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NYNG collects 3 million-plus health forms from travelers
April 5, 2021
New York Army National Guard Spc. Enda Wang, a member of the 187th Signal Company, checks the phone of an international traveler arriving at John F Kennedy International Airport, New York, to ensure she completed the digital version of the New York State Travel Health form April 1, 2021. Between October 16 and April 1, New York National Guard personnel checked and collected over 3 million electronic and paper forms.
Florida National Guard helps mitigate reservoir leak
April 5, 2021
A Florida National Guard CH-47 Chinook helicopter places pumps at the leaking Piney Point Reservoir in Manatee County in the Tampa Bay area April 4, 2021. Guard members placed two pumps at the pond to accelerate efforts to lower the water level enough to repair the leak.
Kentucky National Guard trains with search and rescue teams
April 2, 2021
Nathan Kirby, London-Laurel Rescue Squad leader and public information officer, shares tips on looking for people with members of the Kentucky National Guard during search and rescue training in the hills of Daniel Boone National Forest. The training was held March 27-30, 2021.
Connecticut Guard, naval sub base team up for vaccinations
April 2, 2021
Sgt. 1st Class Sara Landon, Connecticut Army National Guard Medical Detachment readiness noncommissioned officer, prepares vials of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine during a vaccination clinic at Naval Submarine Base New London in Groton, Connecticut, April 1, 2021. The Connecticut National Guard partnered with the base to distribute vaccines to approximately 1,000 Sailors and eligible Navy personnel.
DCNG hosts Burkina Faso military attaché in SPP visit
April 2, 2021
Maj. Gen. William J. Walker, commanding general of the District of Columbia National Guard, Brig. Gen. Aaron R. Dean II, adjutant general, and other senior leaders hosted a bilateral engagement with Colonel Major Rémi Jean de Dieu Kaboré, defense, military and air attaché of the Embassy of Burkina Faso March 30, 2021. The DCNG and Burkina Faso are partners under the National Guard's State Partnership Program.
Michigan, Latvia strengthen partnership in virtual workshop
April 2, 2021
The Michigan National Guard and Latvia strengthened their partnership under the National Guard Bureau's State Partnership Program with a virtual workshop March 15-19, 2021. U.S. military public affairs professionals from Michigan, Illinois, New Jersey and Washington joined with counterparts from the Republic of Latvia to sharpen their skills as media content creators.
Deployed couple withstands challenges with 3-year-old home
April 2, 2021
Cpl. Ashley Hibbler, left, and Spc. Kyle Hibbler, deployed with Delta Company, 2-104th General Support Aviation Battalion, 28th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade, video chat with their 3-year-old son Landon from an airfield in the 28th ECAB’s area of operations in the Middle East.
Michigan Guard vaccinates more than 323,000 in 90 days
April 1, 2021
U.S. Army Spc. Shaquondre Berry, combat medic, Michigan Medical Detachment, Michigan Army National Guard, draws a COVID-19 vaccine during a vaccination clinic March 24, 2021, at Joint Forces Headquarters in Lansing, Michigan. The clinic provided vaccines to approximately 250 Department of Defense personnel and other Tricare eligible recipients.
Michigan National Guard member deployed nearly a decade
April 1, 2021
U.S. Air Force Senior Master Sgt. Brad Seymour, technician lead, chief of combat operations for the 603d Air Operations Center, stands for a portrait near a static display F-4 Phantom at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, April 1, 2021. Seymour is a member of the Michigan Air National Guard's 110th Wing, 217th Air Operations Group.
Wisconsin National Guard troops support COVID vaccinations
April 1, 2021
Wisconsin National Guard members assist with mobile vaccination team operations March 10, 2021, in Greendale, Wis. Citizen-Soldiers and -Airmen from the Wisconsin National Guard have helped local health departments administer more than 60,000 vaccinations across Wisconsin since establishing the first mobile vaccination teams in late January.
National Guard therapy dog awarded Alaska Commendation Medal
April 1, 2021
Sweetface "Nyx" Shelton, a therapy dog, attends an Alaska National Guard meeting after being awarded the Alaska Commendation Medal, Mar. 18, 2021, at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska. Nyx provides provides emotional support to service members as part of the Sexual Assault Prevention and Response program and Warrior and Family Services.
Guardsman is 1st scholar in residence at Army history center
March 31, 2021
Capt. Jonathan Bratten, command historian for the Maine National Guard, gives a presentation in 2020 to a high school history class as part of the Maine Army National Guard's History Outreach Program. Bratten has been selected as the U.S. Army Center of Military History's first scholar in residence.
Alaska's 176th Wing prepares mobile rescue operations center
March 31, 2021
Alaska Air National Guard Staff Sgt. Preston Fernandez, a radio frequency transmission systems technician with 176th Communications Flight, installs a satellite communications antenna March 22, 2021, at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska. The SATCOM antenna is part of the 176th Wing’s Mobile Rescue Operations Center, a rapidly deployable command-and-control suite that supports rescue operations.
MING assists large-scale vaccination clinic at fairgrounds
March 31, 2021
Michigan Army National Guard Pfc. Julio Mendez, a combat medic, administers the COVID-19 vaccine to a resident at the county fairgrounds in Adrian, Michigan, March 19, 2021. Michigan National Guard members are working with local health care officials to vaccinate Michiganders.
14th CST all-hazards response team is ready and relevant
March 31, 2021
Sgt. Dan Pyo of the 14th Civil Support Team assists teammate Sgt. Justin Madore during a training exercise at the Eastern States Exposition Center in West Springfield, Mass., on March 25, 2021. The Training Proficiency Evaluation is led by U.S. Army North for a CST to validate their training and equipment every 18 months.
Rescue squadrons train in Idaho exercise
March 30, 2021
Members from 11 rescue squadrons with HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopters participated in Spud Smoke 21at the Orchard Combat Training Center in Boise, Idaho, March 8-28, 2021. The exercise focused on the weapons employment fundamentals and dynamic threat environments.
Task Force Phoenix trains at North Fort Hood for deployment
March 29, 2021
Staff Sgt. Jose Bulow, a flight medic with Golf Company, 1st Battalion, 168th Aviation Regiment (General Support Aviation Battalion), is hoisted into a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter, March 26, 2021, at North Fort Hood, Texas, as part of training before a 9-month mission to the Middle East. Golf Company is attached to Task Force Phoenix, led by the California Army National Guard's 40th Combat Aviation Brigade.
Michigan National Guard medic saves nurse at vaccine clinic
March 29, 2021
Army Sgt. Christian Grow, a combat medic assigned with the Michigan National Guard’s Task Force Red Lion COVID-19 Vaccination Testing Team, performed the Heimlich maneuver to save a choking nurse, Jacqueline Goldstein, during a COVID-19 vaccination clinic in Novi, Michigan, March 20, 2021.
Texas National Guard Counterdrug leads in technical field
March 29, 2021
Staff Sgt. Daniel Pando,Texas National Guard Joint Counterdrug Task Force communications support member, works on cutting-edge electronic equipment to help the Homeland Security Investigations Technical Operations Unit catch drug trafficking organizations in El Paso, Texas. Texas Counterdrug has supported federal, state and local law enforcement throughout the state for more than 30 years.
Virginia National Guard provides mobile vaccination teams
March 29, 2021
A Virginia National Guard Soldier prepares a COVID-19 vaccination March 10, 2021, at Fort Pickett, Virginia. The Virginia National Guard is reconfiguring the task force conducting COVID-19 testing and mask fit training to create mobile vaccination teams.