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US OFFICIALS are investigating the leader of an online forum where a massive trove of Pentagon documents was leaked. Jack Teixeira, 21, is a member of the intelligence wing of the Massachusetts Air National Guard, reports The New York Times. He oversaw an online group called Thug Shaker Central where approximately 30 people - mostly young men and teens - shared a love of guns, racist memes and games. Two US officials reportedly confirmed investigators want to talk to Teixeira about the leak. Teixeira has not been officially named as a suspect. He is enlisted in the 102nd Intelligence Wing...

SEDITION? DC National Guard Whistleblowers Reveal PENTAGON Under Direction of Mark Milley REFUSED to Deploy Guard Until After 5 PM – And Liz Cheney’s Committee Never Called Them to Testify By Jim Hoft Apr. 17, 2024 12:20 pmOn Wednesday morning the House Subcommittee on Oversight held a hearing with National Guard whistleblowers who stepped forward to correct the media lies and dishonest narrative on the January 6 protests and riots. Four members of the National Guard testified on Wednesday that ey were ready to be deployed on January 6 but THE PENTAGON held them back! This directly brings General Milley’s...

WASHINGTON — The Virginia National Guard has approximately 2,400 personnel on the ground in Washington, DC. As thousands more National Guard troops from around the country take up their posts in the nation's capitol, some officials have expressed concern. U.S. defense officials, including Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy, have warned National Guard commanders to be on the lookout for any potential inside threats from servicemembers involved in securing President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration. During the deadly Jan. 6 pro-Trump insurrection at the US Capitol, there were at least some former military members among the rioters, including a retired Air Force Lieutenant Colonel...

The soldiers were staying at the Marriott Marquis Hotel during their mission to the nation’s capital when they decided to order a pizza from a nearby establishment using Uber Eats, according to a Department of Defense report shared with The Post and Courier. When they opened the pizza, they found shards of glass baked into the dough and cheese. They didn’t eat the pizza and no one was injured, according to the report. No other Guardsmen experienced a similar problem. “The command says that the soldiers are OK, and that this was the only incident to their knowledge,” said Capt....

)—An Army National Guard member and his cousin have been arrested in Illinois for allegedly conspiring to provide material support to the terrorist organization ISIS, federal prosecutors said Thursday. The alleged plot included a plan to attack a U.S. military installation in Illinois. In the past 18 months, the Justice Department's National Security Division has prosecuted or is prosecuting 32 cases of people attempting to travel abroad to join or providing support to terrorist groups. Of those cases, 18 allegedly involve support to ISIS.

PHOENIX — Arizona National Guard troops will arrive at the U.S. border by the end of the month. Lt. Valentine Castillo said the first batch of soldiers began their training on Monday with Customs and Border Protection to be members of “entry identification teams.” These soldiers will watch the border area for unusual activity and report what they find to federal agents. He figures the first batch of soldiers going through the training will be ready to take their posts by Aug. 31. Castillo would not provide specific numbers. But he said a new batch of soldiers will begin their...

BERKELEY SPRINGS, W.Va., Feb. 16, 2010 – Necessity has often been called the mother of invention. Army Spc. Derek C. Folk, left, and Staff Sgt. Harry F. Accor III, two medics with the West Virginia National Guard, employed hand-made snowshoes to rescue a mother and her four-week-old premature baby stranded in their home without power due to back-to-back blizzards, Morgan County, W.Va., Feb. 10, 2010. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Sherree Grebenstein   (Click photo for screen-resolution image);high-resolution image available. Just ask two West Virginia National Guard soldiers who found themselves attempting to rescue a mother and her four-week-old premature baby...

ESSEX JUNCTION, Vt., Jan. 8, 2010 – The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff thanked the soldiers of the Vermont National Guard today as they said goodbye to family and friends and prepared to trade the snows of New England for the snows of Afghanistan. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen spoke to more than 200 troops of the 86th Infantry Brigade Combat Team and their families at a departure ceremony. The unit will go to Camp Atterbury, Ind., for training before deploying to Regional Command East in Afghanistan. Snow fell outside as the “Green Mountain Boys” formed up inside the...

NOME, Alaska, Aug. 17, 2009 – Medical personnel from the Army and Air National Guard and Coast Guard traveled 6,600 miles in three days to visit three Alaska communities as part of Operation Arctic Crossroads. Air Force Capt. Rhonda Ellison, a veterinarian with the Alabama Air National Guard, gives a rabies shot to a dog in the village of Koyuk, Alaska. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Jon-Paul Rios  (Click photo for screen-resolution image);high-resolution image available. The three services, along with active-duty Air Force personnel, will provide medical, dental and optometry services to residents of nine remote villages...

Dr. Abdul Abbas examines the throat of a young Iraqi girl during a medical expo at Hor al-Bosh, near Taji, June 7. Photo by Capt. Maggie White, 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team. TAJI — Thanks to the combined efforts of Pennsylvania National Guardsmen, the Iraqi Army (IA), and concerned citizens, villagers here were recently given access to medical care in an area where local clinics are not accessible. U.S. Soldiers helped support this joint medical expo at the al-Sadir secondary school in the rural area of Hor al-Bosh, June 7, where local citizens were able to see doctors and nurses,...

WASHINGTON, Feb. 17, 2009 – Arizona Army and Air National Guardsmen were honored for their combat service Feb. 15 with an opportunity to score against National Basketball Association greats Shaquille O’Neal and David Robinson during the 2009 NBA All-Star Weekend here. Army National Guard members Staff Sgt. Maygen Matson, left, and Spc. Taylor Anonson pose for a photo with National Basketball Association superstar Shaquille O'Neal during NBA All-Star Weekend in Phoenix, Feb. 15, 2009. U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Angela Walz  (Click photo for screen-resolution image);high-resolution image available. But this competition didn’t take place on a basketball court....

SACRAMENTO, Nov. 18, 2008 – For California National Guardsmen, the annual fire season has rendered moot the question of whether natural disasters will strike the state. No longer do they ask “if,” but only “when” and “where.” Maj. Gen. Vasyl Kvashuk, director of the Ukrainian army's civil protection department, addresses key leaders at the California National Guard’s joint force headquarters in Sacramento, Calif., Nov. 12, 2008. Kvashuk led a Ukrainian team that was in California to participate in Vigilant Guard '09, the National Guard's weeklong disaster-response exercise. U.S. Air Force photo by Tech Sgt. Dave Loeffler  (Click photo for screen-resolution...

Three Texas National Guardsmen serving on the U.S.-Mexico border to help prevent drug smuggling and illegal immigration were charged on Monday with taking cash to transport 24 undocumented aliens, federal prosecutors said. U.S. Attorney Don DeGabrielle said Jose Rodrigo Torres, 26, from Laredo, Texas, was arrested on June 7 while in uniform driving along Interstate 35 south of San Antonio with the immigrants in his van. Two other guardsmen -- Julio Cesar Pacheco, 25, also of Laredo, and Clarence Hodge Jr., 36, of Fort Worth, Texas -- were paid to approach Torres' van at a U.S. Border Patrol checkpoint to...

National Guardsmen Make The Difference at Al Rasul School U.S. soldiers work to make a lasting impact on Iraqi communities. By Spc. L.B. Edgar, 7th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment Multi-National Division - Baghdad Public Affairs Office MAKASIB, Iraq, April 23, 2007 — A warm welcome met the soldiers upon their arrival. Smiles have replaced once contemptuous stares. The typical silence gave way to a friendly dialogue. A customary hand to the heart followed every handshake. The soldiers were greeted, not as outsiders of the community, but the heroes of the now joyous school. "As the insurgents are pushed out...

WASHINGTON, April 6, 2007 – National Guard and Reserve members now need turn no farther than their computers to get help with employment issues arising from their military service or mobilization. A new link on the Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve Web site leads reserve-component members to one of some 900 volunteer ESGR ombudsmen. The link is on the right side of the ESGR Web site at www.esgr.mil. Users explain the problem they’re having and provide contact information for both themselves and their employers, and the information is stored on a secure server. ESGR then assigns the...

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27, 2007 – The military is grateful to the civilian employers of National Guardsmen and reservists who support their employees when they’re called to duty, said Marine Gen. Peter Pace, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Pace saluted employers during a tribute to the troops in Anchorage on Feb. 23. Just prior to leaving Washington, he signed a letter acknowledging the military’s partnership with employers of reserve-component servicemembers. “We quite simply can’t do our nation’s business without the members of our Guard and Reserve,” the chairman said. “They are incredibly valued members of the team. Because...

WASHINGTON, Feb. 16, 2007 – About 500 Pennsylvania National Guard members were called up to assist thousands of motorists stranded for almost a day on icy highways, a Pennsylvania state official said today. An immense winter storm that paralyzed the Midwest and eastern United States over the past several days caused nearly 24 hours of gridlock involving hundreds of motorists on a 50-mile stretch of Interstate 78 between Allentown, Pa., and Harrisburg, the state capital, Kevin Cramsey, spokesman for the Pennsylvania Department of Military and Veterans Affairs, said today. The road closings “really began Wednesday afternoon and pretty much...

Hundreds of Tucson-area National Guard soldiers bid goodbye to loved ones this morning and headed off to help fight the war on terrorism. The Silverbell Heliport in Marana was awash with flag-waving wellwishers as members of the 1st Battalion, 285th Aviation Regiment embarked on a year-long mission to Afghanistan. "This is about bringing the fight to the terrorists," said Sgt. Brad Frey, 27, a father of two and a a crew chief on the AH-64D Apache Longbow helicopters flown by the unit. More than 450 troops from the 1-285th are headed overseas, the largest deployment of Arizona National Guard troops...

WASHINGTON, Nov. 29, 2006 -- New Orleans police officials have requested Louisiana National Guardsmen remain on state active duty for another six months, a Guard spokesman said. Air Guard Lt. Col. Peter Schneider confirmed that New Orleans Police Superintendent Warren J. Riley has asked Gov. Katherine Blanco to extend the tours of 300 Guardsmen through June 2007. Guardsmen have been patrolling neighborhoods in the Hurricane Katrina-ravaged city since June, when five teenagers were killed over one weekend. If the governor does not extend the tours, the state deployment will end by the end of December. Over the Thanksgiving weekend,...