Airman Bridget Wood, 20, of the Illinois Air National Guard stands outside a C-130 Hercules aircraft in Peoria before deployment to Washington on Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021.

As an Illinois National Guard chaplain, Maj. Gen. Daniel M. Krumrei has counseled soldiers and their family members about preparing for the traumas of war and has helped them learn how to transitio… ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — When Illinois Army National Guard Staff Sgt. Quentin Corrington was about 3 years old, his father died of an accidental overdose. As Corrington grew up in Decatur, Illinois ...

Today, after 37 years of service, we lose an icon," said Maj. Gen. Michael R. Zerbonia, Assistant Adjutant General - Army, Illinois Army National Guard, at Thacker's retirement ceremony Aug. 23.