Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth wants to bring back an older, rougher kind of basic training where drill sergeants "instill ...

National Guard GI Bill eligibility depends on federal duty status rather than time served, leaving some Guardsmen with limited benefits despite lengthy or demanding service.

Current and former lawmakers from both major parties are demanding accountability and change from state leadership and the ...

JOHNSTON, Iowa -- (Iowa State Capital Bureau) -- The five Iowa National Guard soldiers ambushed Saturday in Syria were among an estimated 250 serving in that country, Iowa Army National Guard Major ...

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - Two members of the Iowa National Guard were killed in what’s being called a terrorist attack in Syria. A lone ISIS gunman ambushed U.S. troops in central Syria, killing two ...

An American flag patch on one of the 1st battalion 133rd infantry regiment member’s arm during the Iowa National Guard Deployment ceremony at Iowa National Guard Iowa City Readiness Center in Iowa ...

The surviving National Guard member wounded in the D.C. shooting is now breathing on his own and can stand with assistance, his medical team said Friday. Air Force Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe's medical ...

Less than six months after President Donald Trump deployed the National Guard to Washington, DC, the mission is becoming more perilous and complex — and perhaps more permanent. After last month’s ...

A monthslong effort by the Trump administration to deploy National Guard troops under federal control in U.S. cities keeps evolving amid a barrage of legal challenges. The deployments have ramped up ...

WASHINGTON — A protest camp outside Union Station in D.C. is now gone. The last tent was removed around 5:30 a.m. Thursday, ending months of camping in Columbus Circle. The National Park Service had ...

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SPRINGFIELD — Three hundred Illinois National Guard troops remain under Republican President Donald Trump’s control roughly a week after an initial 60-day federal activation order expired, continuing ...