September 22, 2016

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NC governor activates National Guard as Charlotte riots grow to ‘state of emergency’  Independent Journal Review 

By Wednesday night, the situation in Charlotte had escalated to the point that it could no longer be handled by the local police and state troopers alone. Considering the violence, damage and safety concerns, North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory has declared a state of emergency. He’s calling in the National Guard, via the Associated Press. Read More…

National Guard troops train in Moldova  The Fayetteville Observer 

Soldiers from the North Carolina National Guard are training in Moldova as part of a multinational exercise that builds on a longstanding partnership between North Carolina and the small Eastern European country. Fire Shield 2016, the multinational, combined artillery training exercise, is taking place in the Bulboaca Training Area of Moldova. Read More…

Casing of the colors next for 440th Airlift Wing inactivation  The Fayetteville Observer 

The remaining members of the 440th Airlift Wing will mark the unit’s pending inactivation in ceremonies on Fort Bragg and in downtown Fayetteville. The Air Force Reserve wing, which until earlier this year flew the only remaining Air Force planes permanently based at Fort Bragg, will officially inactivate later this month. Read More…

NCNGA holds reception on Capitol Hill NCNGA  

The NCNGA held a reception this week on Capitol Hill for our members of Congress and U.S. Senators representing North Carolina. Shown is talk show host, former Congressman and retired Lt. Col. Allen West, who made a surprise guest appearance. The NCNGA hosts events like this to strengthen our relationship with our representatives to keep our issues and initiatives top of mind. Read More…

Military service is no golden ticket to employment  By Steven W. Grudzinski 

While both honorable and respected, military service is by no means your golden ticket to a new career. Serving this great nation in any branch of the armed forces is a highly respected duty, but no matter what your goal is, someday we must all leave. After 29 years of Army service as a military police officer, I thought I had been prepared for anything the world could throw at me. When it came time for my own retirement, I quickly found out this was not the case. Read More…

Army’s last Kiowa scout helicopter squadron switching to Apaches  Military.com 

The venerable Vietnam-era OH-58D Kiowa scout helicopters have done the job as the valued eyes and ears of the Army’s 82nd Airborne Division, but today’s more complex battlefields demand the switchover to AH-64 Apaches, Col. Erik Gilbert said recently. In a telephone conference from Fort Bragg, North Carolina, Gilbert, commander of the 82nd Airborne’s Combat Aviation Brigade, said the Army’s “last pure Kiowa Squadron,” now deployed to South Korea, is preparing for the switch. Read More…

September —Today in Guard History  National Guard 

In 1991 in Washington, D.C., the new National Guard Association “Memorial” building is dedicated. The Association, a private political interest group representing the Guard with members of Congress, was established in 1878. It opened its first “Memorial” office building in 1959 and closed it in 1988 so this new facility could be built on the same ground. Today, besides its business offices the Memorial also contains the Museum of the National Guard, dedicated to telling the Guard’s history to the American public. Read More…

Shrinking Army aims to keep Guard, Reserve combat-ready  The Associated Press via Military.com 

Before citizen-soldiers of the 48th Infantry Brigade deployed to fight in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Georgia National Guard troops spent months training away from their families and day jobs as they prepared for war. Now, a shrinking Army wants them to get ready for combat sooner. The brigade’s 4,200 soldiers are the first of 13 National Guard and Army Reserve units nationwide chosen to test a new role that pairs them with commanders on active duty who will oversee their training. The Pentagon hopes the change will make the Guard and Reserve troops better prepared to fight overseas at a time when the Army has roughly 100,000 fewer full-time soldiers than it did at the height of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Read More…