A federal judge issued a temporary restraining order late on Sunday blocking the Trump administration’s attempts to federalize and deploy National Guard units from any state to Portland, after the… Continue reading "Federal Judge Issues Temporary Block To Trump’s National Guard Deployments To Portland"
In September, information surfaced that a group of “hacktivists” going by the name “Guacamaya” successfully gained access to information systems of the Mexican ministry of defense and extracted six terabytes… Continue reading "Hack of Mexican Military Reveals Corruption"
On Friday, the Mexican Chamber of Deputies passed a new bill which would place the National Guard under military control. the bill is now moving to the senate where it… Continue reading "Mexico Moves to Place National Guard Under Military Control"
Welcome to Overt Defense’s Weekend Briefing where we round up the week’s most interesting and important defense news. As February begins, we continue to cover the latest from around the world.… Continue reading "Weekend Briefing (31 January – 4 February)"
As tensions with Russia are at an all-time high with President Biden announcing troop deployments to Eastern Europe in the “near term” in response to Russia’s diplomatic threats and military… Continue reading "New Mexico National Guard Deployed as Substitute Teachers"
Airbus has announced the delivery of the first UH-72B Lakota to the U.S. Army National Guard, with the first example of the light utility helicopter’s latest model having departed Airbus’… Continue reading "Airbus Delivers First Army National Guard UH-72B Lakota"
Talking before the House of Representatives’ Appropriations Defense Subcommittee, National Guard Bureau chief General Daniel Hokanson revealed that plans for the establishment of the Space National Guard are nearly finalized.… Continue reading "Space National Guard Coming Soon"
Following the storming of the Capitol in Washington D.C. on January 6, in which five people died, the authorities in the city have called in the National Guard to reinforce… Continue reading "Thousands of National Guardsmen Deploying to Washington D.C. Prior to Inauguration Day"
214 campers were rescued in a daring operation conducted by two National Guard helicopters earlier this month. During the wildfires which engulfed parts of California the pilots from the 40th… Continue reading "National Guard’s Helicopters Rescue Campers in California"