SPRINGFIELD - Soldiers from two Illinois National Guard units based in Bloomington and Pontiac are training in Fort Chaffee, Ark., this month ahead of an upcoming deployment to Afghanistan ...

and as casualties mounted at a horrific pace National Guardsmen were called up to help fill the thinning ranks. In Illinois, 15 Guard units were “federalized” during the war, and although most ...

part of the Illinois Army National Guard. The runner-up award is “meaningful recognition of the long hours and hard work they dedicate to supporting the unit’s maintenance mission,” she said.

122nd Field Artillery SECFOR team consisted of four different Illinois Army National Guard units: Batteries A and B, 2nd Battalion, 122nd Field Artillery from Sycamore and Crestwood; Headquarters ...

As the Memorial Day weekend holiday kicks off the summer season, the Lake County Sheriff, Porter County Sheriff, U.S. Coast ...

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Governors Safeguarding Democracy—co-chaired by two Democrats, Illinois Gov ... assistance to any National Guard unit of another state that is deployed to this state, if the Office of the ...

The SECFOR team consists of four different Illinois Army National Guard units, including Battery B, 2nd Battalion, 130th Infantry from Effingham. The SECFOR team is the first team to mobilize as ...

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Ohio and Illinois. No plans have been announced on where the 54th’s Guardsmen might be reassigned or offered other positions. The 54th SFAB was stood up as a National Guard unit specifically ...