The 153rd Engineer Battalion with the South Dakota Army National Guard and its corresponding units convoyed with 90 vehicles and equipment in early July to Fort McCoy to hold their annual training.

Payment is “one of the considerations that I'm looking at as well before we decide to send the guard again,” Noem said. As for what else South Dakota could provide to Texas, Noem said ...

Rep. Tim Reisch, R-Howard, knows the price of deployment. He previously served as adjutant general of the South Dakota National Guard during former Gov. Dennis Daugaard's administration.

Thirteen members of the South Dakota Army National Guard helped distribute drinkable water to communities on the Pine Ridge Reservation this past weekend after recent flooding damaged a main ...

In her weekly column, Noem wrote that the seventh detachment of South Dakota National Guard troops was recently welcomed home after fortifying 20 miles of border wall and repairing 46 breaches ...

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, U.S. Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., U.S. Rep. Dusty Johnson, R-S.D., and Lt. Gov. Larry Rhoden (foreground) applaud a unit of the South Dakota Army National Guard upon ...

This is laid out in Title 32 of the U.S. Code, said Col. Scott Linquist, public affairs officer for the South Dakota Army National Guard, ...

Even though its full-time soldiers are required to take furloughs this year, the South Dakota Army National Guard is actively recruiting the weekend warriors who make up the majority of ...

Noem said Thursday that part of the agreement for that activation was that Texas would not reimburse South Dakota. The previous two guard activations, in 2021 , were paid for by the state.

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem described the U.S. border with Mexico as a “war zone” last year when she sent dozens of state National Guard troops there. Sign in or Subscribe See Offers.

This is laid out in Title 32 of the U.S. Code, said Col. Scott Linquist, public affairs officer for the South Dakota Army National Guard, which gives her civil authority over the state's National ...