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Officials said 33 Illinois National Guard members tested positive for COVID-19, or 1% of those deployed. Two of them were hospitalized, but there were no fatalities.
With positive cases of coronavirus down in Illinois, Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced Wednesday that more than 500 members of the state’s National Guard will wrap up their missions at the 11 state ...
It was in 1723, in the small village of Kaskaskia, the Inspector of Troops for the French Commandant, named Diron d’ Artaguiette, drilled the first militia in the Illinois Country.
The Illinois National Guard can trace its origin to May 9, 1723, and on May 6, 1945, rescued of King Leopold III of Belgium from a Nazi compound in Austria.
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.
Col. Bradford Leighton, a spokesman for the Illinois National Guard, pointed out that personnel supported 17 different domestic operations in 2020 and 2021.
The Illinois National Guard will join a force of about 7,000 National Guard members from throughout the U.S. in helping federal and local agencies with safety and security throughout Washington, D.C.
The Illinois National Guard will deploy roughly 200 service members to Washington D.C. ahead of President-elect Joseph Biden’s inauguration, state officials confirmed Tuesday.
In February, that force be reduced to about 5,000 troops. The Illinois National Guard troops being deployed will arrive in D.C. by next week, and will stay through mid-March.
Operating at 30 static sites across Illinois, in addition to 23 mobile teams, more than 1,450 Army and Air) National Guard troops have been activated for the COVID-19 immunization mission.
The costs of National Guard troops providing security around the Illinois Capitol in Springfield in the weeks leading up to Jan. 6 were covered by Illinois state government, he said.
Anyone seeking further information can contact the Illinois National Guard Public Affairs Office at (217) 761-3569 or ng.il.ilarng.list.staff-pao@army.mil.
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