HENDERSONVILLE, Tenn. – The Hendersonville Police Department was recognized and awarded the 2025 Secretary of Defense Employer Support Freedom Award, the highest recognition an employer can receive from the Department of Defense for their support of employees who serve in the National Guard and Reserves, during a ceremony at Hendersonville City Hall, August 29.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Twenty-one Tennessee Army National Guardsmen were commissioned as U.S. Army 2nd Lieutenants during a special ceremony held at Nashville’s Grand Ole Opry House, August 17.
SMYRNA, Tenn. – Soldiers from across the United States became the U.S. Army’s newest military policemen as they graduated from the Tennessee National Guard’s Military Police Basic Course at Smyrna’s Volunteer Training Site, August 8. These 16 graduates are now military law enforcement officers and the newest members of the U.S. Army Military Police Corps.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – During a special ceremony at Nashville’s Joint Force Headquarters on August 2, Naudia Cartmell assumed command of the Tennessee Air National Guard’s newest unit, the Tennessee Recruiting and Retention Squadron.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – During a ceremony held at the Tennessee National Guard’s Joint Force Headquarters in Nashville on August 1, Col. Mark Tyndall, Chief of the Joint Staff for the Tennessee National Guard, was promoted to the rank of brigadier general in front of his family, friends, and fellow Soldiers.
VELIKO TARNOVO, Bulgaria. – Members of the Tennessee Army and Air National Guard competed in the Bulgarian Armed Forces’ first multinational Best Warrior Competition held at the Vasil Levski National Military University, June 23-26.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – More than 260 Guardsmen from the Tennessee Army National Guard’s 278th Armored Cavalry Regiment departed from Knoxville and Smyrna, May 30, on their first leg of a nearly year-long deployment to the Middle East.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – To align with the U.S. Army’s new transformation initiative, the Tennessee Army National Guard’s 278th Armored Cavalry Regiment was selected as one of three National Guard units to reorganize into a Mobile Brigade Combat Team. This initiative is part of the Army’s broader strategy to maintain its edge on the battlefield by transforming itself into a leaner, more lethal force.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The Soldiers of the Tennessee Army National Guard mourn the loss of one of its former leaders, retired Col. Dennis Adams, the 8th Colonel of the 278th Armored Cavalry Regiment and former Director of Administrative Services for the Tennessee Military Department.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The Tennessee Military Department, in conjunction with the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency and more than 30 other partnering agencies, is conducting a disaster response exercise throughout Tennessee, May 12-18. Named “Vigilant Guard 2025,” the exercise gives participants the opportunity to activate and employ their response plans to improve mission command, relationships, and interoperability among federal, state, and local agencies.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Eleven members of the Tennessee Air National Guard’s 134th Air Refueling Wing, headquartered in Knoxville, were recognized by the Tennessee Senate with a Joint Resolution, April 14, for heroism resulting in the awarding of Distinguished Flying Crosses while deployed for Operation True Promise.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – At the request of the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency, the Tennessee Army National Guard is providing two UH-60 Blackhawk helicopters, from Knoxville’s 1-230th Assault Helicopter Battalion, to support wildfire response in Polk County.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The Tennessee Military Department hosted its 4th Annual Merit Badge University for nearly 300 Scouts who wanted to live up to their motto, “be prepared,” on April 12.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Soldiers from Trenton’s 230th Engineer Battalion are supporting state, county, and local emergency responders as they assist Tennesseans and respond to flooding and damage caused by severe storms and tornadoes that recently tore through West and Middle Tennessee.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – At the request of the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency, the Tennessee National Guard is providing two UH-60 Blackhawk helicopters, from Knoxville’s 1-230th Assault Helicopter Battalion, to support wildfire response in Anderson County.