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News from the Oklahoma National Guard

The Oklahoma National Guard has released the 2023 Governor's Report detailing the actions of the Oklahoma National Guard during 2023.

Highlights include dropping more than 167,000 gallons of water from helicopters to fight wildland fires, the Defensive Cyber Operation Element winning the DoD's largest unclassified cyber exercise, and the Oklahoma National Guard supporting law enforcement to seize more than 64,000 pounds of illegal drugs worth more than $78 million.

Read the Full Report now Read the Full Report now: http://ok.ng.mil/Portals/56/Documents/Governor's%20Reports/2023%20GOV%20Report_FINAL_LR%20(1).pdf

Video by Spc. Cambrie Cannon, Sgt. Haden Tolbert

Oklahoma Guardsmen face-off against drones in survivability exercise

Oklahoma National Guard

June 12, 2025 | 1:34

Soldiers assigned to the 45th Infantry Brigade took part in the first of a series of counter-unmanned aircraft exercises at Camp Gruber Training Center on June 12 and 13. This exercise focused on Soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 279th Infantry Regiment, 45th IBCT being forced to avoid, react to, and counter reconnaissance drones and first-person view drones deployed to harass them as they battled opposing force role players.