The Latest Breaking News from National Guard

Texas National Guard member dies after gun accidentally goes off

Soldier was part of state’s Operation Lone Star to stem US-Mexico border crossings

The Independent UK · Feb 8, 2022

Former US Marine describes a night of horrors under custody of the Venezuelan regime

Within hours of being stopped on a rural road in Venezuela, former U.S. Marine Matthew Heath told a court Monday, he found himself naked and strapped to a wire mesh connected to a car battery that would shock him between questions from officers of the country’s military counterintelligence.

Miami Herald · Feb 8, 2022

These Bills Would Keep the National Guard Out of Unconstitutional Wars

“Defend the Guard” laws would keep state troops out of conflicts that Congress hasn’t authorized.

Reason · 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

Greg Abbott's botched border deployment

One nurse in the state's National Guard said they're also desperately needed back home to deal with COVID

Salon · Jan 29, 2022

Soldier shot five serviceman at a military plant in Ukraine

A Ukrainian National Guard soldier shot security guards at a military factory in central Ukraine for unknown reasons, killing five people and injuring five others, police said on Thursday.

Reuters · Jan 27, 2022

Schools desperate for substitute teachers beg parents to step in

Officials in one state asked the National Guard for help.

Axios · Jan 26, 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

Jan. 6 panel investigates draft plan to seize 2020 ballots

WASHINGTON — Congressional investigators have spoken with former Attorney General William Barr about a reported draft executive order to use the National Guard to seize ballot boxes after the 2020 election, according to the chairman of a House panel investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

Tribune News Service · Jan 23, 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