SC National Guard

Don’t be alarmed by the helicopters, National Guard says

UH60 (Blackhawk) Crew Chief Sgt. Kenneth Burton of the South Carolina National Guard prepares for a training exercise in the Midlands on May 16, 2013.

Don’t be alarmed if you see a lot of military vehicles and aircraft from the Lowcountry to the Midlands in the coming days.

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SC NATIONAL GUARD

Richland booms are just the National Guard

Any loud booms you hear Thursday in southeastern Richland County, in particular around the Eastover area, are the National Guard conducting demolition training.
CINDI SCOPPE

Scoppe: Adjutant general leading charge for reform

Bob Livingston is not exactly the type of person you’d vote “Most Likely to Dismantle the South Carolina’s Military Anachronism.” Which, when you think about it, is one of the reasons he was elected adjutant general. And yet, he is well on his way to doing just that.
EDITORIALS

Editorial: Choose SC military leader based on merit, not politics

MEMBERS of the U.S. military are strictly prohibited from engaging in politics beyond casting their ballots. Even the top commanders, who work closely with the president, are prohibited from expressing their opinions about the current president, much less those who would...
LOCAL NEWS

Midlands guard unit deploying to Afghanistan

A unit of the South Carolina National Guard’s 122{+n}{+d} Engineer Battalion will deploy to Afghanistan for approximately a year, the Guard said Friday.
SHAW AIR FORCE BASE

Sumter crowd previews Nat Geo series on combat rescue

Ask any service member, and they'll agree that it's impossible to comprehend the chaotically fluctuating and vast range of emotions experienced in combat, unless you've been there.
SC NATIONAL GUARD

Air Force screens true-life rescue films

U.S. Air Forces Central Command will host a free screening of the National Geographic Documentary “Inside Combat Rescue” Saturday at the Sumter Opera House.
SC NATIONAL GUARD

60 SC Guard members head for Afghanistan

More than 60 members of the S.C. National Guard will leave Eastover’s McEntire Joint National Guard Base Saturday for a yearlong deployment to Afghanistan.
LOCAL NEWS

SC Air National Guard to get its first African-American general

Col. Calvin Elam, of Irmo, is set to become the S.C. Air National Guard’s first African-American general.
SC MILITARY NEWS

SC governor’s husband to deploy to Afghanistan

The husband of S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley will head to a year-long military deployment in Afghanistan on Jan. 10, the S.C. National Guard said Wednesday.
FROM THE MILITARY

Video: MP Stress Shoot

Members of the 132nd MP Company from South Carolina participated in a training exercise to help them focus in tense situations.