Fighting America's Wars
The Oklahoma National Guard has a rich heritage of answering the call of duty to defend the nation on home soil and abroad. Since 9/11, more than 30,000 of our Soldiers and Airmen have deployed, many of them serving multiple deployments to answer our nation’s call. Although major combat operations in Iraq and Afghanistan have stopped, the OKNG is still deploying in large numbers to support national objectives. OKNG Soldiers and Airmen performed missions and training this past year with active-duty and coalition counterparts in the Middle East, Europe, Africa, and the Pacific. They provided helicopter airlift and air support, military police, air combat support, unmanned aerial systems, manned I.S.R., medical, logistics, security force, and engineering capabilities.
SINCE 9/11
Since September 11, 2001, the Oklahoma National Guard deployed more than 30,000 Soldiers and Airmen supporting the Global War on Terrorism. We deployed to more than 16 countries, with the majority of our deployments being in Afghanistan and Iraq. We have defended freedom in multiple operations to include: The Oklahoma National Guard’s federal mission is to fight and win the nation’s wars.
- Operation Noble Eagle
- Operation Enduring Freedom
- Operation Spartan Shield
- Operation Iraqi Freedom
- Operation New Dawn
- Operation Freedom’s Sentinel
- Operation Inherent Resolve
- Joint Multinational Training Group-Ukraine
- Kosovo Force Operation