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Illinois Air National Guard Headquarter Earns Excellence Award
December 9, 2021
A C-130H Hercules aircraft assigned to the 182nd Airlift Wing, Illinois Air National Guard, delivers 250 medical isolation pods to Chicago Midway International Airport, Chicago, Ill., April 8, 2020. Two 182nd Airlift Wing C-130 aircraft and aircrews flew the pods cross-country and overnight in a homeland defense mission for use at the McCormick Place COVID-19 alternate care facility. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Senior Airman Jay Grabiec)

National Guard Plays Key Role in Getting Soldier's Family Out of Afghanistan
October 5, 2021
2nd Lt. Fahim Masoud, of Stafford, Virginia, Company D, 766th Brigade Engineer Battalion, based in Bloomington, Illinois, was among members of the Illinois National Guard activated to assist local health departments at mass vaccination sites. Masoud serves as the Officer-in-Charge of the mass vaccination site in Matteson, Illinois.

Beauman to Retire After Three Decade Military Career
October 5, 2021
Col. Melissa Beauman, of Glenarm, Illinois, is presented the Legion of Merit by Maj. Gen. Eric Little, National Guard Bureau Manpower and Personnel Directorate, during Beauman’s retirement ceremony Oct. 1 at the Illinois Military Academy, Camp Lincoln, Springfield, Illinois.

Iraq Combat Veteran Named U.S. Property and Fiscal Officer for Illinois
October 5, 2021
Colonel Brian Creech, of Petersburg, has been selected by the Chief of the National Guard Bureau, Gen. Daniel Hokanson, to succeed Colonel Melissa Beauman as the next U.S. Property and Fiscal Officer for Illinois. Creech will assume his new duties as the USPFO on Oct. 1 when Beauman retires after more than 30 years of military service in the U.S. Army and Illinois Army National Guard.

Illinois Army Guard Units One Step Closer to Army's Top Maintenance Award
October 5, 2021

Springfield-based ILARNG Unit Selected Army Level Deployment Excellence Award Runner-Up
October 5, 2021

Illinois National Guard Soldiers Graduate from Officer Candidate School, Become Army Lieutenants
October 5, 2021

Petersburg Soldier Retires after Three Decades of Service in Illinois Army National Guard
October 4, 2021
Lt. Col. Roger “Mike” Landon, right, of Petersburg, Illinois, receives a Meritorious Service Medal, from Col. Brian Creech, of Petersburg, Illinois, U.S. Property and Fiscal Officer for Illinois, during his retirement ceremony Sept. 30 at Joint Force Headquarters, Camp Lincoln, Springfield, Illinois.

Illinois National Guard Ends COVID-19 Vaccine Mission
October 1, 2021

Fordham Promoted to Sergeant Major in Illinois Army National Guard
September 20, 2021
Newly-promoted Illinois Army National Guard Sgt. Maj. Nicholaus Fordham, of Sherman, Illinois, thanks friends and family during his promotion ceremony at the Joint Force Headquarters, Camp Lincoln, Springfield, Illinois, Sept. 16.

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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