Illinois Air National Guard Senior Master Sgt. David Schreffler of the 183rd Wing rode in honor of Illinois Army National Guard Sgt. Joshua Harris, killed in Afghanistan Sept. 17, 2008.

CHICAGO (CBS) -- This week, nearly 200 soldiers with the Illinois Army National Guard are shipping out overseas. Those soldiers are based in Kankakee and Peoria. Their mission: To provide air ...

The appointment of Boyd by Gov. JB Pritzker, who serves as commander-in-chief of the Illinois National Guard, makes history. The Chicago native will be the first Black officer and person of color ...

A little over five years ago, Maj. Gen. Richard Neely took the Illinois National Guard flag in a chain of command ceremony. On May 4, Neely, the adjutant general for Illinois and commander of the ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — When Illinois Army National Guard Staff Sgt. Quentin Corrington was about 3 years old, his father died of an accidental overdose. As Corrington grew up in Decatur, Illinois ...

Approximately 190 soldiers from the Illinois Army National Guard mobilized for an overseas mission in a ceremony on Tuesday, Feb. 7, at the 182nd Airlift Wing in Peoria.

Illinois Army National Guard Capt. Drew Weaver, commander of A Troop, 2nd Squadron, ... 178th Infantry Regiment based in the General Richard L. Jones Armory on Chicago's south side.

MOUNT VERNON — Around 550 soldiers with the Illinois Army National Guard will be deployed overseas in support of Operation Spartan Shield, with the primary mission of securing and protecting ...