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Bartonville-based Medical Company Deploys for Overseas Mission
August 8, 2022
The 709th Medical Company Area Support stand at attention during the mobilization ceremony Aug. 6 at Monroe Elementary School in Peoria. Approximately 55 Soldiers from the unit will deploy in support of Operation Inherent Resolve to the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility.

Illiopolis Soldier Promoted to Chief Warrant Officer Four
August 5, 2022
Newly promoted Chief Warrant Officer 4 Tim Milligan, of Illiopolis, Illinois, Warrant Officer Strength Manager, Recruiting and Retention Battalion, Illinois Army National Guard, thanks family, friends, and colleagues for their support throughout his military service, during a promotion ceremony Aug. 3 at the Illinois State Military Museum, Springfield, Illinois.

ILARNG Colonel, Madison County Circuit Judge Receives FEW's 2022 Military Meritorious Service Award
August 3, 2022
Illinois Army National Guard Col. Sarah D. Smith, of Edwardsville was selected as one of four nationwide recipients of the 2022 Federally Employed Women (FEW) Military Meritorious Award. Smith also serves as a Circuit Judge in the Third Judicial Circuit, Madison County, Illinois.

Springfield Soldier Promoted to Colonel
August 2, 2022
Newly promoted Illinois Army National Guard Col. Shawn Nokes, of Springfield, Deputy Logistics Management Officer for the Illinois National Guard, thanks family, friends and fellow Soldiers for their support throughout his career during a promotion ceremony Aug. 1 at the Illinois Military Academy, Camp Lincoln, in Springfield, Illinois.

President Signs Legislation to Rename Maroa Post Office After Fallen Illinois Guardsman
June 21, 2022
Spc. Jeremy Ridlen, of Maroa, Illinois.

Highway 146 From Anna to Vienna Honors Fallen Illinois National Guard Soldier from Southern Illinois
June 7, 2022
Brig. Gen. Rodney Boyd, of Naperville, Illinois, Assistant Adjutant General – Army and Commander of the Illinois Army National Guard, talks with former Illinois Army National Guard Soldier Randall Romines, brother of Sgt. Brian Romines, following the Sgt. Brian Romines Memorial Highway dedication ceremony, June 6, in Anna, Illinois.

Duckworth Named Legislator of Year by National Guard Association
May 25, 2022
Erin Nilles, second from left, of Venedy, Illinois, a 2022 graduate of Okawville High School, Okawville, Illinois, was selected as a scholarship recipient in the amount of $2,500 at the annual National Guard Association of Illinois banquet and awards ceremony in Springfield, Illinois, May 20.

Evanston Colonel Retires After 32 Years of Service
May 25, 2022
Illinois Army National Guard Col. Nick Johnson of Evanston.

Litchfield Colonel Retires After Nearly 40 Years of Service
May 25, 2022
Illinois Army National Guard Col. Craig Holan of Litchfield

Raymond Soldier Retires After Nearly 26 Years, 4 Deployments
May 25, 2022
Illinois Army National Guard Sgt. 1st Class Anthony Gorup, the Noncommissioned Officer-Charge of the Illinois National Guard's Joint Operations Center, retired with almost 26 years of service on Sunday, May 15, during a ceremony on Camp Lincoln in Springfield.

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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