Around 550 soldiers with the Illinois Army National Guard will be deployed overseas in support of Operation Spartan Shield, ...

More than 130 soldiers of the Litchfield-based Illinois Army National Guard are deploying overseas to conduct security operations.

said during a mobilization ceremony at the Illinois Army National Guard’s Readiness Center. The unit is “small but mighty,” Williams said. “Your mission is critical.” The general thanked ...

The unit is “small but mighty,” Brig. Gen. Lenny Williams said during the ceremony. “Your mission is critical.” Williams, the commander of the Illinois Army National Guard, thanked the ...

MATTOON — The pedestrian who was hit by a car and killed Saturday night along Illinois 16 near Interstate 57 has been identified as an Illinois Army ... with the National Guard unit that ...

The Illinois National Guard is holding a mobilization ceremony for approximately 130 soldiers on Saturday. The soldiers belong to Company B, 2nd Battalion, 130th Infantry Regiment, based in Effingham.

Swanson is a retired lieutenant colonel with the United State Army and Illinois Army National Guard. He was in active duty for 20 years with the Illinois Army National Guard from 1980 to 2001 ...