179th Airlift Wing Wins National Award

When you're short-staffed at work, every task can be a challenge and your abilities as a leader are tested. With half his team deployed in 2017, maintaining the status quo would have been the easy option; however, Major Thomas Butler, 179th Airlift Wing Communication Flight Commander, was able to rally his team to be innovative and work together to achieve excellence.

Indiana National Guard unit set for deployment to Kuwait

National Guard officials say about 250 members of the 38th Sustainment Brigade will be recognized during a departure ceremony on Tuesday at the Kokomo Event Center. The soldiers will be performing operations in countries such as Kuwait, Jordan, Iraq and Syria.

U.S. to boost military personnel in Puerto Rico: senator

The United States plans to have 17,000 military personnel in Puerto Rico to aid disaster recovery efforts after Hurricane Maria, a Democratic senator briefed on the plan told reporters on Saturday. Democratic Senator Richard Blumenthal, speaking to news media after a bipartisan Congressional visit to the island, said Brigadier General Jose Reyes, Assistant Adjutant General of the Puerto Rico National Guard, told Blumenthal that "there will be 17,000 military personnel," including 8,600 National Guard troops from 13 U.S. states.

Federal Government Continues Hurricane Maria Response and Relief Operations

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency's continues to coordinate federal support for U.S. Virgin Islands' and Puerto Rico's response efforts. Federal partners are aggressively working to meet and overcome challenges to opening ports and restoring power to bring additional life-saving commodities and personnel into disaster-affected areas.