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Interview: Role of National Guard in ShakeOut drill
General Michael Liechty, Utah National Guard, spoke with Good Day Utah about the role of the National Guard in Tuesday's Great Utah ShakeOut drill. "We are mainly there to set up, be ready to operate,...
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National Guard test communications as part of ShakeOut drill
The Utah National Guard is set up at Sugar House Park for the Great Utah ShakeOut drill on Tuesday. "Right now we're just testing our communications systems," said Major Paul Peters, Utah National...
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Military mom featured in new book about female pilots
A woman in Utah is one of several female military pilots from across the country featured in a new book called, "Military Fly Moms." Lisa Berente is a Lt. Colonel in the Utah Air National Guard. She...
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66 National Guard members return from Afghanistan
SALT LAKE CITY - Utah families welcomed home soldiers who have spent a year serving their country in Afghanistan. Sixty-six soldiers from the Utah Air National Guard returned to Salt Lake City on...
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Soldiers return home after Afghanistan deployment
SALT LAKE CITY - 150 members of the Utah National Guard's First Battalion, 211th Aviation, returned home to Utah on Thursday. The soldiers served about a year in Afghanistan. For many of the soldiers,...
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Gov. dispatches National Guard resources to fight Utah wildfires
CACHE COUNTY -- A lightning strike sparked at least two fires on the mountainside between Millville Canyon and Black Smith Fork Canyon in Cache County Sunday, and Gov. Gary Herbert authorized the...
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Photo gallery: Wildfires fill Utah skies with smoke
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At least 1,000 await rescue from Colorado flooding as flights resume
By Michael Pearson and George Howell LONGMONT, Colorado (CNN) — Food and water are running low in some of the Colorado communities cut off by epic flooding, but well-organized residents are holding...
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Governor issues order to boost employment of veterans
SALT LAKE CITY — Utah Governor Gary Herbert issued an executive order Friday prompting state department heads to find ways to maintain or increase the employment of the state’s veterans. “Our veterans...
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Herriman homeowners sue National Guard over 2010 fire
HERRIMAN, Utah – Five landowners in Herriman are suing the United States and the Army National Guard in connection with a fire that broke out nearly four years ago. The landowners are claiming...
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Hearing live artillery fire? It’s Utah National Guard training at Camp Williams
Missing Attachment Missing Attachment Missing Attachment CAMP WILLIAMS, Utah – Residents near the Point of the Mountain might find their weekend includes the sounds of live artillery fire but don’t...
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Heartwarming homecoming for Utah soldiers returning from deployment
SALT LAKE CITY -- About 50 National Guardsmen from the 19th Special Forces returned home to Utah after a six-month deployment, and loved ones were at the Salt Lake City International Airport to greet...
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Order to U.S. military: no travel to Paris
SALT LAKE CITY -- Everyone employed by the U.S. Defense Department, contractors, and their families are prohibited from traveling to Paris. The sweeping directive comes from the European Central...
View ArticleToddler with medical emergency gets special convoy through snow storm
By Holly Yan (CNN) — National Guard humvees don’t typically escort toddlers. But when a 23-month-old needed an emergency medical procedure, and a ferocious Nor’easter threatened to prevent it, soldiers...
View ArticleFive Utah National Guard members deploy to Africa
SALT LAKE CITY - Five members of the Utah National Guard departed from Roland R. Wright Air Base for a deployment to Africa Tuesday. The soldiers will spend the next nine months in the country of...
View Article130 Utah National Guard Soldiers deploy to Middle East
SALT LAKE CITY - As the 65th Field Artillery Brigade Prepared to deploy in a hangar at the Utah Air National Guard Wright Air Base, four young girls also wore dog tags. They're Hannah Abigail, Sarah,...
View ArticleTrump orders National Guard troops to the US-Mexico border
By Tal Kopan, CNN President Donald Trump officially signed a memorandum to deploy the National Guard to the southwest border on Wednesday, a move that followed days of him calling for more border...
View ArticleFamilies say goodbye as National Guard members in Utah are deployed
UTAH - One hundred Utah National Guard soldiers began their one-year deployment to the Middle East Monday afternoon. “We know we’ll be in several different countries. We’ll be split up for our...
View ArticleResidents band together, National Guard activated ahead of potential flooding...
UTAH COUNTY, Utah --Elk Ridge homeowners filled hundreds of sandbags Monday and UDOT trucked in nearly 3,000 feet of concrete barriers, to help protect homes from possible flooding in the coming days....
View ArticleDevastation from wildfires creates increased risk of flooding as heavy rain...
UTAH COUNTY -- The National Guard, transportation officials and Utah County communities are bracing for potential flooding as heavy rain is expected to hit the state starting Tuesday afternoon. Gov....
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