Category Archives: Wyoming National Guard
Meet Your ESGR Rep: Trudy Woodcock
By Wyoming National Guard | October 30th, 2019
Meet your Wyoming Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR) Representatives! They are a volunteer-led and volunteer-centric committee composed of approximately 27 volunteers and 3 full-time staff. In this feature, we meet Trudy Woodcock.
...Read MoreSecAF visits Wyoming first
By Wyoming National Guard | October 29th, 2019
Wyoming was honored to receive a visit from the Secretary of the Air Force, Barbara Barrett on Sunday.
...Read MorePodcast: Cowboy Smart Money – TSP 101 – Understanding your Thrift Savings Plan
By Wyoming National Guard | October 22th, 2019
On our fourth episode, we discuss the Thrift Savings Plan program or better known as the TSP. Capt. Holscher and Glenn Lyons help you better understand your investment with some helpful tips, common mistakes, and ways you can maximize your TSP retirement plan.
...Read MoreNew Soldiers are inducted into their units
By Wyoming National Guard | September 11th, 2019
Brazil spoke of the recent achievements of the RSP Soldiers…
...Read MoreTask Force Thunder rolling along
By Wyoming National Guard | August 23th, 2019
More than 100 soldiers from the Wyoming Army National Guard’s…
...Read More153rd Airlift Wing profile: navigators shoot for zero
By Wyoming National Guard | August 20th, 2019
C-130 Hercules navigators are indeed the keepers of time, expertly combining ingredients for a recipe of lethality and precision for tactical airlift.
...Read MoreAmerican Legion Post No. 1 vets celebrate century
By Wyoming National Guard | August 01th, 2019
Contrary to popular thought, the American Legion is not only…
...Read More‘Cowboy Thunder’ sendoff for 115th Field Artillery
By Wyoming National Guard | July 30th, 2019
While describing the unit’s combat mission to “destroy, defeat, or…
...Read MoreWyoming Guard trains first aerial gunners
By Wyoming National Guard | June 26th, 2019
“I evaluated one of our flight Instructors, and then they…
...Read MoreWyoming Cowboy Challenge Academy graduation June 15
By Wyoming National Guard | June 04th, 2019
Wyoming Cowboy Challenge Academy Class 39 cadets will graduate June 15 at 1 p.m., in the Eastern Wyoming College auditorium, 3200 West C Street, in Torrington.
...Read MoreWyoming infantry set for deployment to Kosovo
By Wyoming National Guard | May 31th, 2019
He then presented the Wyoming flag to Capt. Eli T.…
...Read MoreGetting carded at firefighting course
By Wyoming National Guard | May 30th, 2019
The 40-hour courses, taught four or five times throughout the…
...Read MoreFirefighters, air crew prep for season with bucket drops
By Wyoming National Guard | May 23th, 2019
CAMP GUERNSEY JOINT TRAINING CENTER, Wyo.—Fire season may appear far…
...Read MoreUS Tunisian military meeting held in Cheyenne
By Wyoming National Guard | May 07th, 2019
Cheyenne played host to high-ranking military officials from the United…
...Read MoreGrowing up in deployment era
By Wyoming National Guard | May 01th, 2019
CHEYENNE, Wyo. — Much of their lives, their children have…
...Read MoreGuard celebrates Month of Military Child
By Wyoming National Guard | May 01th, 2019
CHEYENNE, Wyo. – Local organizations helped provide resources to support…
...Read MoreWyoGuard marksmen keep learning at Wilson Championship
By Wyoming National Guard | April 18th, 2019
Two four-man teams from the Wyoming Army National Guard were…
...Read MoreLingle-Ft. Laramie H.S. students taste combat fitness
By Wyoming National Guard | March 20th, 2019
Senior Ty Mueller was one of the students who volunteered…
...Read MoreWyo. Guard leaders drive drunk with highway patrol
By Wyoming National Guard | March 15th, 2019
Wyoming Army National Guard leaders drove drunk Sunday during drill.…
...Read MoreTunisia, Wyoming talk Medevac plans
By Wyoming National Guard | February 25th, 2019
Three Wyoming Guard soldiers visited Tunisian doctors and aviators Feb.…
...Read MoreRecruiters get the basics in prep for PEC
By Wyoming National Guard | January 30th, 2019
“I just failed the PEC class earlier this month,” said…
...Read More133rd engineers benefit from emergency response training
By wyoadmin | September 12th, 2018
May 27 was a wake-up call for Converse County Emergency…
...Read MoreMed Det increases Guard’s value to state
By wyoadmin | September 04th, 2018
He started the wheels rolling on the idea, and like…
...Read MoreNational Guard shooters battle it out at MAC Region VI
By wyoadmin | August 21th, 2018
Wyoming’s A team took first in the Covering Fire competition,…
...Read MoreFort Sill Half Section thrills Cheyenne audiences
By wyoadmin | July 23th, 2018
As the nation and Wyoming commemorate the 100th anniversary of…
...Read MoreWyoming National Guard to host free open house July 25
By wyoadmin | July 16th, 2018
The Wyoming National Guard is opening its doors to the…
...Read MoreEnvironmental broom follows big exercises at Guernsey
By wyoadmin | June 28th, 2018
The 142nd Field Artillery Brigade from Arkansas and four support…
...Read MoreCamp Guernsey cooks meet hungry demand
By wyoadmin | June 27th, 2018
As the Army does indeed run on its stomach, and…
...Read MoreWyoming aviators, medics train to save lives
By wyoadmin | June 19th, 2018
Wyoming Army aviators and medics took to the skies in…
...Read MoreArkansas Army Guard working on the railroad at Guernsey
By wyoadmin | June 01th, 2018
“When Operation Desert Storm happened, everyone had to move their…
...Read MoreGuardsmen fly into new ways to do their jobs
By wyoadmin | May 31th, 2018
“We’re really excited, and hoping we’ll be able to use…
...Read More120 years ago the Wyo. Guard goes to war for the first time
By wyoadmin | May 23th, 2018
Wyoming’s most significant contribution to the war came from that…
...Read MorePafford gets taste of Army’s new fitness test
By wyoadmin | May 15th, 2018
“Leading from the front I wanted to be one of…
...Read MoreCamp Guernsey turns 80 this year (Part one)
By wyoadmin | May 09th, 2018
Esmay reported in April 1938, that an appropriations bill, sponsored…
...Read MoreCamp Guernsey turns up the heat on fire mitigation
By wyoadmin | April 26th, 2018
It’s been six years since a fire jumped the fence…
...Read MorePodcast interview with Chief Master Sgt. Moore, state command chief
By Wyoming National Guard | April 11th, 2018
A conversation with Chief Master Sgt. Moore, the new state command chief for the Wyoming Air National Guard. Chief Master Sgt. Moore shares a little bit about himself, how he arrived at his new job, and what his priorities are for the enlisted men and women of the Wyoming Air Guard.
...Read MoreWyo Guard turns 148
By wyoadmin | April 05th, 2018
A decade later the Wyoming National Guard was called to…
...Read More84th Civil Support Team participates in joint exercise
By wyoadmin | March 12th, 2018
On Feb. 14, members of the Wyoming National Guard’s 84th…
...Read MoreWyoming infantry gets dose of winter warfare training
By wyoadmin | March 07th, 2018
Joint training exercise Arctic Eagle consisted of National Guard service…
...Read MoreSTARBASE rolling with robots for Cheyenne youth
By wyoadmin | January 17th, 2018
Among the exhibitors at the library that night, were several…
...Read MoreWCCA, WCA partner to improve Guernsey training area
By wyoadmin | January 03th, 2018
The four participating graduates returned to Camp Guernsey for three…
...Read More2017 in review
By wyoadmin | December 27th, 2017
Take a few minutes to look back at the busy…
...Read MorePodcast interview with Brig. Gen. Rader
By Wyoming National Guard | November 15th, 2017
Listen to Brig. Gen. Rader share some amusing stories about his 39-year career and some parting words of wisdom recorded on the day of his retirement.
...Read MoreGuard biathletes team up with wounded vets
By Wyoming National Guard | October 05th, 2017
Wyoming National Guard biathletes helped build the skillsets of wounded American military veterans while the para-athletes taught a lesson in humility.
The veterans came from all over the United States. Some are blind. Some are missing limbs. Some are battling the effects of traumatic brain injuries and a myriad of other maladies, but they are a dedicated bunch eager to learn and master a new sport.
...Read MoreVideo: Resiliency in the face of change
By Wyoming National Guard | September 27th, 2017
Jenny Rigg, Director of Psychological Health for the 153rd Airlift Wing, Wyoming Air National Guard talks about what it means to be resilient while embracing change.
...Read MoreWyo. Vietnam vets share war experience at Joint Forces HQ for PBS
By Wyoming National Guard | September 14th, 2017
The Joint Forces Readiness Center played host to a Wyoming Vietnam War veteran panel that was organized by PBS on Monday. Three veterans, all current residents of the state, discussed their war experiences on a record-to-air taping that will be aired Friday in conjunction with Ken Burns’ “The Vietnam War” documentary.
...Read More“One Guard” keeps Guernsey airfields safe for training
By Wyoming National Guard | August 16th, 2017
With the Wyoming Air National Guard’s plan to practice combat missions during last week’s annual training at Camp Guernsey came additional emergency response requirements and an opportunity for Air and Army firefighters to partner as “one guard.”
...Read MoreCheyenne turns 150, the Wyo. Guard has been there from the beginning
By Wyoming National Guard | August 10th, 2017
In 1870, five years after Cheyenne was founded, the Wyoming National Guard was authorized to protect and safeguard the people of the Wyoming Territory.
Flash forward to today, as the city celebrates the 150th anniversary of Cheyenne’s birth, the Wyoming National Guard, with multiple Army and Air Guard units assigned here, continue the legacy started so many years ago.
...Read MoreAnnual Wyoming National Guard open house draws 4,500
By Wyoming National Guard | July 27th, 2017
The annual Wyoming National Guard Open House, held July 26, drew an estimated 4,500 to the 153rd Airlift Wing’s base, in Cheyenne.
...Read MoreWyoming’s 84th Civil Support Team looks for unique training environments
By Wyoming National Guard | June 08th, 2017
He expected the call, but didn’t know at what hour it might come. As Capt. Adam Oswalt’s phone rang, he awoke, slung his feet over the edge of the bed, and sat up. It was 4 a.m. and it was time to train.
...Read More