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...

The Massachusetts National Guard Counter Drug Program, Massachusetts State Police and Massachusetts District Attorney’s Association hosted the inaugural Top Gun Massachusetts Undercover Narcotics Officer Training course September 16-22 here. Eighty participants were given the opportunity to learn the most current information on investigative t...

Members of the public, veterans and distinguished guests attended a reenactment of the awarding of the Croix de Guerre to the 104th Infantry Regiment, 26th Yankee Division at Apremont Park in Westfield, Massachusetts, April 29th, 2017. The Croix de Guerre is a French decoration given to members of the military for acts of bravery. The reenactme...

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...