National Guard

National Guard troops are set to leave the U.S. Capitol and turn over security of the area to Capitol Police

More than 50 soldiers from the Connecticut National Guard left for their deployment to Kosovo Sunday morning. Guardsmen and women from 1-169th Aviation Regiment departed from Windsor Locks to the Balkans as part of NATO’s Kosovo Force mission. Their mission is to assist an international effort to maintain a safe and secure environment in Kosovo, according to Director of...

New details from the deadly riot of Jan. 6 are in a previously undisclosed document prepared by the Pentagon for internal use.

An Arizona man is accused of forcing off the road a National Guard convoy that was transporting COVID-19 vaccines in West Texas and then holding 11 guard members at gunpoint

More than 1,000 National Guard members will be leaving Washington, D.C.

The Pentagon is set to approve an extension of the National Guard deployment at the U.S. Capitol for about two more months, defense officials said Tuesday.

The Associated Press has learned that U.S. Capitol Police have requested that members of the National Guard continue to provide security at the Capitol for another two months

The commanding general of the D.C. National Guard says military leaders at the Pentagon delayed deployment of his Guardsmen for three hours as Capitol Police begged for help when Trump supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol.

Multiple Michigan National Guard members stationed at the U.S. Capitol were sickened after they were served food that was raw, moldy, undercooked and even filled with metal shavings, the state’s congressional delegation said in a letter.  Guard members who have served at the Capitol for weeks in the wake of the Jan. 6 riot recently reported being served meals...

U.S. officials say the cost of deploying about 26,000 National Guard troops to secure the U.S. Capitol in the wake of the deadly Jan. 6 riot is nearly $500 million

All 300 National Guardsmen who went to Washington, D.C. to provide support for the inauguration have returned home.

Three Air National Guard planes landed at the East Granby military base Monday, carrying hundreds of Connecticut Army National Guard members home from Washington D.C. “It was a pretty broad mission,” explained Public Affairs Officer Captain Dave Pytlik of the Connecticut Army National Guard. An attack inside the Capitol earlier this month led to the call for an unprecedented...

The 182nd Infantry Regiment of the National Guard returned to Melrose, Massachusetts, on Saturday after their deployment to Washington, D.C. A cheering group of family and supporters welcomed the guardsmen, who arrived back in Melrose late in the afternoon. “When we started seeing photos of him with the rifle, it was tough. It was tough,” one parent welcoming his...

First lady Jill Biden on Friday handed out cookies made in the White House to National Guard troops as a token of appreciation for their work defending the nation’s capital.

As many as 15,000 National Guard members are preparing to leave Washington, D

Three National Guard members on a routine training flight were killed Wednesday when their helicopter crashed in a western New York town, an official said.

Troops in riot gear lined the streets of the nation’s capitol, but there were no crowds. Armored vehicles and concrete barriers blocked the empty streets around the U.S. Capitol. From behind miles of fencing, Joe Biden was safely sworn in as president in a Washington on edge, two weeks after pro-Trump rioters besieged the U.S. Capitol. Law enforcement officials...

Pentagon officials say 12 Army National Guard members have been removed from securing President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration after vetting by the FBI, including two who posted and texted extremist views about Wednesday’s event. There was no specific threat to Biden. Two U.S. officials told The Associated Press that all 12 were found to have ties to right-wing militia groups...

On the heels of the attack on the U.S Capitol and with just days away from President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration, law enforcement across the country is taking no chances with safety and security.  “We’re gonna have a high visibility, we’re going to be out here protecting democracy and protecting our buildings,” said Scott Driscoll, public information officer for the Connecticut State...

Connecticut authorities say they will keep security tight at the State Capitol in Hartford through Inauguration Day in the wake of the January 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol.