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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) on Wednesday officially unveiled the Florida State Guard after proposing to bring back the World War II-era force last year.

Heartwarming footage captured the moment a soldier surprised her daughter ahead of her high school graduation after traveling 30 hours from Camp Arifjan in Kuwait.

American armed forces have begun training Ukrainian soldiers to use advanced weapons systems in Germany, the Pentagon revealed on Friday.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) honored missing National Guard Specialist Bishop Evans on Sunday after he went missing, presumably from jumping into the Rio Grande to save migrants from drowning.

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin approved the extension of the mobilization of the National Guard in the nation’s capital amid a trucker convoy circling the district.

DeSantis refused to deploy the Florida National Guard in response to a request from the D.C. National Guard for help with a trucker convoy.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) on Monday announced that he has denied a request for the state’s National Guard to deploy to the nation’s capital for President Biden’s Tuesday State of the Union address, assuring that the Florida National Guard will not be sent to Washington, DC.

Washingont, DC National Guard members have received an order to be prepared to occupy various locations in the district ahead of a trucker convoy.

New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham (D) announced Wednesday she will be asking National Guard members and state employees to become certified to fill in as substitute teachers as teacher staffing shortages continue to skyrocket.

National Guardsmen operating night-vision surveillance cameras assisted El Paso Sector Border Patrol agents in keeping migrants from crossing into New Mexico. The video shows multiple migrants moving up to a barrier near Santa Teresa.

A Texas Army National Guardsman fired upon a human smuggler’s vehicle with his M-4 rifle after the suspect reportedly accelerated toward a fellow soldier. The Chrysler 300 was observed picking up six migrants south of Laredo on Tuesday.

California Governor Gavin Newsom has failed to keep a December promise to provide 6 million coronavirus tests to screen every child before they would return to school over the holidays — and is calling out the National Guard to help with testing.

An alleged human smuggler reportedly assaulted a Border Patrol agent and killed a migrant during a vehicle pursuit in southern California. The death occurred on Christmas Day when the smuggler crashed and ejected three passengers from his vehicle.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) has proposed restoring a World War II-era force to protect his own state, the Western Journal reported Sunday.

Oklahoma Attorney General John O’Connor (R) has sued the Biden administration over its federal coronavirus vaccine mandate for federal employees and National Guard members. 

Iowa National Guard troops were welcomed home by family members on Tuesday after serving in the Middle East since February. 

The Oklahoma National Guard is facing off against the Biden Pentagon over its vaccine mandate for service members.

EAGLE PASS, Texas — Texas Army National Guard soldiers conducted aerial deployment exercises along the U.S. bank of the Rio Grande Wednesday. The soldiers arrived and deployed via heavy lift helicopters to a recently erected makeshift border wall fashioned from recycled shipping containers. The drills are conducted as part of Operation Lone Star.

Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers (D) has placed 500 Wisconsin National Guard troops on standby in Kenosha for the expected verdict in Kyle Rittenhouse’s trial next week.

Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker (R) on Tuesday activated the National Guard to both help test students for the Chinese coronavirus and cover possible staffing shortages at the Department of Correction (DOC).

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem told Breitbart News that she considers what is happening along the U.S. border with Mexico to be like a “war” and that is why she has deployed South Dakota National Guard troops to help border governors like Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey control the situation.

Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont (D) has notified his National Guard troops to prepare for a possible scenario in which they replace state workers who defy the state’s impending coronavirus vaccine and testing mandate. 

Gov. Laura Kelly (D) issued a response after months-long calls from Republicans to send support from Kansas to the southern border, saying last week for the first time that about 250 Kansas National Guard troops had been stationed at the border since last October.

Monday is the deadline for health care workers to be vaccinated to comply with New York’s mandate and the state is bracing for a worker shortage if the pledge to fire unvaccinated staff is carried out.

On Tuesday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Faulkner Focus,” Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich (R) said he is concerned that the Biden administration will “cave” to the urging of the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) to stop non-border

A bipartisan Senate report examining the January 6 Capitol riot found a number of security, planning, and response failures.

The Bidens thanked National Guard members as they ended their mission securing the Capitol Building since the January “insurrection.”

House Democrats approved a $1.9B bill to further fortify the once open Capitol following a January 6 riot where protesters breached security.

The D.C. National Guard is activating 250 members to support local law enforcement “in response to potential First Amendment demonstrations.”

President Joe Biden has backtracked on a campaign pledge to establish a police oversight commission as riots erupted Sunday in Minnesota following a police shooting.

On Friday’s broadcast of the Fox Business Network’s “Evening Edit,” National Guard Association Chairman Michael McGuire said that unless the Biden administration authorizes federal funding for National Guardsmen to help federal immigration officials, “we are not going to be able

Many who entered the Capitol building during January 6 protests of the 2020 election outcome are “unlikely” to face jail time — a “jarring reality check” for Americans “outraged by the storming of Capitol Hill,” according to a Politico report on Tuesday.

Psaki did not dispute reports that the Biden administration awarded a Texas-based nonprofit $86 million to provide hotel rooms for six months for approximately 1,200 families who cross the southern border.

The Army is allowing soldiers to skip the “leg tuck” from the Army Combat Fitness Test amid statistics showing women struggling with it.

National Guard troops should be redeployed from protecting politicians against non-existent threats in Washington, D.C., to the U.S.-Mexico border, said Rep. Greg Murphy (R-NC) on SiriusXM’s Breitbart News Sunday with host Joel Pollak.

Uniformed members of the Guam National Guard marched on the Capitol office of Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) Monday in response to her having erroneously claimed last month the U.S. territory was a foreign country.