Illinois has largely been pursuing little-known prospects , which is a bit of an unexpected twist for a program that is ...

Airman Bridget Wood, 20, of the Illinois Air National Guard stands outside a C-130 Hercules aircraft in Peoria before deployment to Washington on Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021.

Before he returned to the wrestling mat at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), Spc. Joe Braunagel of ...

When not in uniform, soldiers in the Illinois National Guard walk around like anyone else. Their day-to-day employers see ...

The Illinois National Guard can trace its origin to May 9, 1723, and on May 6, 1945, rescued of King Leopold III of Belgium from a Nazi compound in Austria.

The appointment of Boyd by Gov. JB Pritzker, who serves as commander-in-chief of the Illinois National Guard, makes history. The Chicago native will be the first Black officer and person of color ...

ROCK ISLAND ARSENAL, Illinois – Members of the Illinois National Guard are no stranger to deployments. Many have seen multiple combat tours during the last 20 years, taking them to overseas ...

The Illinois National Guard is only supporting COVID-19 medical missions or missions to increase the capacity of the medical community. — IL National Guard (@IL_Natl_Guard) March 22, 2020.

The Illinois National Guard will send 110 soldiers and 30 airmen to help with security at the presidential inauguration next week in Washington, D.C.

The National Guard shifted funding a few months into the federal 2021 fiscal year to cover security-related costs after supporters of former President Donald Trump swarmed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6.

WASHINGTON — Illinois Governor JB Pritzker activated about 500 Illinois National Guard members at the request of the U.S. Department of Defense to continue helping with security in Washington, D.C.

Illinois National Guard members may be administering COVID vaccine shots as state enters distribution Phase 1B Most people will get shots through their doctors or pharmacies, but Sen. Dick Durbin ...