Command Sgt. Maj. Michael Kelly, an experienced combat leader and Chicago Police Officer, has been selected as the 15th State Command...

U.S. Highway 40 through Casey, Illinois, is now the “Army Spc. Charles Lamb Memorial Highway” after a ceremony on June 26 at the Casey...

Brig. Gen. Dan McDonough, the Assistant Adjutant General - Air of the Illinois National Guard and Commander of the Illinois Air National...

In a ceremony steeped in military tradition, Maj. Gen. Rich Neely, of Springfield, relinquished command of the Illinois National Guard to...

Pfc. Nathan Johnson of Arlington Heights was named the Illinois Army National Guard’s “Soldier of the Year” and Sgt. Terry Lair of Pekin...

Rosemary Dillon, of Chicago, was about five years old when her Uncle Harry, who was serving in the Illinois Army National Guard’s Company...

Winnebago County presented Illinois Army National Guard Spc. Michael Gambino, a military policeman with the Freeport-based 333rd Military...

Approximately 195 Illinois Army National Guard Soldiers serving with 1st Battalion, 106th Aviation Regiment, based in Peoria, and Company...

One of the Illinois Army National Guard’s newest Soldiers not only completed Basic Military Training (BMT) at 39, but also earned the...

By Cpl. Dasianelle Cotton, 139th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment Some 300 Soldiers from the 34th Division Sustainment Brigade and the...

Approximately 25 Soldiers from the 1863rd Financial Management Support Detachment, based in Chicago, are preparing to head overseas in...

Illinois State Police Cadet Class 144 graduated from the academy in mid-December, among the class of new troopers were three Illinois...

Thirteen Illinois Army National Guard Soldiers graduated from the Illinois Army National Guard’s Military Funeral Honors (MFH) State...

Vietnam Veterans from the Illinois Army National Guard's 126th Supply and Services Co., presented the modern 126th Quartermaster Co. with...

The year was 1990 and a future Illinois National Guard member watched Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm unfold on national television...

Illinois Army National Guard Colonel Max Casteleyn of Mundelein, Illinois, was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal for his work as...

Five Illinois Army National Guard Soldiers received the Meritorious Service Medal on Nov. 16 for their top U.S. finish in the Command...

Command Sgt. Maj. Phillip Barber, then a squad leader, took a position on a rooftop in the Abu Graib neighborhood of Baghdad in 2005 so...

RANTOUL, Illinois – In the early 1990s, Jose Sanchez was a teen hanging with a crowd that had him headed to jail, or worse. And then he...

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois – The Illinois Army National Guard’s 108th Sustainment Brigade, headquartered in Chicago, has a new name, but the...