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Illinois National Guard Soldier Selected as Soldier Leader of the Cycle during Basic Military Training
March 13, 2024
Illinois Army National Guard Spc. Christina Fiorentino, of Chicago, was selected as the Soldier Leader of the Cycle while attending Basic Military Training at Fort Jackson, South Carolina.

933rd Military Police Company Welcomed Home from Deployment
March 12, 2024
Soldiers and families with the 933rd Military Company came together March 9th for a welcome home ceremony at the College of Lake County, in Grayslake, Illinois.

Springfield Soldier celebrates 30-year-career
March 4, 2024
Illinois Army National Guard Maj. Christine Hurley, of Springfield, the collective training branch chief of the Illinois Army National Guard, thanks family, friends and fellow Soldiers for their support during her nearly 30 years of military service during a ceremony March 1 at Camp Lincoln, Springfield.

Macomb Soldier Retires After 20-Year Career
February 26, 2024
Following the presentation of various gifts, Master Sgt. Kenneth Ray, Branch Chief, 1st Battalion, 129th Regiment (Regional Training Institute), thanks family and friends for many years of support during his 20 years of military service during a retirement ceremony Feb. 25 at the Illinois Military Academy, Camp Lincoln, Springfield, Illinois.

Oswego Soldier Retires after 26-Year Career
February 26, 2024
Sgt. Maj. Kevin Driscoll, of Oswego, Illinois, 129th Regiment (Regional Training Institute) operations sergeant major, thanks family and friends for many years of support during his 26 years of military service during a retirement ceremony Feb. 24 at the Illinois Military Academy, Camp Lincoln, Springfield, Illinois.

Two Illinois Army National Guard Officers to be Inducted into University of Illinois ROTC Hall of Fame
February 21, 2024
Illinois Army National Guard Maj. Gen. Henry Dixon, the Deputy Commanding General of U.S. Army Central Command, will be inducted into the University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign Army ROTC Hall of Fame in May.

Athens Soldier Promoted to Chief Warrant Officer Five
January 12, 2024
Newly promoted Chief Warrant Officer 5 Brandon Defenbaugh, of Athens, Illinois, the safety officer for the Illinois Army National Guard, thanks family and friends for their support during his more than 30 years of service during a promotion ceremony Jan. 11 at Camp Lincoln, Springfield, Illinois.

From ROTC Cadet to Lieutenant Colonel, an Illinois National Guard Soldier from Chatham Gets Promoted
January 8, 2024
The Illinois Army National Guard’s staff officer in the Illinois Army National Guard Headquarters’ Plans, Operations, and Training Directorate (G3), Nicholas Krzensinki, was promoted to lieutenant colonel during a ceremony at the Illinois Military Academy on Camp Lincoln in Springfield on Jan. 4.

Chicago-based Finance Unit Mobilizes for Overseas Mission
January 8, 2024
Maj. Gen. Rodney Boyd, Assistant Adjutant General – Army, and Commander of the Illinois Army National Guard, thanks the families of the Soldiers in the 1863rd Finance Management Support Detachment during a mobilization ceremony at the Northwest Armory in Chicago Jan. 5.

Illinois National Guard Continued to Achieve in its 300th Year
December 29, 2023

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Illinois Army National Guard trucks line up prior to June's parade. 

The temperature was 23-degrees Fahrenheit, but it was a warm June Day in Auburn, Illinois, Dec. 17 as the Illinois National Guard joined hundreds of first responders and community groups from across the region to give 3-year-old June Peden-Stade a parade.  The Make A Wish Foundation reached out to the City of Auburn with June's wish this week and supporters flocked in from all over Central Illinois to make the parade a reality, including 10 trucks and about 20 Soldiers from the Illinois Army National Guard's 232nd Combat Sustainment Support Battalion; Charlie Company of the 634th Brigade Support Battalion; Battery B of the 2nd Battalion, 123rd Field Artillery; and the 3637th Maintenance Company - all based in Springfield.

Illinois National Guard Helps Make 3-Year-Old June Peden-Stade's Wish for a Parade a Reality