The deaths of two American soldiers in Syria remind us that the National Guard wasn't designed to backstop policies that enable forever war ...

Citizen Soldier, the alternative rock band renowned for their powerful anthems and unflinching approach to mental health awareness, is set to perform at The Van Buren on October 4: World Mental Health ...

ROCK ISLAND ARSENAL, Ill. – The history of citizen-Soldiers fighting and winning wars for the United States began long before it was even a country. Citizen-Soldiers won the War of Independence, and ...

This 2024 documentary collaboration between WBIR-TV and KGW-TV revisits citizen soldiers we first met two decades ago in training and subsequently embedded with during their deployment to the war in ...

Why am I the only one who is remembering May 4, 1970? It is a great turning point in my life. I will never forget the rally in front of Coffman Union at the University of Minnesota. The National Guard ...

We call them “citizen soldiers” because for most of the year, they are not in uniform but instead, among us at our workplaces, schools and elsewhere in our society. But this year, many are on the ...

Journey to Fort Bliss, Texas, provides front-line view of how the N.J. National Guard trains before deploymentFORT BLISS, TEXAS  A group of New Jersey business executives got a close look at what it ...

ARLINGTON, Va. — Army Spc. John Shields, a combat medic in Iowa Army National Guard’s 334th Brigade Support Battalion, embraced his long-held dream of service by joining the National Guard while using ...

It has been a decade since U.S. armed forces—with the United Kingdom and the Afghan Northern Alliance—launched what has become America’s longest war, Operation Enduring Freedom, in Afghanistan. And, ...

Dr. Robert Elliott, author of "Citizen Soldier: From the Land of Lincoln to Iraq and Back," will be visiting the Collegedale Friends & Fun Group on Feb. 26. Dr. Elliott will speak at the Collegedale ...