Massachusetts Army National Guard Aviation Directorate participates in a Cooperative Maintenance Engagement with the Kenyan Air Force. By Chief Warrant Officer 5 David Picard Five Massachusetts Army National Guard (MAARNG) soldiers led by Col. Robert O’Connell, the State Army Aviation Officer of the MAARNG, participated in a cooperative mainten...

Story and Photos by Spc. Alysia Brewster, 65th Theater Public Affairs Support Element   HANSCOM AIR FORCE BASE, Mass. -- The Massachusetts National Guard Counterdrug Program, Massachusetts State Police and Massachusetts District Attorney’s Association hosted the second annual Top Gun – Massachusetts: Undercover Narcotics Investigator and Prosec...

More than 50 friends and coworkers gathered to bid farewell to former Chief of Staff Col. Christine Hoffman, July 11, 2019.

101st Regiment - RTI provides Raven training to soldiers from across the United States. Learn what goes into the training and what the capabilities are for the Small Unmanned Aircraft System.

Soldiers from the 215th Army Band of the Massachusetts National Guard performs for a delighted crowd at Veterans Memorial Stadium in Quincy, Mass., July 10, 2019 as part of their yearly Summer Concert Series. "Our two week concert series is based around telling the Army story, honoring veterans, and making connections in the community through ...

Members of the Massachusetts National Guard gathered for a rededication of the Maj. Gen. Edwards Clock outside the Massachusetts National Guard Adjutant General’s office at Joint Force Headquarters (JFHQ), Dec. 1, 2018. The almost century-old clock, manufactured by the Waltham Watch Company in Waltham, Mass., was presented to Maj. Gen. Clarence ...

Soldiers of the 1st Battalion, 182nd Infantry Regiment, Massachusetts Army National Guard and the 1st Battalion of the 69th Infantry Regiment of the New York Army National Guard competed in the annual Logan Duffy Competition at Devens Reserve Training Area, Mass., Sep.15-16, 2018.  The competition is named after Gen. Lawrence Logan and General E...

After multiple gas explosions shook the cities of Lawrence, North Andover and Andover, Mass., residents are seeking assistance to get their homes functioning again. The event affected over 8,000 homes and has shaken the hearts of many. Numerous occupants who were home at the time of the explosion state that they still feel the fear from that night ...

Yoga instructor. Solar panel worker. Motivational speaker. Private pilot. Former professional athlete.  Tysha M. Wiggins is all of those things and recently became the newest crew chief at the 104th Fighter Wing when she enlisted into the Massachusetts Air National Guard Oct. 11, 2018, here.  She joined the 104th Fighter Wing on the day before he...

Nestled in a building that was the home of the headquarters of the Massachusetts National Guard until 2012, is an office with 3.2 million military records mostly dated from 1940 – 2016, maintained by only three full-time personnel.  These records could be a military service member’s DD 214 or military discharge, medical records that could help w...

More than 200 service members from five nations are conducting Regional Cooperation 2018 (RC18), a joint command-post exercise, Sept. 10 - 21, at Camp Edwards on Joint Base Cape Cod, Massachusetts. According to U.S. Army Maj. Robert McCracken, U.S. Central Command’s lead exercise planner, the purpose of RC18 is to improve the ability of South and ...

The The 102nd Civil Engineer Squadron recently returned from an Innovative Readiness Training deployment that not only honed their skills as engineers, but provided an opportunity to give back to the community in a unique and rewarding way. However, it was not always that way.   The IRT program began construction of Camp Kamassa in April and dur...

As summer camp season started, the Massachusetts National Guard made an effort to support local Junior Police Academies in the municipalities of Everett, Malden and Somerville the second week of July. The week-long day programs are designed as a community engagement tool. Police officers serve as camp counselors and expose middle-school age stud...

Just before 3 p.m. on April 15, 2013, two bombs exploded on Boylston Street in Boston ripping through a crowd that had gathered at the finish line of the city’s annual marathon. The explosion killed three and injured another 264 people. Joe Fortini was a senior at the University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth when he watched the tragedy unfold.“I had...