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West Virginia Guard, partners prepare for COVID-19 vaccine
December 14, 2020
Members of the West Virginia Joint Interagency Task Force for Vaccinations hold a drill to finalize plans to receive, handle and distribute COVID-19 vaccine across West Virginia at the West Virginia National Guard Joint Forces Headquarters in Charleston, Dec. 11, 2020.
Alaska Guard's Op Santa delivers gifts to remote villages
December 14, 2020
Sgt. Peter Phillip, Alaska National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk crew chief, delivers packages as a part of the 65th annual tradition of Operation Santa Claus. This year, the Alaska National Guard brought gifts and supplies for people in the remote Alaskan villages of Stevens Village, Birch Creek and Nanwalek.
Colorado, California National Guard win sniper championships
December 14, 2020
Staff Sgt. Jared Ramey, Ohio National Guard, prepares his equipment during the Stalk event Dec. 9, 2020 at the 50th Winston P. Wilson and 30th Armed Forces Skill at Arms Meeting Sniper Championships hosted by the National Guard Marksmanship Training Center, with the help of the U.S. National Guard Sniper School. The competition was held at the Fort Chaffee Joint Maneuver Training Center Dec. 4-10, 2020.
Connecticut Guard delivers more than 102,000 test kits
December 11, 2020
Spc. Devin Turchetta, 1048th Medium Truck Company, verifies COVID-19 antigen test kit delivery information with a health center worker at Loomis Chaffee School in Windsor, Connecticut, Dec. 11, 2020. The Connecticut National Guard delivered 102,280 kits to 212 nursing homes in one week in support of a Connecticut Department of Public Health effort to maximize testing availability and efficiency for people living in congregate settings.
24/7 Guard coordination center key for domestic ops success
December 11, 2020
National Guard members monitor Guard activity stemming from Hurricane Florence at the National Guard Coordination Center in Arlington, Virginia, Sept. 16, 2018. In 2020, the NGCC helped coordinate response activities with federal agency partners to ensure Guard units had what they needed to support local and state authorities during the coronavirus pandemic, civil unrest, cyber events and natural disasters.
NJ gunnery range hosts State Partnership JTAC training
December 10, 2020
A U.S. Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II, from the 104th Fighter Squadron of the 175th Wing, Maryland Air National Guard, flies over the Warren Grove Gunnery Range, in Warren Grove, N.J., on Dec. 3, 2020. Joint Terminal Attack Controllers from Estonia and the 146th Air Support Operations Squadron, Oklahoma Air National Guard, conducted close air support training under the State Partnership Program.
Guam, Hawaii share COVID best practices with the Philippines
December 10, 2020
Lt. Col. James Faumuina, 154th Medical Group, Detachment 1 commander and 1st Lt Gloria Choo, international health specialist, State Partnership Program, talk during a virtual COVID-19 subject matter expert exchange between the Armed Forces of the Philippines and the Guam and Hawaii National Guard, Honolulu, Hawaii, Dec 1, 2020.
177th Fighter Wing named Air Force Outstanding Unit
December 10, 2020
U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jeffrey J. Raine, an aircraft armament weapons loader with the New Jersey Air National Guard's 177th Fighter Wing, signals to an F-16C Fighting Falcon before launch at the Air Dominance Center in Savannah, Georgia, March 9, 2018. The 177th FW participated in an air-to-air training exercise to sharpen air combat capabilities and accomplish multiple training upgrades.
Guardsmen honor World War II veteran on his 99th birthday
December 9, 2020
U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Jonathan Pietrantoni, assigned to the 53rd Troop Command, New York Army National Guard, salutes World War II veteran Pfc. Joseph Casaburi on his 99th birthday after he survived a three-month long battle with COVID-19 at the nursing home Angus on Hudson, Hastings-on-Hudson, N.Y., on Dec. 8, 2020.
South Carolina Air National Guard turns 74
December 9, 2020
The first roll call of the South Carolina Air National Guard on Dec. 9, 1946.
54th Security Forces Assistance Brigade advises US partners
December 9, 2020
Company commanders and first sergeants stand in front of their formations during the 1st Battalion, 54th Security Force Assistance Brigade activation ceremony at Fort Benning, Georgia, June 25, 2020.
Ohio Guard partners with state to plan vaccine distribution
December 8, 2020
Ohio Air National Guard Senior Master Sgt. Gregory Sprowls explains the process of receiving and repacking COVID-19 vaccines. Sprowls, an air transportation specialist with the 121st Air Refueling Wing in Columbus, Ohio, said his military skills have helped in working with partners from the Ohio Department of Health to develop the logistics plan for the vaccines the state will soon have at its Receive, Store and Stage warehouse.
INNG, agencies partner to ship critical COVID-19 supplies
December 8, 2020
The Indiana National Guard and state agency partners helped ship millions of items of personal protective equipment and respirators throughout the Hoosier state and to Indiana hospitals with the most urgent needs to help combat the coronavirus pandemic from March to Dec. 1, 2020.
Alaska Air National Guard Airmen rescue snowmachiner
December 8, 2020
A UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter crew conducts hoist training to maintain proficiency in July 2020.
Minnesota Guard finds meaningful work in long-term care
December 7, 2020
Soldiers and Airmen from the Minnesota National Guard participated in temporary nurse's aide training at Camp Ripley, Minnesota, on Dec. 3, 2020, to prepare for a mission to assist at long-term care facilities as part of the state's COVID-19 response.
Montana National Guard partners with college for training
December 7, 2020
Spcs. Graydon Irish, Justin Wilkinson and Kyle Vanatta, firefighters with the Montana National Guard's 1051st Fire Fighting Tactical Group, train on Camp Ripley, Minnesota. The Soldiers were familiarizing themselves with operating a pump and adjusting water pressure before mobilizing overseas in 2021.
Behavioral health pros help NH Guardsmen through pandemic
December 7, 2020
Maj. Troy Townsend, director of behavioral health, office of the state surgeon, New Hampshire Army National Guard, poses with therapy dog Cache Aug. 13, 2019. Cache, a 9-year-old retired sled dog, travels with Townsend across New Hampshire to meet Guard members.
Virginia Guard flight crews pair with scuba rescue team
December 7, 2020
Virginia National Guard flight crews train with Chesterfield County Fire and Emergency Medical Services Scuba Rescue Team members on rescue hoist operations Nov. 19, 2020, in Chesterfield, Virginia. The Virginia aviators and Chesterfield first responders form the Virginia Helicopter Aquatic Rescue Team, or HART.
National Guard advises Czech Republic on COVID-19 response
December 7, 2020
Czech Republic Ministry of Defense Jan Havranek thanks Texas National Guard Joint Surgeon Army Col. Peter Coldwell and the medical information exchange team from the Texas and Nebraska National Guard at the Czech Republic Ministry of Defense in Prague for the State Partnership Program medical support, Nov. 23, 2020. Czech commemorative coins were given to each member as a token of appreciation.
New York National Guard honors 8th president on his birthday
December 7, 2020
Brig. Gen. Michael Bank, the assistant adjutant general – air for New York state, Chief Master Sgt. Jeffrey Trottier and other members of the New York Air National Guard salute the resting place of former President Martin Van Buren during a ceremony commemorating his birthday at the Kinderhook Reformed Church Cemetery in Kinderhook, New York. Van Buren was the eighth president of the United States and a native of Kinderhook.