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Michigan Guard CST, fire department conduct HAZMAT training
August 24, 2020
The Michigan National Guard’s 51st Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support Team based out of Fort Custer Training Center in Augusta conducted hazardous materials training with the Grand Rapids Fire Department Aug. 12, 2020.
Connecticut Guard on alert for emergency response
August 24, 2020
Connecticut Army National Guard Soldiers deliver COVID-19 testing kits from the Governor William A. O'Neill State Armory to a storage facility in Hartford Aug. 14, 2020. The testing kits are being stored in preparation for a potential outbreak in the fall.
Nevada Air Guard helping to battle California wildfires
August 24, 2020
Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System-equipped C-130 planes, MAFFS 2, assigned to 302nd Airlift Wing, Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado, and MAFFS 8, assigned to 152nd Airlift Wing, Reno, Nevada, are mission-ready at McClellan Airbase, Sacramento, California, July 31, 2020. The MAFFS units were activated to support wildfire suppression efforts in California.
MN Army Guard unit 1st to complete NTC rotation amid COVID
August 24, 2020
Soldiers with the Minnesota National Guard’s 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team prepare for the field during a rotation at the National Training Center at Fort Irwin, California, July 15, 2020. The exercise, directed by U.S. Army Forces Command, serves as the final major training event ahead of the brigade’s 2021 deployment to the Middle East.
Former TAGs fill top 3 National Guard positions
August 21, 2020
In a photo dated Dec. 7, 2014, then Army Maj. Gen. Daniel R. Hokanson, formerly the adjutant general of the Oregon National Guard, addresses Airmen with the 142nd Fighter Wing during a demobilization ceremony at Portland Air National Guard Base, Oregon. Hokanson was promoted to general and sworn in as the 29th chief of the National Guard Bureau Aug. 3, 2020. He is joined by two other former adjutants general – Army Lt. Gen. Jon Jensen, director of the Army National Guard, and Air Force Lt. Gen. Michael Loh, director of the Air National Guard – who are all serving in the National Guard’s top three positions.
Washington continues State Partnership Program virtually
August 21, 2020
Washington National Guard Maj. Jeff McDonald conducts a virtual exchange with personnel from the port of Laem Chabang, Thailand, Aug. 17, 2020, at the Joint Operations Center, Camp Murray, Wash. The Washington National Guard and Thailand are partners under the National Guard's State Partnership Program.
Idaho National Guard hoists injured man to safety
August 21, 2020
The Idaho Army National Guard Aviation Group helped rescue an injured man on a mountainside about 20 miles east of Idaho City Aug. 20, 2020, hoisting him to safety in a UH-72 Lakota helicopter. The 55-year-old man spent the night on the side of a mountain after rolling his all-terrain vehicle down a steep embankment.
Driver training improves readiness for infantry battalion
August 21, 2020
Spc. Jesse Fugate, a mechanic assigned to India Company, 429th Brigade Sustainment Battalion, teaches Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 149th Infantry, about preventive maintenance checks and services on a light utility truck at Harold L. Disney Training Center, Artemus, Ky., July 30, 2020.
Washington Guard continues cybersecurity election support
August 20, 2020
A Washington National Guard member types on a computer. Cybersecurity professionals from the Washington National Guard are assisting the secretary of state’s office to ensure that when a vote is cast in the state, it is counted correctly and accurately.
Wisconsin MSG is ANG’s Outstanding First Sergeant of 2020
August 20, 2020
U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Chad Martin, right, vehicle maintenance specialist for the 115th Fighter Wing Logistics Readiness Squadron, explains unit preventative maintenance measures to 115th LRS first sergeant Master Sgt. Chontelle Southworth, left, at Truax Field in Madison, Wis., July 7, 2020. Southworth was recognized as the 2020 Air National Guard First Sergeant of the Year for her outstanding leadership and dedication.
Wisconsin-Nicaragua SPP helps Nicaraguans despite tensions
August 20, 2020
Community-based learning centers in Nicaragua use sewing machines provided via a shipment of humanitarian cargo from Wisconsin/Nicaragua Partners of the Americas Inc., with help from the Wisconsin National Guard as part of the National Guard’s State Partnership Program.
2/104th Cavalry conducts demolition, claymore mine training
August 19, 2020
A Pennsylvania National Guard Soldier from 2nd Squadron, 104th Cavalry Regiment, 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, uses an initiator to ignite detonation cord during demolition familiarization training Aug. 14, 2020, at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pa.
NY, California, Texas wings compete in load off training
August 19, 2020
Weapons crews from Texas and California traveled to the 174th Attack Wing at Hancock Field Air National Guard Base in New York for a training competition with New York Air National Guard Airmen Aug. 10-13, 2020.
Tribes, Nevada Guard combine efforts for COVID-19 testing
August 19, 2020
Senior Airman Kayla Warner, 152nd Airlift Wing, Nevada Air National Guard, collects COVID-19 test samples at a community-based collection site (CBCS) at the Reno-Sparks Indian Colony in Reno, Nevada, July 24, 2020. The Nevada National Guard CBCS team staffed 27 mobile collection sites across Nevada in June and July, including 10 on tribal land.
124th ASOS ascends new heights during rescue training
August 19, 2020
Special warfare tactical air control party Airmen from the 124th Air Support Operations Squadron along with two A-10 Thunderbolt II’s from the 190th Fighter Squadron conduct cliffside search and rescue training with members of the Idaho Mountain Search and Rescue team and the Navy’s Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron Four from North Island Naval Air Station, California, in McCall, Idaho, Aug. 13, 2020.
Despite pandemic, mission changes, 829th soldiers on overseas
August 19, 2020
Sgt. Douglas King of the Wisconsin Army National Guard's 829th Engineer Company assesses a road repair project in Afghanistan with a Romanian soldier in April 2020. Approximately 150 Soldiers from the 829th Engineer Company are deployed across the Middle East and Southwest Asia.
NY Army Guard Soldiers win NE Best Warrior 3rd straight year
August 19, 2020
New York Army National Guard Staff Sgt. Matthew Ortiz, right, who finished first in the noncommissioned officer division at the Army Guard Northeast Best Warrior Competition at Camp Ethan Allen in Jericho, Vermont, receives his award from Vermont Army National Guard Command Sgt. Maj. Nathan Chipman, Aug. 16, 2020. Ortiz is the third New York Army National Guard NCO in a row to win this award.
Oregon Airman is ANG’s Outstanding NCO of 2020
August 19, 2020
U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Benjamin Schultz, a water and fuels systems maintenance craftsmen from the 142nd Fighter Wing, Oregon Air National Guard, flushes a hydrant on Portland Air National Guard Base, Ore., July 2, 2020. Schultz was selected as the Air National Guard 2020 Outstanding Noncommissioned Officer of the Year.
Iowa National Guard members clear debris in wake of derecho
August 19, 2020
Staff Sgt. Jerad Keegan, 185th Air Refueling Wing Civil Engineering Squadron, Iowa Air National Guard, uses a chain saw to clear downed trees in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Aug. 18, 2020. Extremely high winds uprooted trees and caused widespread structural damage and power outages throughout Southeast Iowa.
Two Early-American war veterans honored in Michigan
August 19, 2020
A member of the Sons of the American Revolution fires off three cannon volleys during the grave-marking ceremony honoring Claudius Britton II and III at the Pinckney Cemetery Aug. 8, 2020.