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SFC White retires from Guard with 40 years of service
October 30, 2020
After 40 years of service, Virgin Islands National Guard Sgt. 1st Class Mercedes White – shown Oct. 29, 2020 – says it's time to turn in her Army greens.
Married to the job: two first sergeants tackle leadership
October 29, 2020
David and Trisha Katzfey are first sergeants and full-time Soldiers who provide new meaning to the word team in the Missouri National Guard.
NC Guard Employment Center celebrates 3,000th job placement
October 28, 2020
North Carolina National Guard (NCNG) Army Brig. Gen. Jeffrey L. Copeland, left, assistant adjutant general, sustainment, congratulates Gladys Ngari and her family on her becoming the NCNG Employment Center's 3,000th hire at a ceremony at NCNG Joint Force Headquarters in Raleigh, North Carolina, Oct. 19, 2020. Ngari's husband, right, is NCNG Army 1st Lt. Joseph Muraguri.
Flour, eggs and milk: A recipe for pancakes (and resilience)
October 23, 2020
Capt. David Schlador scrambles an egg at the weekly pancake breakfast hosted at Joint Force Headquarters, Madison, Wis., Oct. 2, 2020. Schlador implemented the breakfast after seeing its success in other units. He said the eggs-to-order part was his idea and that it quickly became more popular than the pancakes.
Soldier perseveres in Guard and her own dentistry practice
October 15, 2020
Kentucky National Guard Maj. Mitisha Martin poses Aug. 20, 2020, in Poland with the 1163rd Area Support Medical Company’s motto: “Whatever it takes.”
Oregon Guardsman donates supplies to Kosovo school
October 13, 2020
Maj. Chad Plaisted, with the Oregon Army National Guard 41st Infantry Brigade Combat Team, delivers donated supplies to an underserved primary school Oct. 6, 2020, in Bivolak/Bivoljak, Kosovo. Plaisted and other 41st IBCT Soldiers have been deployed in Kosovo since the beginning of 2020 as members of the U.S.-led brigade level KFOR Regional-Command East.
Soldier's civilian experience helps save K-9
October 9, 2020
Bailey, a military working dog, rests with Soldiers with the 28th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade after suffering cardiac arrest. Treatment and a medevac provided by 28th ECAB medics and aircrews helped save Bailey's life.
Belizean upbringing shaped 100th MDB Soldier’s life
October 9, 2020
Army Sgt. 1st Class Denise Ronneburg, the supply sergeant for the 100th Missile Defense Brigade, outside the 100th Missile Defense Brigade headquarters in Colorado Springs Sept. 15, 2020. Ronneburg hails from Orange Walk Town, Belize, and is part of a growing Hispanic population within the Army.
WADS Airman supports food banks, jobless, wildfire response
October 7, 2020
Senior Airman Payton Chiou, 225th Support Squadron, Western Air Defense Sector, helps the Washington State Department of Natural Resources fight wildfires near Inchelium, Washington, Sept. 16, 2020. The 15-person Air National Guard crew spent more than 10 days fighting fires in eastern Washington.