Mississippi Becomes Fourth State to Send National Guard Troops to DC in Expanding Federal Crackdown
WASHINGTON — Joining forces from three other Republican-led states, the Mississippi National Guard will deploy 200 troops to Washington as part of the Trump administration’s ongoing federal policing and immigration overhaul in the nation’s capital. Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves said in a statement Monday that he has approved the deployment of approximately 200 Mississippi National […]
National Guard Grounds All of Its Helicopters Following Apache Crash in Mississippi that Killed 2 Soldiers
The Army National Guard has temporarily grounded all of its helicopters after back-to-back AH-64 Apache helicopter crashes this month, one of which was fatal for the two pilots. Last week, an Apache crashed in northern Mississippi, killing its two-soldier crew. In a separate incident Feb. 12, there was another Apache crash near Salt Lake City, […]
National Guard Apache Helicopter Crashes in Mississippi Killing Two Crew Members
A Mississippi National Guard AH-64 Apache attack helicopter crashed in the northern part of the state near Booneville on Friday afternoon, a service component spokesperson confirmed. Two Guardsmen who were on board were killed in the mishap and safety crews were at the scene, according to a statement from Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves. The names […]
One Soldier Dead, Another Hospitalized Amid Outdoor Fitness Tests in Mississippi Heat Wave
The death of a soldier and the hospitalization of another last week at Camp Shelby, an Army base in Mississippi, may have been caused by a combination of hot weather and the service’s fitness test, as record-breaking heat waves torch much of the U.S. A junior enlisted Illinois National Guardsman died Friday at the base […]