• Tennessee National Guard receives new range certification

    Thursday, November 16, 2023 | 01:17pm

    TULLAHOMA, Tenn. – For the first time ever, the .50-caliber Browning machine gun was fired on a Tennessee National Guard weapons range, Nov. 15, at Tullahoma’s Volunteer Training Site. Col. Randal J. Gordon, Arnold Air Force Base Commander, and Lt. Col. Thomas J. Foley, Tennessee National Guard Deputy Training and Operations Officer, fired the first rounds at the ceremony marking the inaugural firing of the weapon in Tennessee.

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  • Tennessee National Guardsman Recognized as Outstanding Veteran

    Thursday, November 09, 2023 | 07:46pm

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee, Department of Veterans Services Commissioner Tommy Baker, and Brig. Gen. Warner Ross, Tennessee’s Adjutant General, honored five veteran state employees and more than 450,000 Tennessee veterans at the Governor’s annual Veterans Day ceremony on Thursday, Nov. 9, at the Tennessee National Guard’s Joint Force Headquarters in Nashville.

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  • Tennessee and Bulgaria Celebrates 30 Years of Partnership

    Tuesday, October 03, 2023 | 01:55pm

    SOFIA, Bulgaria – This year, the Tennessee National Guard and the Bulgarian Armed Forces celebrate more than three decades of cooperation as one of original partners in the National Guard’s State Partnership Program. To mark this milestone, the two organizations held more than 30 bilateral engagements throughout the year culminating in a two-day conference and celebration held in Sofia, Bulgaria, Sept. 28-29.

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  • Tennessee National Guard rescues hiker in National Park

    Wednesday, September 06, 2023 | 08:59pm

    KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – During the night of September 2, a medical flight crew from the Tennessee Army National Guard performed an emergency air evacuation mission for a hiker suffering a severe illness in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

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  • Tennessee Guardsmen responding to Louisiana wildfires

    Monday, August 28, 2023 | 03:18pm

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Tennessee’s Adjutant General, Brig. Gen. Warner Ross, announced today that two UH-60 Blackhawk helicopters from Knoxville’s 1-230th Assault Helicopter Battalion have departed this morning for Louisiana to support state, county, and local emergency responders battling the Tiger Island wildfire burning in Beauregard Parish, the largest wildfire in the state’s history.

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  • Tennessee National Guard rescues hiker in National Park

    Wednesday, August 16, 2023 | 01:57pm

    KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – During the afternoon of August 15, a medical flight crew from the Tennessee Army National Guard performed an emergency air evacuation mission for a hiker suffering a severe illness in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

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  • 252nd MP Company wins 2nd Annual Harper’s Ferry Competition

    Monday, August 14, 2023 | 12:35pm

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. – From August 4-5, military policemen with the 117th Military Police Battalion competed in their 2nd annual Harper’s Ferry Competition at Catoosa’s Volunteer Training Site, in Georgia. Hosted by the 117th battalion staff, headquartered in Athens, military policemen throughout East Tennessee endeavored to see who had the best MP squad.

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  • Disaster response exercise being held throughout Nashville

    Tuesday, August 01, 2023 | 12:30pm

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Multiple emergency response agencies, including the Tennessee National Guard, will be participating in Nashville’s 2023 Dense Urban Terrain exercise, from August 7-10. The exercise is a series of events designed to coordinate and rehearse emergency response to possible chemical, biological, radiological, or nuclear attacks or disasters.

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