Tag: National Guard

Gov. Scott Walker, R-Wis., said Monday he expects a better night in North Milwaukee following a violent weekend of protests. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Scott Walker ‘hopeful’ the tide has turned in Milwaukee

Anna Giaritelli · August 16, 2016 2:34 am

Court records show Jalloh quit the military after hearing lectures from al Qaeda member Anwar al-Awlaki. (AP Photo/Rachel La Corte)

Former National Guardsman charged with plotting to help ISIS

Kelly Cohen · July 5, 2016 6:06 pm

Two South Carolina Air National Guard F-16s collided in the skies over Georgia Tuesday night, Air Force officials said. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot)

National Security

Two F-16s collide over Georgia, both pilots safe

Jamie McIntyre · June 8, 2016 12:39 pm

File - In this Feb. 15, 2016 file photo, snow-covered mountains are seen behind the Mendenhall Glacier in Juneau, Alaska. The massive Alaska ice field that feeds Juneau's Mendenhall Glacier, a tourist attraction viewed by hundreds of thousands each year, could be gone by 2200 if climate warming trends continue, according to a new University of Alaska Fairbanks study. (AP Photo/Becky Bohrer, File)

Lost Alaskan skiers rescued on glacier

Jeremy Lott · April 13, 2016 2:38 am

"The Department of Defense continues to consider any suicides too many and we're doing everything we can to prevent suicide in our military," a Pentagon spokesman said. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images file)

National Security

Military suicides increase in 2015

Jacqueline Klimas · January 4, 2016 8:07 pm

In this courtroom sketch, Jonas M. Edmonds, left, and Hasan R. Edmonds, right, stand in front of an FBI agent as they appear at a hearing at federal court in Chicago, Thursday, March 26, 2015, following their arrests Wednesday on charges of conspiring with the Islamic State group. (AP Photo/Tom Gianni)

Ex-soldier charged with plotting Chicago terrorist attack

Anna Giaritelli · December 14, 2015 10:40 pm

National Security

Army to award Guardsman who helped thwart Paris attack

Jacqueline Klimas · August 26, 2015 1:34 am

Airman First Class Spencer Stone and Spc. Alex Skarlatos, who serves in the Oregon Air National Guard, subdued an armed gunman on Friday onboard a passenger train bound for Paris. (AP Photo)Â

National Security

U.S. considering awards for troops who stopped Paris train attack

Jacqueline Klimas · August 24, 2015 6:45 pm

Soldiers at Camp Shelby reported that shots were fired near the base in Hattiesburg, Miss., at the same location as the shooting less than 24 hours earlier Tuesday. (AP Photo)

National Security

Shots fired at Mississippi training base for second day in a row

Jacqueline Klimas · August 5, 2015 3:17 pm

"Safety must be our top priority, especially in light of the horrific attack in Chattanooga," Walker said. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

National Security

Scott Walker issues executive order to arm Wisconsin National Guard

Kelly Cohen · July 21, 2015 5:20 pm

Army Specialist Shenandoah Rogers, of the Arizona National Guard's 180th Field Artillery unit, works his computer's joy stick controlling a remote TV camera, as he monitors a suspected illegal alien crossing a fence line June 30, 2006 in Nogales, Arizona, on the southern border with Nogales, Sonora, Mexico. (Photo by Gary Williams/Getty Images)

National Security

New data breach: Army National Guard

Barbara Boland · July 11, 2015 7:44 pm

Rep. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., left, departs after speaking on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, June 17, 2015, during the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on the economic impact of regulating drone technology for personal and commercial uses as well as privacy concerns on the economic impact of regulating drone technology for personal and commercial uses as well as privacy concerns. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Beltway Confidential

Duckworth’s husband flew plane after registration expired

Ashe Schow · June 24, 2015 5:01 pm