National Guard also recognizes the month as an opportunity to further its commitment toward changing any existing culture within the military that tolerates the crime...

A defense bill signed by President Barack Obama includes more than $21 million for military construction in Cheyenne. F.E. Warren Air Force Base would get $12.6 million to replace an aging centralized heating plant. The Wyoming Army National Guard would get $8...

As of 6pm Wednesday evening we, in Natrona County, along with the rest of the state, all the way to the western border, are officially on Flood Watch. Natrona County Emergency Manager, Lt Stew Anderson, says releases from Grey Reef will continue to increase incrementally...

Governor Matt Mead is deploying more than 100 Wyoming National Guard Soldiers to help communities that need help because of spring flooding. Mead says the state is spending $70,000 to create five teams of 23 soldiers each that will be available next week.  "I'm sending the guard out before an actual emergency declaration.  If we can do some preventative measures before hand we may be ahead of

Some Wyoming National Guard units have been notified they may be called to action. With high waters moving across the state units could be mobilized if the manpower from local first response is not enough. "We've contacted potential units and informed their leadership that they need to let the soldiers and airmen know of a possible mobilization in order for them to notified their families a