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Nebraska hosts 1st All Guard Endurance Team time trials
September 3, 2020
Sgt. 1st Class Christopher Wittig, Kansas Army National Guard, runs after tunneling through a wet culvert, Aug. 30, 2020, at the Greenlief Training Site, near Hastings, Nebraska, during the inaugural All Guard Endurance Team time trials.
High school student follows father into Idaho National Guard
September 3, 2020
Idaho Army National Guard Pvt. Ashlynn Amoruso with her father, 1st Sgt. Dan Amoruso, at Boise Airport Aug. 20 upon returning from basic combat training.
Guard Soldiers succeed in ‘toughest places'
September 3, 2020
Gen. James C. McConville, the Army's chief of staff, praises the National Guard during a speech to the U.S. National Guard Association's annual conference Aug. 28, 2020.
Vermont Guard distributes test kits, PPE before school starts
September 2, 2020
Airman 1st Class Brett Woods from the 158th Fighter Wing, Vermont Air National Guard, maneuvers a forklift at the Strategic National Stockpile Warehouse, Aug. 27, 2020. Airmen are helping distribute personal protective equipment and COVID-19 test kits to schools throughout the state.
Idaho Guard uses electric bike at Gowen Field
September 2, 2020
Idaho National Guard Staff Sgt. Daniel Walters, chief dispatcher of ground transportation with the 124th Logistics Readiness Squadron, drives an Elf Solo electric bicycle, Aug. 13, 2020, Gowen Field, Boise, Idaho. The solar-powered bike was purchased to make small deliveries at Gowen Field.
At-risk young people get 2nd chance with Texas Guard's help
September 2, 2020
Pfc. Luis Lopez of the Texas National Guard Joint Counterdrug Task Force instructs cadets on drill and ceremony at the Texas ChalleNGe Academy in Eagle Lake, Texas. Service members, staff and students took precautions and measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19 while giving at-risk young people opportunities not afforded to them previously.
California National Guard prepares to go green
September 2, 2020
Concept drawing of the new California Military Department's energy efficient Consolidated Headquarters Complex in Rancho Cordova, California, which is on track for completion in the summer of 2021.
Colorado Airman’s military training helps save a life
September 2, 2020
U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Ronald Ebert, first sergeant, 140th Medical Group, 140th Wing, Colorado Air National Guard, and his wife, Alison, show that they’re ‘fit to fight’ at the gym where they routinely exercise and lead workouts. They helped save a fellow gym member’s life when he suffered a heart attack during a workout June 1, 2020.
Louisiana debris clearance teams go to work after hurricane
September 2, 2020
Louisiana National Guard Senior Airman William Bommer, 159th Civil Engineering Squadron’s heavy equipment journeyman, removes tree branches in downtown Lake Charles, La., Aug. 30, 2020, after Hurricane Laura caused heavy damage in the area.
Psychological health director a lighthouse in storm
September 1, 2020
Diann Richardson, 176th Wing director of psychological health, regularly works with therapy dog, Bolt, as part of the licensed clinical social worker’s outreach to the wing. Following several months of socialization and training, the golden retriever became a nationally certified therapy dog.
Michigan National Guard helps test food workers for COVID-19
September 1, 2020
A physician’s assistant with the Michigan Air National Guard gives an Ottawa County resident a COVID-19 test in Holland, Mich., Aug. 16, 2020.
Colorado crew director injured in car crash returns to duty
September 1, 2020
A group of 100th Missile Defense Brigade Soldiers stand for a photo with Colorado National Guard Lt. Col. George Lambos at UCHealth Memorial Hospital Central in Colorado Springs May 28, 2019. The Soldiers came so Lambos could participate in the promotion ceremony of one of his Soldiers.
W.Va. Guard participates in cybersecurity tabletop exercise
September 1, 2020
West Virginia National Guard Sgt. 1st Class Timmy Thompson and 2nd Lt. David Parsons of the Defensive Cyber Operations Element with Joshua Spence, chief technology officer for the state of West Virginia, and Danielle Cox, chief information security officer, West Virginia Office of Technology, during a cybersecurity tabletop exercise in Charleston, West Virginia, Aug. 31, 2020. The four-day exercise was being held to address cybersecurity threats.
Alaska National Guard Airmen rescue hunter at national park
September 1, 2020
An Alaska National Guard 210th Rescue Squadron HH-60G Pave Hawk conducts hoist training June 5, 2018, at Eklutna Glacier.