U.S. National Guard
National Guard helping with COVID-19 response to withdraw

Jun. 18, 2021 05:30 PM EDT
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The more than 1,500 Mississippi National Guard members who have been working throughout the state over the course of the coronavirus...

FILE - In this Dec. 16, 2020, file photo, Staff Sgt. Travis Snyder, left, receives the first dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine given at Madigan Army Medical Center at Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington state, south of Seattle. Nurse Jose Picart, right, administered the shot. Washington Gov. Jay Inslee on Thursday, June 17, 2021, announced a new COVID-19 vaccine incentive lottery for the state's military, family members and veterans because the federal government wasn't sharing individual vaccine status of those groups with the state and there were concerns they would be left out of a previously announced lottery. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)
New vaccine lottery announced for military in Washington

By Rachel La Corte Jun. 17, 2021 01:37 PM EDT

FILE - In this May 20, 2020, file photo, then-Arizona National Guard Maj. Gen. Michael McGuire, director of the Department of Emergency and Military Affairs, answers a question at a news conference in Phoenix. McGuire, the former head of the Arizona National Guard, has filed papers to run for the U.S. Senate, joining what's likely to be a crowded field of candidates seeking the Republican nomination. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, Pool, File)
Retired Gen. McGuire jumps into Arizona Senate race

By Jonathan J. Cooper Jun. 08, 2021 05:02 PM EDT

National Guard asked to help staff Oregon State Hospital

May. 28, 2021 01:34 PM EDT
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Significant staffing shortages at the Oregon State Hospital prompted health officials to call for the National Guard’s assistance at the...

Arkansas guard leaves PPE distribution warehouse in NLR

May. 15, 2021 02:16 PM EDT
NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The Arkansas National Guard has ended its work at a warehouse in North Little Rock where it helped distribute personal...

Guard sends helicopter to Bethel over flooding concerns

Apr. 26, 2021 10:17 PM EDT
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The Alaska National Guard will station a Black Hawk helicopter and crew in Bethel as part of the state’s response to potential spring...

A woman holds a feminist flag and a sign that reads in Spanish "From Ciudad Juarez to Tulum we demand justice for Victoria Salazar," during a protest outside of the Quintana Roo state offices in Mexico City, Monday, March. 29, 2021. The demonstrators were protesting the police killing in Tulum, Quintana Roo state, of Salvadoran national Victoria Esperanza Salazar when a female police officer knelt on her back to cuff her. Mexican authorities say an autopsy confirmed that police broke her neck. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)
OAS rights group: 'Critical' levels of impunity in Mexico

Apr. 25, 2021 07:30 PM EDT

Ducey says National Guard will go first to Yuma

Apr. 21, 2021 04:57 PM EDT
PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona National Guard troops being sent to the border region will focus initially on the Yuma area but could eventually expand to other areas,...

Editorial Roundup: Wisconsin

By The Associated Press Apr. 21, 2021 01:40 AM EDT
Eau Claire Leader-Telegram. April 19, 2021. Editorial: Wait and see right approach on Foxconn Monday’s announcement...

People touring the U.S. Border Patrol Yuma Sector, soft-sided processing facility, look at the pods inside one of four living areas at the facility during an open house, Tuesday, April 20, 2021, in Yuma, Ariz., in which the public was invited to see how the USBP will handle detained illegal immigrants who are apprehended while crossing the border into the United States from Mexico. The facility includes a laundry facility; multipurpose shower and changing area; an intake and medical area; processing area; 15 private phone rooms; and the four living areas, each divided into eight pods. (Randy Hoeft/The Yuma Sun via AP)
Arizona governor sending National Guard to southern border

By Anita Snow Apr. 20, 2021 07:01 PM EDT

Members of the National Guard leave the Capitol perimeter the they had been guarding, Friday, April 2, 2021, after a car crashed into a barrier on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
Repeated Guard missions in DC trigger frustration, denials

By Lolita C. Baldor Apr. 19, 2021 08:15 PM EDT

New Mexico governor gets request to send troops to US border

By Susan Montoya Bryan Apr. 09, 2021 01:40 PM EDT
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — U.S. Rep. Yvette Herrell on Friday asked Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham to deploy New Mexico National Guard troops to the U.S.-Mexico...

Brig. Gen. Kerry L. Muehlenbeck speaks as Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey, right, listens after she was introduced as the state's new adjutant general of the Arizona Guard during a press conference at Arizona State Capitol Executive Tower, Thursday, April 8, 2021, in Phoenix. Maj. Gen. Michael T. McGuire, left, the outgoing adjutant general, listens. (Nick Oza/The Arizona Republic via AP)
Governor appoints first woman to lead Arizona National Guard

By Jonathan J. Cooper Apr. 08, 2021 03:08 PM EDT

New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham talks with National Guardsmen after receiving her Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine during a vaccination event held in the gym at Desert Sage Academy in Santa Fe, N.M. Friday March 26, 2021. (Eddie Moore/The Albuquerque Journal via AP, Pool)
New Mexico leads vaccine rollout with 50% getting 1st shot

By Susan Montoya Bryan Apr. 07, 2021 02:19 PM EDT

More workers to be added at state-run COVID-19 vaccine sites

Mar. 31, 2021 01:15 PM EDT
PHOENIX (AP) — Gov. Doug Ducey announced Wednesday that additional workers are being added to meet the high demand at state-run COVID-19 vaccine sites. ...

This undated photo provided by Lubbock County (Texas) Sheriff's Office shows Larry Lee Harris. Idalou, Texas police said Harris, an Arizona man who held 11 National Guard Soldiers transporting COVID-19 vaccines at gunpoint, was arrested Tuesday, March 23, 2021. (Lubbock County Sheriff's Office via AP)
Feds charge Arizona man in National Guard holdup in Texas

Mar. 26, 2021 05:17 PM EDT

This undated photo provided by Lubbock County (Texas) Sheriff's Office shows Larry Lee Harris. Idalou, Texas police said Harris, an Arizona man who held 11 National Guard Soldiers transporting COVID-19 vaccines at gunpoint, was arrested Tuesday, March 23, 2021. (Lubbock County Sheriff's Office via AP)
Man accused of holding National Guard members at gunpoint

Mar. 23, 2021 03:15 PM EDT

Alabama National Guard to begin vaccinations at rural sites

Mar. 21, 2021 10:55 AM EDT
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — National Guard members will begin immunizing rural residents against COVID-19 this week as Alabama tries to improve a vaccination rate...

FILE - In this Jan. 24, 2020 file photo, Mexican National Guardsmen stand watch over the Suchiate River where locals transport cargo and ferry people between Mexico and Guatemala, near Ciudad Hidalgo, Mexico, a location popular for Central American migrants to cross from Guatemala to Mexico. On Friday, March 19, 2021, Mexico sent hundreds of immigration agents, police and National Guard officers marching through the streets of the capital of the southern state of Chiapas to launch an operation to crack down on migrant smuggling. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte, File)
Mexico launches crackdown on migrant smuggling

By Mark Stevenson Mar. 19, 2021 04:57 PM EDT

Arkansas activates 20 Guard members to assist with vaccines

Mar. 18, 2021 03:38 PM EDT
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Thursday activated 20 members of the Arkansas Air and Army National Guard to assist with coronavirus...