SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WMBD) — The Illinois National Guard will send 110 soldiers and 30 airmen to help with security at the presidential inauguration next week in Washington, D.C. Airmen with the ...

A little over five years ago, Maj. Gen. Richard Neely took the Illinois National Guard flag in a chain of command ceremony. On May 4, Neely, the adjutant general for Illinois and commander of the ...

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker says that approximately 150 members of the state’s National Guard will be in Chicago during the Democratic National Convention this week, but emphasized they are ...

SPRINGFIELD, IL -- The Illinois National Guard will be celebrating 300 years in 2023. In a news release, they state on May 9, 1723, in the Village of Kaskaskia, Diron d' Artaguiette, the Inspector ...

Gen. Rich Neely, the Adjutant General of Illinois and Commander of the Illinois National Guard. “Abraham Lincoln himself served in our ranks during the Black Hawk War years before he would serve ...

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Wednesday, Sept. 14 called up 75 members of the Illinois National Guard to help organize shelter, food and medical care for migrants arriving by bus from Texas.