SC National Guard

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

Gov. Nikki Haley and First Gentleman Michael Haley on the State House grounds just outside of Gov. Haley's office. Michael Haley is home for a two week furlough during his year long deployment to Afghanistan with the S.C. National 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.

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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.
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.