FORT BENNING, Ga. — The North Dakota National Guard’s best shooters have been competing against the best in the U.S. Army since Jan. 28 at Fort Benning, Ga. As they travel home this weekend from the U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit’s U.S. Small Arms Championship, or “All-Army” competition ...

BISMARCK, N.D. — An Iraqi war Veteran with more than 40 years of military experience relinquished his duties as the North Dakota National Guard’s senior enlisted leader to Chief Master Sgt. James Gibson...

BISMARCK, N.D. — An Iraqi war Veteran with more than 40 years of military experience will relinquish his duties as the North Dakota National Guard’s senior enlisted leader during a change of responsibility ceremony at the Raymond J. Bohn Armory in Bismarck...

BISMARCK, N.D. — The North Dakota National Guard will host a media availability for former U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Clinton L. Romesha at 1 p.m. (CST), Feb. 21 at the North Dakota State Capitol press studio...

CAMP RIPLEY, Minn. — The North Dakota National Guard brought its largest team yet to the Central Region Biathlon Competition last week. Twelve Soldiers and Airmen competed against their counterparts from 12 other states Jan. 24-27 at Camp Ripley, Minn. ...

BISMARCK, N.D. – A North Dakota Army National Guard unit has received an alert notification for possible mobilization. The 814th Medical Company (Area Support), based out of Bismarck, with a detachment in Grand Forks, N.D...

CAMP GRAFTON, N.D. — The commander of the North Dakota National Guard’s Camp Grafton Training Center at Devils Lake officially retires Jan. 31 after 36 years of service. Rickford and others celebrated his career and subsequent retirement during a ceremony at the camp’s Military Service Club, on Jan. 4.

FARGO, N.D. — Chaplain John Flowers, of West Fargo, N.D., has been promoted to the rank of colonel in the North Dakota Air National Guard...

BISMARCK, N.D. — Family, friends and elected and military leaders gathered at the Army Aviation Support Facility in Bismarck, N.D., for a sendoff ceremony to honor eight North Dakota Army National Guard Soldiers before the Soldiers begin a yearlong mission in Afghanistan. The aviation Soldiers of the Bismarck-based Detachment 42 (Det. 42), Operational Airlift Support (OSA), are deploying in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.

FARGO, N.D. — After spending most of 2012 assisting the U.S. Customs and Border Protection on the southwest border of the United States, members of the North Dakota Army National Guard remain on mission but in a new location ...

MINOT, N.D. — The North Dakota Army National Guard Public Affairs Office will host a media availability with former U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Clinton Romesha and his wife Tammy, at the Minot Armed Forces Reserve Center at 9 a.m. Wednesday...

BISMARCK, N.D. — 8 North Dakota Army National Guard Soldiers will be honored Wednesday before beginning a yearlong mission in Afghanistan. The Soldiers of the Bismarck-based Detachment 42 (Det. 42), Organizational Support Airlift (OSA), will be formally sent off on the mission during a ceremony at 2 p.m. Jan. 14 at the Army Aviation Facilities, 3420 Airway Avenue, in Bismarck.

BISMARCK, N.D. — Gov. Jack Dalrymple and Maj. Gen. David Sprynczynatyk, North Dakota adjutant general, along with other elected and military leaders and community supporters filled the Army Aviation Support Facility in Bismarck today to honor North Dakota Army National Guard Soldiers and their families.

BISMARCK, N.D. — A ceremony here Sunday will honor about 55 North Dakota Army National Guard Soldiers who deployed to Kosovo last year. At 11 a.m. Jan. 13 ...

BISMARCK, N.D. – BISMARCK, N.D. — A North Dakota Army National Guard unit has received an alert notification for possible mobilization. The Jamestown, N.D.-based 817th Engineer Company (SAPPER) was notified of their possible mobilization by their leadership...

FARGO, N.D. — For the first time in about 11 years, no North Dakota Air National Guard Airmen are deployed overseas. Last night, Capt. ...

CAMP GRAFTON, N.D. — The commander of the North Dakota National Guard’s Camp Grafton Training Center at Devils Lake will retire after 36 years of service. A ceremony for Col. Dave Rickford will be held at 3 p.m. on Friday Jan. 4 at the camp’s Military Service Club...

FARGO, N.D. — The North Dakota National Guard’s 188th Army Band will begin the new year rocking schools across southeastern North Dakota. From Jan. 7-9, three ensembles from the band will perform in 16 schools. ...

FARGO, N.D. — As 2012 comes to an end, the North Dakota National Guard looks back at the service, missions, Soldiers, Airmen, families and employers who made everything possible. While natural disaster response required ...

LISBON, N.D. — As everyone around him opened brightly wrapped presents, Art continued to marvel at his, turning the three country music CDs around and around in his hands. He talked of singing along to the radio to ...

FARGO, N.D. — Volunteers with the North Dakota National Guard will show their appreciation to the men and women in the state who served before them during an annual trip to the North Dakota Veterans Home in ...

BISMARCK, N.D. — Today, members of US Bank presented a check to North Dakota National Guard leadership, further showing the company’s support for North Dakota’s Soldiers, Airmen and military families.

BISMARCK N.D. — A memorial service to honor the late Sgt. 1st Class Darren M. Linde will be at 3 p.m. on Dec. 15 at the 164th Regional Training Institute (164th RTI) theatre at Camp Grafton Training Center at Devils Lake, N.D...

BISMARCK, N.D. — Operation Homefront is in full swing this week, as military families are invited to stuff their stockings with donations made by the local community in coordination with Dollar Tree and RDO...

BISMARCK N.D. — The funeral arrangements for both North Dakota National Guard 818th Engineer Company Soldiers that were killed in action on Monday, Dec. 3 have been released...

BISMARCK N.D. — The timeframe for the dignified transfer of remains for both North Dakota National Guard 818th Engineer Company Soldiers that were killed in action on Monday, Dec. 3 has been released...

BISMARCK N.D. — Adrienne Linde, the spouse of Sgt. 1st Class Darren M. Linde, who was killed in action with the North Dakota National Guard 818th Engineer Company on Dec. 3., has issued the following statement...

BISMARCK N.D. — The North Dakota National Guard Public Affairs Office will host a media availability with the parents of Spc. Tyler J. Orgaard, 20, of Bismarck, who was killed in Afghanistan on Monday, Dec. 3...

BISMARCK, N.D. – Maj. Gen. David Sprynczynatyk, North Dakota National Guard adjutant general, announced today that two Soldiers assigned to the 818th Engineer Company (Sapper) were killed in action Dec. 3 while on duty in Afghanistan...

FARGO, N.D. — Four Airmen with the North Dakota Air National Guard will return home tomorrow from a four-month deployment to Southwest Asia. Master Sgt. Terry Moser, Senior Airman Charles ...

CAMP DODGE, Iowa — “It was a rush being under the helicopter doing hands-on training that we have not done before,” Sgt. Robert Shannon, of Ashley, N.D., said during two weeks of annual training for his ...

BISMARCK, N.D. — TriWest Healthcare Alliance donated $10,000 to the North Dakota National Guard Emergency Relief Fund today at the Guard’s Bismarck headquarters at Fraine Barracks. Maj. Gen. David Sprynczynatyk, North Dakota adjutant general, accepted the check on behalf of the fund, while representatives from TriWest, to include Don Brown, vice president of Midwest operations, and Tim Ray, service area director, presented the check.

BISMARCK, N.D. — TriWest Healthcare Alliance will donate $10,000 to the North Dakota National Guard Emergency Relief Fund at 1:30 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 8, 2012, at the Guard’s Bismarck headquarters at Fraine Barracks, building 30...

BISMARCK, N.D. — Elected and military leaders, as well as families and loved ones, gathered at Bismarck’s Raymond J. Bohn Armory today for a send-off ceremony that honored four North Dakota Army National Guard Soldiers with the 1919th Contingency Contracting Team.

BISMARCK, N.D. — North Dakota Army National Guard Soldiers received an urgent call from the Bismarck Fire Department early Tuesday morning. After a suspected terrorist attack during a rally at the Bismarck Community Bowl, firefighters suspected heightened radiation levels near the blast and requested the skills and capabilities of the North Dakota National Guard’s 81st Civil Support Team. The Bismarck-based unit immediately activated 20 Soldiers, who arrived on the scene to provide critical emergency resp

BISMARCK, N.D. — Four North Dakota Army National Guard Soldiers will be honored Saturday in a send-off ceremony to wish them well on their upcoming yearlong deployment to support the Global War on Terrorism...

GRAND FORKS, N.D. — The most-deployed unit in the North Dakota Army National Guard during the Global War on Terrorism has received a fresh alert for mobilization...

BISMARCK, N.D. — Four N.D. National Guard service members were recently promoted during ceremonies at Raymond J. Bohn Armory and Fraine Barracks in Bismarck.

FARGO, N.D. — Elected and military leaders and well-wishers from throughout the area filled the Fargo Armed Forces Reserve Center today to give their best to about 30 North Dakota Army National Guard ...

BISMARCK, N.D. — A ceremony celebrating the seventh annual North Dakota “Day of the Deployed” and the second annual national observance was held today at Bismarck State College...

FARGO, N.D. — Two Airmen with the North Dakota Air National Guard are expected to return from a deployment to Afghanistan today. Master Sgt. Curt Stetz and Master Sgt. Kip Terry, both with the ...

BISMARCK, N.D. – A ceremony celebrating North Dakota’s seventh annual and second national “Day of the Deployed” will be held at 9 a.m. on Friday, Oct. 26...

FARGO, N.D. — About 30 North Dakota Army National Guard Soldiers will be honored Saturday before beginning a yearlong mission in Cuba. The Soldiers, who serve in the 191st Military Police Company, will be formally sent off ...

MANDAN, N.D. — Mr. Bob Kupper, owner of Kupper Automotive, presented Maj. Gen. David Sprynczynatyk, North Dakota adjutant general, with a donation of more than $11,000 for the North Dakota National Guard Foundation on Oct. 19, 2012...

WAHPETON, N.D. — Gov. Jack Dalrymple and Maj. Gen. David Sprynczynatyk, North Dakota adjutant general, along with other elected and military leaders and community supporters filled the Claire T. Blikre Activities Center at North Dakota State College of Science today to honor North Dakota Army National Guard Soldiers and their families.

FARGO, N.D. — Two Airmen with the North Dakota Air National Guard’s 119th Civil Engineer Squadron will return home Saturday from a six-month deployment. Chief Master Sgt. Mark ...

FARGO, N.D. — North Dakota Army National Guard Soldiers who served a year in Kuwait will be formally recognized during a Freedom Salute ceremony Sunday in Wahpeton, N.D. ...

BISMARCK, N.D. — North Dakota National Guard’s Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve, or ESGR, will host a “Lunch with the Boss” at 11:30 a.m. Monday at Basin Electric Power Cooperative’s Board Room. Lieutenant Governor Drew Wrigley, NDNG’s Col. David Thiele, and Mr. Andrew M. Serri, Basin Electric CEO and general manager, will speak at the event...

FARGO, N.D. — The North Dakota National Guard’s Child & Youth Program is partnering with the Military Family Research Institute at Purdue University to bring a new curriculum to military children in the state. Titled ...

FARGO, N.D. – The leadership of the North Dakota Army National Guard’s largest unit changed hands yesterday during a formal change of command ceremony, at the Fargo Armed Forces Reserve Center...

BISMARCK, N.D. — Nearly 12 months have passed since 55 members of the North Dakota Army National Guard’s Headquarters and Headquarters Company of the 1st Battalion, 112th Aviation Regiment (Security and Support) mobilized...

FARGO, N.D. — The leadership of the North Dakota Army National Guard’s largest unit will change this weekend. After leading the Fargo-based 141st Maneuver Enhancement Brigade since 2010, Col. Lannie Runck will step down as Col. Giselle Wilz takes the helm. ...

BISMARCK, N.D. — Nearly 12 months have passed since 55 members of the North Dakota Army National Guard’s Headquarters and Headquarters Company of the 1st Battalion, 112th Aviation Regiment (Security and Support) mobilized...

FARGO, N.D. — The North Dakota Army National Guard’s 191st Military Police Company received an alert for mobilization order this week. Only a portion of the company, which is based in Fargo with detachments ...

FARGO, N.D. — The North Dakota Air National Guard’s “Happy Hooligans” were among the first called into service following the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, when the unit’s F-16 fighter jets were scrambled from an alert detachment at Langley Air Force Base, Va...

CAMP ATTERBURY, IND. — Fifty-five Soldiers with the North Dakota Army National Guard’s Headquarters and Headquarters Company of the 1st Battalion, 112th Aviation Regiment (Security and Support) arrived in the U.S. early this morning...

CAMP GRAFTON, N.D. — The North Dakota National Guard held a ribbon cutting ceremony to celebrate a new addition to the Camp Gilbert C. Grafton Readiness Center today...

FARGO, N.D. — The North Dakota Air National Guard will honor Airmen who have served in a contingency operation, along with their families, during a Hometown Heroes event Sunday in Fargo. ...

CAMP GRAFTON, N.D. — The North Dakota National Guard will hold a ribbon cutting ceremony to celebrate a new addition to the Camp Gilbert C. Grafton Readiness Center on Sept 7 at 11 a.m...

BISMARCK, N.D. — The North Dakota Army National Guard, together with representatives of North Dakota’s Tribal Nations today dedicated the NDNG’s newest helicopter, the UH-72A Lakota...

BISMARCK, N.D. — The North Dakota Army National Guard will partner with the North Dakota based Tribal Nations in dedicating the Guard’s newest helicopter, the UH-72A Lakota, at a ceremony at the United Tribes Technical College (UTTC) in Bismarck. The dedication ceremony is scheduled for Sept. 4 at 1:30 p.m.

FARGO, N.D. — A two-day workshop in Fargo, N.D., will address educational needs of military-connected families. The Living in the New Normal Institute: Helping Children Thrive Through Good and ...

FARGO, N.D. — A group of North Dakota National Guard Soldiers and Airmen returned to the state yesterday with more hardware than when they left last week. Three teams of Guardsmen competed in the Marksmanship Advisory Committee Region VI ...

FARGO, N.D. — As the State Partnership Program marks its 20th anniversary this summer, the North Dakota National Guard heads into its ninth year of having a formal relationship with the African country of ...

FARGO, N.D. — Backed by the UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter, state, local and military leaders announced an expansion of North Dakota Army National Guard aviation assets in the state today. The event ...

FARGO, N.D. — First, the call came in this morning to the North Dakota Air National Guard’s 119th Civil Engineer Squadron fire department. A civilian cargo transport plane had crashed, spewing its contents before bursting into flames ...

FARGO, N.D. — Eastern North Dakota will soon be able to benefit from the capabilities that accompany Army aviation assets. The North Dakota Army National Guard will announce the stationing of a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter in ...

FARGO, N.D. — The North Dakota National Guard’s 81st Civil Support Team, in conjunction with Fargo-Moorhead Hazmat and the North Dakota Air National Guard’s fire department and emergency management ...

FARGO, N.D. — 1st Lt. Andy Teigen and Col. Rick Gibney kneeled down to pin general rank on Garrett Beckwith, 5, today. Garrett was chosen to be a “Pilot for a Day” for the North Dakota Air National Guard. ...

FARGO, N.D. — Nearly a year after beginning a federal mobilization, about 160 North Dakota Army National Guard Soldiers are back in the arms of their families and friends this afternoon. Members of the ...

FARGO, N.D. — A young Frazee, Minn., boy will have the chance to be a “Pilot for a Day” at the North Dakota Air National Guard. Garrett Beckwith, 5, has been fighting cancer for nearly six months....

FARGO, N.D. — Nearly 12 months have passed since members of the North Dakota Army National Guard’s 188th Engineer Company (Vertical) left the state for a construction-oriented mission in Kuwait. ...

BISMARCK, N.D. — The North Dakota National Guard’s Military Service Center in Bismarck will hold an open house from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 16 for the public, veterans and current military service members...

FORT BLISS, TEXAS — About 160 members of the North Dakota Army National Guard’s 188th Engineer Company (Vertical) arrived in the United States at 9:40 p.m. CDT today. The unit, which is ...

DEVILS LAKE, N.D. — Last weekend, North Dakota National Guard Soldiers participated in a Comprehensive Soldier Fitness Resiliency Training Course at Camp Grafton Training Center, Devils Lake, N.D. The ...

FARGO, N.D. — The Soldier musicians of the 188th Army Band went back to school Aug. 1-3 as part of their annual training. The band, a North Dakota National Guard unit based in Fargo, assisted educators from North Dakota State University ...

FARGO, N.D. — The North Dakota Army National Guard’s 188th Army Band will play a series of free concerts around the state during its two-week annual training, which begins next week. The concerts celebrate the band’s 125th anniversary and will ...

FARGO, N.D. — Three North Dakota Air National Guard members are expected to return home this afternoon after having served in Afghanistan since mid-January. ...

BISMARCK, N.D. – The Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR), a Department of Defense agency, announced Basin Electric Power Cooperative (BEPC) of Bismarck, was selected to receive the 2012 Secretary of Defense Employer Support Freedom Award...

BISMARCK, N.D. — Lt. Col. Larry Shireley, Bismarck, relinquished his duties as commander of the North Dakota National Guard’s 81st Civil Support Team (81st CST) after more than 12 years of service with the unit during a change of command ceremony today at the Guard’s headquarters in Bismarck...

BISMARCK, N.D. — The only commander the North Dakota National Guard’s 81st Civil Support Team (CST) has ever known, will retire after relinquishing duties to Lt. Col. Mark Quire...

FARGO, N.D. — Some remaining members of the North Dakota Air National Guard’s 119th Civil Engineer Squadron are expected to return from a six-month deployment to Southwest Asia today. While ...

DEVILS LAKE, N.D. — Chief Warrant Officer 2 Dennis D. Lahti retired from the North Dakota Army National Guard June 30, 2012. Lahti, of Minot, N.D., serves with the Valley City-based Detachment 1, ...

FARGO, N.D. — Eight members of the North Dakota Air National Guard returned home from a six-month deployment to Afghanistan this morning. The Airmen serve with the 119th Logistics Readiness ...

BISMARCK, N.D. — The North Dakota National Guard (NDNG) presented the families of fallen Soldiers, Staff Sgt. Ken Hendrickson and Sgt. Keith Smette, the U.S. Army Combat Action Badge (CAB) for their service in Iraq at an ceremony today at the “Memorial to the Fallen in the Global War on Terrorism” in Bismarck...

CAMP GRAFTON TRAINING CENTER SOUTH, N.D. — Food service specialists with a Fargo-based North Dakota National Guard unit breezed through state-level evaluations last week allowing them to move on to a regional competition for best Army field mess section...

Devils Lake, N.D. – Napoleon knew what he was talking about 200 years ago when he proclaimed “An army marches on its stomach...”

FARGO, N.D. — Some Happy Hooligan families celebrated Christmas in June when their loved ones returned from a six-month deployment to Southwest Asia today. More than 50 Airmen with the North Dakota Air National Guard's ...

FARGO, N.D. — Members of the North Dakota Air National Guard’s 119th Civil Engineer Squadron are expected to return from a six-month deployment to Southwest Asia this week. Most of the Guardsmen will ...

BISMARCK, N.D. — North Dakota National Guard Family members will host a “Memorial Road March” Sunday, June 10, in remembrance of all North Dakota National Guard service members killed in action in the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT)...

Looking at the white-haired man sitting in a wheelchair at a Fergus Falls, Minn., nursing home, a visitor can only imagine the life he has lived. Homer Goebel’s memory obviously isn’t as sharp as it once was, and his body never fully recovered from the stroke he suffered four years ago. His crisply buzzed ...

FORT RANSOM, N.D. — For the past two years, visitors to this tiny southeastern town have asked about the walking bridge they’ve heard so much about. “And we tell them, ‘Well ...

BISMARCK, N.D. –The North Dakota National Guard’s 957th Engineer Company (Multi-Role Bridge) will be conducting field training exercises at Kimball Bottoms beginning 8 a.m. Saturday, June 2, to 6 a.m. on Sunday, June 3...

ARLINGTON, Va. Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR), a Department of Defense agency, announced Basin Electric Power Cooperative and Kadrmas, Lee & Jackson of Bismarck as finalists ...

MANDAN, N.D. — The 2012 Memorial Day Ceremony at the North Dakota Veterans Cemetery will begin at noon, Monday, May 28...

BISMARCK, N.D. — The North Dakota National Guard Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors (ND-TAPS) will kick-off a week-long event that honors North Dakota’s Fallen service members that will begin at 4 p.m. in Memorial Hall at North Dakota’s capitol building...

BISMARCK, N.D. — The North Dakota National Guard will conduct joint training with the North Dakota Forest Service (NDFS) on May 23 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Garrison Weekend Training Site or Douglas Creek training area located approximately 3.5 miles south of Garrison, ND...

FARGO, N.D. — John R. Dougherty, of Moorhead, Minn., has been promoted to the rank of colonel in the North Dakota Air National Guard. Maj. Gen. David Sprynczynatyk, North Dakota adjutant general, ...

FARGO, N.D. — Dozens of North Dakota National Guard members will be taking part in the Fargo Marathon events this weekend in a couple of unique ways. Some will join with 18 family members of ...

BISMARCK, N.D. –The North Dakota National Guard’s 957th Engineer Company (Multi-Role Bridge) will be conducting field training exercises at Kimball Bottoms beginning 6 p.m. Friday, May 18 to noon on Sunday, May 20...

LINCOLN, Neb. — Seven North Dakota National Guard marathon runners completed the 35th Annual Lincoln National Guard Marathon May 6 in Nebraska. The race serves as the qualifying event for the ...

BISMARCK, N.D. — The North Dakota National Guard Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors (ND-TAPS) received a donation in April from Century 21 Morrison Realty in Bismarck...

MINOT, N.D. — This week, members from the North Dakota National Guard’s (NDNG) 81st Civil Support Team (CST) from Bismarck N.D., participated in a three-day Nuclear Weapons Accident/Incident Exercise (NUWAIX) on the Minot Air Force Base...

FARGO, N.D. – Airmen and Soldiers from the North Dakota National Guard participated in Red Card Wildland Fire Behavior and Firefighting Training May 4 through May 6 at the 119th Wing’s Regional Training Site in Fargo...

FARGO, N.D. — A trio of West Fargo military Veteran groups on Saturday handed over one of its biggest monetary donations to help Families of local North Dakota National Guard Soldiers and Airmen and Naval Reserve Sailors who are serving away from home...

MINOT, N.D. — Nearly 8 years after he was wounded during an attack, a North Dakota National Guardsman was presented a Purple Heart Medal for wounds he received in Iraq.

Devils Lake, N.D. – North Dakota National Guard’s Command Sgt. Maj. Alan P. Grinsteinner took over as the Commandant of Headquarters (HQ) 164th Regiment Regional Training Institute (RTI) from Command Sgt. Maj. Orville C. Wang at a Change of Responsibility ceremony Saturday, April 16, 2012, at Camp Grafton...

CAMP ROBINSON, ARK.- North Dakota National Guard (NDNG) marksmen competed in the 41st Winston P. Wilson (WPW) Championship at the National Guard Marksmanship Training Center at Camp Robinson, Ark...

FARGO, N.D. — A daylong practicum this week in Minot, N.D., will provide a practical application of techniques and strategies for Family Readiness Group leaders, first responders and other concerned adults ...

BISMARCK, N.D. — The only first sergeant that the North Dakota National Guard’s 81st Civil Support Team has ever known, stepped down after more than 13 years of service as the unit’s top enlisted Soldier...

FARGO, N.D. — Members of West Fargo VFW Post 7564 and its Auxiliary will present a check Saturday to representatives of military family groups in the Fargo area. The proceeds were raised during ...

FARGO, N.D. — About 50 North Dakota National Guard members will be participating in the introduction to Wildland Fire Behavior and Firefighter Training Friday through Sunday in Fargo. The Red ...

FARGO, N.D. — Besides being recognized for their military support, local employers had the opportunity today to meet with the executive officer of the USS North Dakota and the national Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve ...

BISMARCK, N.D. — Brig. Gen. David B. Anderson was promoted today to the rank of brigadier general at Raymond J. Bohn Armory in Bismarck...

BISMARCK, N.D. — Col. Dave Anderson will be promoted today to the rank of Brig. Gen. at Raymond J. Bohn Armory in Bismarck. Promotions to the rank of general are infrequent and reserved for only the highest leadership slots within the Guard.

BISMARCK, N.D. — Hundreds of family members, friends, military veterans, fellow Guardsmen, the North Dakota Patriot Guard and members of the community gathered to honor 100 Soldiers of the Williston, N.D. and Hazen, N.D.-based 818th Engineer Company (Sapper) today at the Bismarck Civic Center.

FARGO, N.D. — The North Dakota National Guard Office of the Chaplain will host a Clergy Day 2012 event in Devils Lake, N.D., for area clergy and church staff members. The training workshop will connect ...

FARGO, N.D. — North Dakota’s Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve, or ESGR, will host a “Lunch with the Boss” at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday at the Fargo Air Museum. ...

BISMARCK, N.D. — The community is invited to a send-off ceremony Saturday, April 29 for North Dakota National Guard Soldiers about to depart on a yearlong mission to Afghanistan...

BISMARCK, N.D. — The North Dakota National Guard will be participating in the introduction to Wildland Fire Behavior and Firefighter Training today through Sunday in Bismarck. Additional Red Card ...

FARGO, N.D. — The Military Child Education Coalition has needed to cancel a two-day workshop originally scheduled to take place this week in Wahpeton, N.D. The Living in the New Normal Institute: Helping Children Thrive Through Good and Challenging Times was initiated to outline specific community resources, deployment information and practical strategies for encouraging resilience in all children from April 19-20 at Baymont Inn and Suites.

BISMARCK, N.D. – North Dakota National Guard Command Sgt. Maj. Guy Boschee recently assumed responsibilities as 68th Troop Command’s command sergeant major...

BISMARCK, N.D. — Eleven Guard members were inducted into the Maj. Gen. Robert E. Schulte North Dakota National Guard Marksmanship Hall of Fame during a ceremony at the Raymond J. Bohn Armory on April 14...

BISMARCK, N.D. –The North Dakota National Guard’s 957th Engineer Company (Multi-Role Bridge Company) and the 816th Engineer Company (Horizontal) will be conducting field training exercises at Kimball Bottoms and Nelson Lake areas...

FARGO, N.D. — A two-day workshop next week in Wahpeton, N.D., will address educational needs of military-connected families. The Living in the New Normal Institute: Helping Children Thrive Through ...

BISMARCK, N.D. — For the first time since 2006, the North Dakota National Guard will induct new members into the Marksmanship Hall of Fame during a ceremony at the Raymond J. Bohn Armory Theater on Saturday, April 14 at 10 a.m...

FARGO, N.D. — The North Dakota National Guard Office of the Chaplain will host two Clergy Day 2012 events for area clergy and church staff members. The training workshops will connect military chaplains with ...

BISMARCK, N.D. —North Dakota National Guard Soldiers have been serving on the on the U.S.-Mexico border...

FARGO, N.D. — North Dakota National Guard members and their Ghana Armed Forces counterparts spent this month taking part in numerous events together. The visits, workshops and an inaugural African Partnership Flight ...

BISMARCK, N.D. — A North Dakota Army National Guard unit has received an alert notification for possible mobilization...

March 21, 2012 - MANDAN, N.D. — North Dakota National Guard’s Brigadier General Alan S. Dohrmann, North Dakota deputy adjutant general, accepted a generous donation for a N.D. Guard’s Family support fund from students at Mandan Middle School on March 16...

CAMP GRAFTON TRAINING CENTER, DEVILS LAKE, N.D. — Capt. Jason E. Peterson, of Grand Forks, N.D., was honored for his more than 20 years of service in the North Dakota Army National Guard during a retirement ceremony at the 164th Regional Training Institute at the Camp Grafton Training Center, Devils Lake, N.D., March 17...

FARGO, N.D. — North Dakota National Guard’s Command Sgt. Maj. Brad L. Heim took over as the top enlisted Soldier of the Fargo-based 141st Maneuver Enhancement Brigade (MEB) from Command Sgt. Maj. Guy V. Boschee at a Change of Responsibility ceremony Friday, March 16, 2012, at the Fargo Armed Forces Reserve Center...

CAMP GRAFTON TRAINING CENTER, DEVILS LAKE, N.D. — Furthering their commitment to serving military members throughout the state, management and staff from the Camp Grafton Training Center’s Military Service Club made a generous donation to the North Dakota National Guard Foundation during a ceremony at Camp Grafton on March 17...

CAMP GRAFTON TRAINING CENTER, DEVILS LAKE, N.D. — After nearly nine years, a North Dakota Army National Guard Soldier received a Purple Heart for wounds he sustained in Iraq in 2003. The honor was presented at a ceremony at the 164th Regional Training Institute at the Camp Grafton Training Center, Devils Lake, N.D., March 17...

BISMARCK, N.D. — North Dakota National Guard’s Michael Lowe, of Bismarck, was promoted to major at Fraine Barracks, Bismarck, N.D. on Feb. 24, 2012, before an audience of fellow Guard members, family and friends. Lowe has been serving in the NDNG for 16 years...

BISMARCK, N.D. — Maj. Jocelyn Gallagher, of Bismarck, N.D., originally from Highmore, S.D., has retired from the North Dakota Army National Guard with more than 30 years of military service...

CAMP GRAFTON, N.D. — The North Dakota Army National Guard’s Staff Sgt. Heith Dokken will be presented the Purple Heart at Camp Grafton near Devils Lake on March 17 at 9:30 a.m. The award is for wounds received during combat action in Iraq in 2003...

Minot, N.D. — Staff Sgt. Eric Friesz, of New Leipzig, N.D., retired Jan. 20 from the North Dakota Army National Guard with more than 20 years of military service.

FARGO, N.D. — For the ninth year, the West Fargo VFW Post 7564 will sponsor Remember Our Serving Soldiers, or R.O.S.S., to raise money for area military family groups. The event, which will take place ...

CAMP GRAFTON, N.D. — Three troops of about 30 Boy Scouts from Bismarck and Fargo, N.D., traveled to Camp Grafton in Devils Lake March 9-11 to receive merit badge training from the Soldiers of the North Dakota National Guard’s Regional Training Institute (RTI)...

FARGO, N.D. — North Dakota National Guard members working full-time in the Public Information Office and part-time in the field to tell the story of their fellow Soldiers and Airmen recently received a slew of awards from three media-related contests ...

FARGO, N.D. — Members of the North Dakota Patriot Guard lined the Sterling Conference Hall at the Holiday Inn in Fargo, N.D., to kick off a weekend of events during the Adjutant General’s Symposium for Families and North Dakota National Guard Youth Symposium March 9-11.

FARGO, N.D. — Distinguished members of the North Dakota Army and Air National Guard were honored for their extraordinary achievements this weekend. Officers, Soldiers and Airmen who stood out among their colleagues were named during the State Associations Combined Conference at the Holiday Inn in Fargo, N.D., March 10...

FARGO, N.D. — For the second year in a row, the North Dakota National Guard Biathlon Team placed third nationally. The team, comprised of Soldiers and Airmen from the state, competed against the best ...

FARGO, N.D. — Two North Dakota National Guard families were recognized yesterday for the time and energy they have expended helping others. Tech. Sgt. Todd and Cyndi Ouradnik, of Minot, N.D., were named North Dakota Air National Guard Family of the Year and Sgt. 1st Class Bryce and Lisa Crosby, of Devils Lake, N.D., were named North Dakota Army National Guard Family of the Year...

BISMARCK, N.D. — An Iraqi war Veteran and an experienced member of the North Dakota National Guard for more than 30 years assumed the duties of the N.D. Army National Guard’s state command sergeant major today during a Change of Responsibility ceremony at the Raymond J. Bohn Armory...

FARGO, N.D. — The North Dakota National Guard’s corps of volunteers were honored for their support and commitment to the state’s Soldiers and Airmen during the Adjutant General’s Symposium for Families at the Holiday Inn in Fargo, N.D., March 10...

BISMARCK, N.D. — An Iraqi war Veteran and an experienced member of the North Dakota National Guard for more than 30 years will assume the duties as the North Dakota Army National Guard’s state command sergeant Major...