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NCNG, 1st responders practice helicopter aquatic rescue
May 27, 2021
North Carolina National Guard Aviators join first responders from 16 state and local agencies for North Carolina helicopter aquatic rescue team training at Weldon, North Carolina, May 20, 2021. The training at the rapids of the Roanoke River simulated swift water rescue missions.
NCNG Artillery Unit first to receive new M109A7 Paladin
May 24, 2021
Soldiers with the North Carolina National Guard’s 1st Battalion, 113th Field Artillery Regiment, fire newly fielded M109A7 Self-Propelled Howitzer Systems at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, May 20, 2021.
North Carolina National Guard fields new Paladin artillery
March 23, 2021
North Carolina National Guard Soldiers train on the new M109A7 Paladin Self-Propelled Howitzer System at Maneuver Area Training Equipment Site at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, March 17, 2021. Maintainers of F Company, 230th Brigade Support Battalion, 1 -113th Field Artillery Regiment, 30th Armored Brigade Combat Team, studied the improvements in survivability, mobility and firing that make the system more lethal on the modern battlefield.
North Carolina Guard supports mass vaccination clinic
March 10, 2021
Fifty North Carolina National Guard Soldiers deployed to the PNC arena to support a drive-thru COVID-19 mass vaccination clinic in Raleigh, North Carolina, March 4, 2021. The Soldiers assigned to the NCNG’s 30th Armored Brigade Combat Team and 113th Sustainment Brigade directed vehicle traffic and provided logistical and administrative support for Wake County Emergency Management staff and volunteers.
NCNG helps get COVID-19 vaccine into arms
February 5, 2021
Spc. Trey Pressley, a medic assigned to 236th Brigade Engineer Battalion, 30th Armored Brigade Combat Team, fills a syringe with a COVID-19 vaccine during a drive-through clinic at the Macon County Public Health Department in Franklin, North Carolina, Feb. 3, 2021. North Carolina National Guard Soldiers and Airmen are activated across the state to assist local health departments with increasing vaccine administration efficiency.
NCNG bolsters communications during inauguration
January 21, 2021
Soldiers and Airmen from across North Carolina join forces to set up a satellite as part of the Joint Incident Site Communications Capability (JISCC) in Washington, D.C., Jan. 13-20 for the presidential inauguration. The JISSC team is routinely requested for inaugurations.
Historic Air National Guard airlift brings troops to DC
January 16, 2021
Members of the North Carolina National Guard deboard a C-17 Globemaster III, assigned to the 145th Airlift Wing, North Carolina Air National Guard, upon arrival to Joint Base Andrews, Md., outside Washington, D.C., on Jan. 15, 2021. National Guard Soldiers and Airmen are supporting federal and district authorities for the 59th presidential inauguration.
NC National Guard boosts state's COVID-19 vaccination effort
January 14, 2021
North Carolina National Guard Staff Sgt. Stacie Tindle, a medic assigned to the 130th Maneuver Enhancement Bridge, administers the COVID-19 vaccine to a patient at the Forsyth County Department of Public Health in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, Jan. 12, 2021. Gov. Roy Cooper mobilized the NCNG to support local health providers by augmenting their distribution and vaccination operations.
Ohio National Guard forward observer is ARCENT NCO of Year
January 4, 2021
Ohio Army National Guard Sgt. Aaron Amsden, a forward observer for the 1st Battalion, 145th Armored Regiment, was crowned the winner of the U.S. Army Central Command’s Best Warrior Competition, noncommissioned officer category, and also competed in the Army Forces Command (FORSCOM) competition in 2020. The BWC recognizes Soldiers who demonstrate commitment to Army values, embody the warrior ethos and represent the force of the future.
NC Soldier part of National Guard's championship cyber team
December 23, 2020
Sgt. Micheal Gibbs, a cybersecurity analyst with the North Carolina Army National Guard's 883rd Combat Engineer Company, monitors networks Nov. 2, 2020, while assisting the Cyber Security Response Force in their support of the State Board of Elections before Election Day. Gibbs was on a National Guard team that earned top national honors at the 5th Annual SANS Institute NetWars DoD Services Cup Championship Dec. 17-18.
NCNG Soldiers distribute food to needy before Thanksgiving
November 25, 2020
Sgt. Shaquille Ralls, assigned to the North Carolina Army National Guard’s G Company, 230th Brigade Support Battalion, places a frozen hen into a car during a mass food distribution sponsored by the Second Harvest Food Bank of Southeastern North Carolina at the Crown Coliseum in Fayetteville Nov. 24, 2020. A team of 27 Soldiers and Airmen supported the event.
N.C. Guard helps out at food banks, COVID-19 test sites
November 17, 2020
Pfc. Pedro Dominguez, assigned to the North Carolina Army National Guard’s 875th Engineer Company, enters a patient’s information at a drive-thru COVID-19 test site in High Point, North Carolina, on Nov. 13, 2020. More than 170 North Carolina National Guard Soldiers and Airmen are activated across the state to support N.C. Emergency Management’s response to the pandemic.
28th Infantry Division completes warfighter exercise
November 17, 2020
Lt. Col. Dorothy Watkins, left, a military information support operations officer, confers with OF-3 Aleksas Paulauskas, her Lithuanian Land Forces counterpart, during a two-week warfighter exercise Nov. 7, 2020, at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pennsylvania.
Tennessee National Guard aircrew rescues injured hiker
October 29, 2020
A UH-60L Black Hawk helicopter from the Tennessee National Guard’s Detachment 1, Company C, 1-171st Aviation Regiment, prepares to depart from Joint Base McGhee-Tyson in Knoxville at approximately 2:15 a.m. Oct. 28, 2020, en route to rescue an injured hiker on a mountain in North Carolina.
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.
NC Guard Transportation Company trains with Airborne peers
October 19, 2020
North Carolina National Guard Sgt. 1st Class Derek Winfree, a truck driver assigned to the 1452nd Combat Heavy Equipment Transporter Transportation Company, adjusts a chain hitch helping move heavy equipment from training sites across Fort Bragg, North Carolina, Oct. 15, 2020, in support of the 82nd Airborne Division.
Puerto Rico Guard disaster relief program a national effort
September 14, 2020
U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Jose Reyes, the adjutant general, Puerto Rico, visits the 156th Wing at Muñiz Air National Guard Base, Puerto Rico Air National Guard, Aug. 19, 2020, while touring base facilities and the training site for the Disaster Relief Bed-down Systems the unit recently received.
NGB chief touts Soldiers and Airmen at virtual Guard event
September 4, 2020
Gen. Daniel Hokanson, chief of the National Guard Bureau, tells virtual attendees at the 142nd General Conference of the National Guard Association of the United States, Aug. 29, 2020, how four Airmen from the District of Columbia Air National Guard’s 113th Wing saved a jogger's life while on duty during civil disturbances in June. The Airmen, in still image on right, are Chief Master Sgt. Mark Nicholas, Tech. Sgt. Emmanuel Morales, Staff Sgt. Jacen Vaughan and Maj. Telisha Johnson.
NCNG helps Hurricane Isaias first responders on Oak Island
August 7, 2020
Pvt. Scott Green, a Soldier assigned to the 878th Engineer Vertical Construction Company, 105th Engineer Battalion, helps transport first responders over washed-out roads after Hurricane Isaias made landfall on Oak Island, North Carolina, Aug. 5, 2020.
NCNG engineers respond to Hurricane Isaias
August 6, 2020
North Carolina National Guard Spc. Adam Macterrnan, a Soldier assigned to the 882nd Engineer Company, 105th Engineer Battalion, helps a resident find his dogs following a tornado spawned by Hurricane Isaias in Windsor, North Carolina, Aug. 4, 2020.