SC National Guard

About 400 S.C. Guard troops return home from Kosovo

Sgt. William Miles got new marching orders from his 3-year-old son and wife on Tuesday as he returned to South Carolina after nine months in Kosovo with his Army National Guard military police unit.

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BUSINESS

S.C. National Guard soldiers returning from Kosovo

oldiers from Gaffney and Union who have been stationed in Kosovo since last year will return home Tuesday.
POLITICS

EXCLUSIVE Michael Haley: No better way to represent S.C. than in the Guard

When Nikki Haley became South Carolina’s first woman governor in 2010, her husband, Michael, had to reinvent the role of the chief executive’s spouse.
SC NATIONAL GUARD

Richland Sheriff’s Department finalist for Defense Department award

The Freedom Award is the highest recognition given by the agency to employers for exceptional support of employees serving in the National Guard and Reserve.
SC NATIONAL GUARD

SC National Guard scrambles to handle big disasters

Four-day military exercise puts 1,500 S.C. National Guard members in intense simulation of potentially disastrous situations.
SC NATIONAL GUARD

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

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