Migrants march from south Mexico as US lifts COVID ban Some 500 migrants from Central America, Venezuela and elsewhere have pushed past police and National Guard lines in southern Mexico The Independent UK · Apr 1, 2022
EU envoy in Tehran amid hopes to restore nuclear agreement A leading European Union diplomat was holding talks in Tehran amid hopes that an agreement to restore Iran’s tattered nuclear deal with world powers could be completed The Independent UK · Mar 27, 2022
Iran diplomat suggests flexibility to restore nuclear deal Iran’s top diplomat says that the country’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard has accepted the idea of continuing to be sanctioned by the U.S. if it meant the restoration of Tehran’s nuclear deal with world powers The Independent UK · Mar 26, 2022
Army eases fitness test standards for women, older troops The Army has scrapped its move to have a physical fitness test that's gender- and age-neutral, and will now allow women and older soldiers to pass while meeting some reduced standards The Independent UK · Mar 23, 2022
Guardian of the Guard Jason Featherston, who has devoted more than half his life to the National Guard, is now the leading critic of Governor Greg Abbott’s border surge. Texas Observer · Mar 22, 2022
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard claims missile attack on Iraq Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said it carried out a missile strike on what it called an Israeli “strategic center” in the northern Iraqi city of Erbil, according to a statement on the group’s official news portal, Sepah News. Tribune News Service · Mar 13, 2022
Texas border deployment gets nearly $5 million boost after GOP leaders move money from other agencies AUSTIN, Texas — With no fanfare, five of Texas’ top Republican leaders late last month moved nearly a half-billion dollars from three law enforcement-related state agencies to pay for the mounting costs of keeping thousands of National Guard soldiers deployed at the U.S.-Mexico border. Tribune News Service · Feb 26, 2022
Baby on migrant boat shot dead by Coast Guard off Trinidad and Tobago The one-year-old boy was being cradled in his mother’s arms near the vessel’s engines when the Coast Guard opened fire The Independent UK · Feb 7, 2022
Austin to governors: Guard troops must get COVID-19 vaccine Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, in letters to seven governors, is reaffirming the need for members of their states' Army and Air National Guards to get the mandatory COVID-19 vaccine or lose their Guard status The Independent UK · Jan 31, 2022
Revolutionary Guard Kills Gunman in Attack in Southern Iran Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard killed an unidentified gunman who attacked its intelligence office Monday in southern Iran, near the Pakistani border, the country's state-run IRNA news agency reported. The report said the attack happened in the town of Saravan, in the southeastern province of Sistan and Baluchistan, about 1,360 kilometers… Asharq Al-Awsat · Jan 31, 2022
National Guard sees troops reupping despite COVID, hard year All over the U.S., state National Guard units are seeing dramatic reenlistment rates, even as their troops juggle near constant duties with COVID-19, natural disasters and other military deployments The Independent UK · Jan 25, 2022
New Mexico asks Guard to sub for sick teachers amid omicron New Mexico is asking National Guard troops and state bureaucrats to volunteer to serve as substitute teachers as preschools and K-12 public schools struggle to keep classrooms open amid surging COVID-19 infections The Independent UK · Jan 20, 2022
Shock in Colombia over murder of 14-year-old indigenous activist Breiner David Cucuñame was shot dead while on patrol with the unarmed group Indigenous Guard The Guardian - US · Jan 18, 2022