WASHINGTON, D.C. (WAVY) – Thousands of National Guard members from across the U.S ... Army and Air National Guard service members from 40 states and territories. WAVY confirmed the Virginia ...

Members of the National Guard activated to support Monday’s presidential inauguration have been issued a special identification patch for the ... in front of the U.S. Capitol.

but it will play a vital role supporting U.S. forces in Africa and Europe, Brig. Gen. Lenny Williams, the assistant adjutant general – Army of the Illinois National Guard and the commander of ...

An Army National Guard soldier displays an American flag and the distinctive patch worn by personnel supporting the upcoming ...

National Guard involvement in presidential inaugurations dates to the Republic’s early years. When George Washington traveled from his home in Mount Vernon, Virginia, local predecessors to the ...

National Guard leaders have authorized the use of a special shoulder patch ... Army Secretary Christine Wormuth said. About 7,800 Guard troops from more than 40 states and U.S. territories will ...

About 7,400 Army and Air National Guard troops from ... Guardsmen will wear a special shoulder patch with the National Guard motto “Always Ready, Always There,” to differentiate themselves ...

National Guard units were activated in response to a powerful winter storm blowing across the central and eastern parts of the U.S. beginning ... Missouri, West Virginia, Indiana and Kentucky ...

Andrew Enriquez/U.S. Air National ... white and blue patch also depicts a minuteman, long a symbol of the Guard that harkens back to the Revolutionary War. The key, said Army Col.