NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Col. John “Brad” Bowlin was recently appointed as the Assistant Division Commander – Operations, for the Texas National Guard’s 36th Infantry Division beginning Oct. 21. The first Tennessee National Guardsman to hold this position, …
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – There are numerous thrill-inducing occupations the Tennessee National Guard has to offer but few are as exhilarating as a UH-60 Blackhawk crewmember. There is nothing quite as breath-taking as sitting in an open door aircraft watching …
Families, friends and fellow service members gathered to greet Tennessee National Guardsmen as they return home from a year-long deployment, Oct. 27, at Smyrna’s Volunteer Training Site. Members of the 913th Engineer Company, 269th Military Police Company, …
SMYRNA, Tenn. – Nearly 160 Soldiers from the Tennessee National Guard are scheduled to return to Tennessee, Oct. 27, after spending more than a year away from home supporting contingency operations near Laredo, Texas. Approximately 60 Soldiers with …
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – After 41 years of service, Maj. Gen. Tommy H. Baker, a Huntingdon resident, retired from the Tennessee National Guard on Oct. 17. Since September 2018, Baker served as Tennessee’s Deputy Adjutant General and was responsible for the …
LEXINGTON, Tenn. – In late August 2021, Hurricane Ida struck the Louisiana coastline causing significant wind damage and flooding in the surrounding area. Less than 24 hours later, over 320 Tennessee Guardsmen convoyed south to support relief operations in …
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Tennessee, known as the Volunteer State, has an incredible history of answering our Nation’s call. Since 1796, Tennesseans have filled the ranks of every service branch and made notable contributions in defense of our country. Tennessee …
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Tennessee’s Adjutant General and representatives from Tennessee’s Department of Health visited three medical facilities in East Tennessee where Soldiers and Airmen with the Tennessee National Guard are actively helping medical staff in …
LAREDO, Texas. – On Sept. 20, Staff Sgt. Christopher Hurley, a Tennessee Army National Guard Soldier, rushed to provide cardiopulmonary resuscitation to a person requiring assistance on the Gateway to the Americas port of entry bridge. While conducting …
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Col. Jason Glass, Tennessee’s Assistant Adjutant General, Air, was named Tennessee’s Dual-Status Commander to lead the Department of Defense’s COVID-19 support at the University of Tennessee Medical Center in Knoxville. Twenty-three …
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Starting yesterday, the Tennessee National Guard has begun supporting ten additional medical centers throughout Tennessee as they continue to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, bringing the Guard’s total support to 32 medical facilities across …
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - There are events throughout history that evoke powerful emotions: Pearl Harbor, President Kennedy’s assassination, the loss of Space Shuttle Columbia, and September 11, 2001. On that September morning in 2001, America watched in …
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – On behalf of Gov. Bill Lee, Maj. Gen. Jeff Holmes, Tennessee’s Adjutant General, announced today that more than 320 Soldiers from the Tennessee National Guard have been activated in response to Hurricane Ida, which made landfall along …
WAVERLY, Tenn. – More than 80 Soldiers and Airmen from the Tennessee National Guard are supporting recovery operations in Humphreys County following severe flooding this past weekend. Guardsmen are working with state, county, and local emergency personnel …
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Since Monday, the Tennessee National Guard has begun supporting six additional Tennessee hospitals as they fight the COVID-19 pandemic, bringing the total support to 13 medical facilities across the state. At the request of the Tennessee …
SMYRNA, Tenn. – Family, friends, mentors, and fellow Soldiers filled the auditorium as 17 officer candidates graduated from the 117th Regiment’s Officer Candidate School and commissioned as second lieutenants in the Tennessee National Guard on Aug. 22. …
TULLAHOMA, Tenn. – Guardsmen from the Tennessee National Guard and Active Duty Soldiers from Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, trained and competed against each other at the Tennessee National Guard’s Adjutant General Match, Aug. 20-22, at Tullahoma’s Volunteer …
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Over the weekend, the Tennessee National Guard increased its support to area hospitals across Tennessee as they fight the COVID-19 pandemic. On Aug. 22, at the request of the Tennessee Department of Health, an additional 72 Soldiers and …
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Since March 2020, the Soldiers and Airmen of the Tennessee National Guard have been working alongside and supporting the Tennessee Department of Health, Tennessee Emergency Management Agency, and various other state and local agencies to …
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Soldiers and Airmen from the Tennessee National Guardsmen are supporting state, county, and local emergency responders assist the citizens of Humphreys County that have been impacted by the flash flooding on Aug. 21. Working with the …
