Army Sgt. 1st Class Robert F. Cruz, 8th Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support Team, was awarded the medal during a ...

The Colorado Air National Guard, part of the state’s National Guard, is also a reserve component of the U.S. Air Force. It has about 1,100 reserve members tied to the flying mission at Buckley.

This year’s inauguration is seeing a much smaller National Guard presence than in 2021. That year roughly 25,000 troops were present, stemming in part from security concerns tied to the ...