Montana National Guard

A 37 year-old Laurel man has been arrested after shots were fired during a domestic disturbance, and then at responding officers.

The Montana National Guard has sent four helicopters and 48 soldiers to help fight wildfires in western Montana.

Hundreds of people are assisting in the search for a Sidney High School teacher who did not return home after going for a jog. 43-year-old Sherry Arnold was last seen at 6:30 a.m. Saturday. More than 200 people participated in the initial search Saturday, finding a shoe believed to belong to Arnold near one of her regular jogging routes...

The Montana National Guard will conduct a freedom salute ceremony today at 5:30 p.m. at the Montana State University -Billings Student Union Theater.

The Post Deployment Health Assessment Act was introduced by Senator Max Baucus in 2009, modeled off a Montana National Guard pilot program that implemented comprehensive pre and post-combat screening to identify signs of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and suicidal tendencies among combat troops returning from war.

The Montana National Guard will conduct a freedom salute ceremony this Sunday, to honor approximately 260 soldiers of Bravo Company 1-163rd Cavalry Regiment and Echo Company 145th Forward Support company who returned from a recent deployment in support of the overseas

Military officials have released the name of a soldier who died in a parachute accident at Fort Harrison near Helena. The Department of Defense identified the soldier Tuesday as Sgt. Francis Campion, of Hollidaysburg, Pa. Campion was a member of the 2nd Battalion 19th Special Forces Group, West Virginia Army National Guard.

Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer says he won't call up the Montana National Guard to fill sandbags and do other chores that local communities should be able to do on their own. And he says he doesn't want to keep 98 soldiers on duty guarding closed or dangerous roads for much longer.