CHICAGO — Some 180 soldiers from the Illinois Army National Guard deployed with the 33rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team are returning to Illinois after a year in Afghanistan.

FORT McCOY, Wis. - Around 4,000 Soldiers with the 33rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team and Joint Forces Headquarters-Illinois of the Illinois Army National Guard are among those participating in a 4 ...

National Guard Unit Location of Unit Location of ceremony Date/Time Soldiers. Headquarters, 33rd BSTB Machesney Park Machesney Park Armory; 10451 N. 2nd St. Sept. 28/4 p.m. 6 ...

Approximately 190 soldiers from the Illinois Army National Guard mobilized for an overseas mission in a ceremony on Tuesday, Feb. 7, at the 182nd Airlift Wing in Peoria.

A send-off ceremony is in the works to honor Illinois National Guard soldiers on their way to Afghanistan. A ceremony will take place Saturday in Sullivan for the 634th Brigade Support Battalion ...

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Bruno Rios, a cavalry scout with C Troop, 2nd Battalion, 106th Cavalry Regiment, Illinois Army National Guard, confirms that the weapon of his Polish counterpart is clear of ...

At least 741 Americans have died in the Afghan war since the U.S.-led invasion in late 2001. Nearly 60 percent of those deaths occurred since the Taliban insurgency began to ...

On Sunday, Col. Hible assumed command of the Illinois National Guard’s 33rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team (IBCT) from Col. Michael Eastridge at the Illinois National Guard Readiness Center in Urbana.

SPRINGFIELD — Governor Bruce Rauner has ordered Illinois National Guard Soldiers to state active duty to augment local efforts to save lives and mitigate flood damage in southern Illinois ...

SPC Emma Otten, right, runs to her two-year-old daughter Cheyanne Kelley after ceremonies on Thursday for the Illinois Army National Guard Company A and Company D, 106th Aviation Battalion at the ...