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California, Nevada Guard fly MAFFS training missions
June 19, 2020
About 150 feet above a tree line, a California Air National Guard C-130 aircraft releases 3,000 gallons of water, covering nearly a quarter mile, during aerial wildland firefighting training June 15-19, 2020, at the Tahoe National Forest.
Alaska Guard airlifts 'Into the Wild' bus from Stampede Trail
June 19, 2020
Alaska Army National Guard Soldiers assigned to 1st Battalion, 207th Aviation Regiment, extract an old bus from the Stampede Trail using a CH-47 Chinook helicopter over Healy, Alaska, June 18, 2020. The bus was featured in the book and film, “Into the Wild,” but attracted people who often had to be rescued.
NY Guard resizes COVID-19 response for steady-state missions
June 18, 2020
U.S. Army Pfc. Kristoffshakur Larmond, assigned to the 1st Battalion, 258th Field Artillery, part of the 27th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, distributes produce and canned goods in the Bushwick neighborhood of Brooklyn, N.Y., May 27, 2020. Troops have helped deliver more than 16 million meals to New Yorkers during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Alaska Guard maintenance Airmen critical to Africa deployment
June 18, 2020
Alaska Air National Guard crew chiefs and pilots assigned to the 176th Wing load a Sikorsky MH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter onto their Boeing C-17 Globemaster III in preparation for deployment to Africa June 3, 2020. The helicopters belong to the ANG's 212th Rescue Squadron assigned to the Wing.
Guam National Guard, ROTC train together despite COVID-19
June 18, 2020
Officer Candidate Steven Cruz, of the Guam National Guard's 203rd Regional Training Institute, leads his mixed squad of Guam National Guard officer candidates and University of Guam ROTC cadets through training exercises in Barrigada, Guam, June 17, 2020.
Michigan National Guard helps boost food bank distribution
June 18, 2020
Soldiers from the 1433rd and 1434th Engineer Companies, Michigan Army National Guard, package over 1,000 meal boxes a day at Gleaners Community Food Bank in Pontiac in response to COVID-19, May 20, 2020. Guard members are serving at six food distribution sites across the state.
Texas Guard team wins first NGB innovation competition
June 17, 2020
Finalists and panel judges are projected on a screen during the first National Guard Innovation Competition as Charles Crosby, right, a senior analyst with the National Guard Bureau’s Force, Structure and Assessment Directorate, serves as the emcee for the event at the Herbert R. Temple Jr. Army National Guard Readiness Center, Arlington Hall Station, June 12, 2020. A Texas National Guard innovation team won the competition’s top honor for helping develop advanced 3D printer technology.
Deployed officer sees newborn via smartphone
June 17, 2020
New York Army National Guard Maj. Michael C. Costello, a Guilderland, N.Y., resident deployed to the Middle East with the 42nd Infantry Division, missed the birth of his new daughter Siena Jude. But he was able to see her via smartphone video chat minutes after she was born.
Service members, civilians bound by DOD election rules
June 17, 2020
A Sailor registers for the 2012 presidential election and submits an absentee ballot request to the command’s voting representative aboard the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis while at sea in the Pacific Ocean, Sept. 4, 2012.
NY Guard aviators team with Rangers on water bucket training
June 17, 2020
New York Army National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter crews conduct water bucket training in Riverhead, New York, June 12, 2020. The New York Army National Guard conducts helicopter firefighting when local agencies request support through the New York State Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Services.
Washington Guard trains for wildfire season amid COVID-19
June 17, 2020
Washington National Guard Pfc. Daria Aleshina digs a fire line during wildfire training on Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., June 13, 2020.
Pandemic won't slow Soldier training for overseas deployment
June 17, 2020
New York Army National Guard Soldiers assigned to the 466th Medical Company, Area Support, lift a simulated patient during a mass casualty exercise at pre-mobilization training at Camp Smith Training Site in Cortlandt Manor, N.Y. The company is deploying to the area of Central Command this summer.
Michigan Guard engineers balance COVID-19 risk, readiness
June 16, 2020
The Michigan National Guard’s 1432nd Engineer Company and the Department of National Resources have been upgrading infrastructure at Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park in Ontonagon County.
COVID-19: Guam National Guard mother, son in this together
June 16, 2020
Lt. Col. Marlene Tarusan-Legaspi and her son, Pfc. Nikolas Legaspi, both with the Guam Army National Guard, find time during their COVID-19 missions to spend a moment together in Tamuning, Guam, June 8, 2020. Tarusan-Legaspi and her son were activated to support the government of Guam’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Nevada Guard helps fight COVID-19 in historic response
June 16, 2020
Nevada National Guard Spc. Keith Davis with Task Force Med processes a test sample at the rural community based collection site, Friday, June 12, 2020 in Ely, Nevada. More than 900 Nevada Guard Soldiers and Airmen are on active duty.
Nurse joins Ohio National Guard amid COVID-19 pandemic
June 15, 2020
Capt. Brandi Purdy swore into the Air National Guard April 21, 2020, amid the global COVID-19 pandemic and the state of Ohio’s stay-at-home order. She is now a captain with the 121st Air Refueling Wing Medical Group.
Cal Guard celebrates milestone with 6-ship formation flight
June 15, 2020
Five of six California Air National Guard C-130J Super Hercules aircraft fly in tight formation over the Pacific Ocean May 27, 2020. California Air National Guard maintainers from the 146th Maintenance Group and aircrew from the 115th Airlift Squadron collaborated to accomplish the launch.
North Carolina National Guard prepares for hurricanes
June 15, 2020
In this Sept. 8, 2019, photo, North Carolina National Guard Soldiers conduct recovery and logistics operations on Ocracoke Island in support of Hurricane Dorian. More than 500 Guard members and 183 vehicles were deployed to help in eastern North Carolina.
Kentucky National Guard assisting with primary election
June 15, 2020
Kentucky National Guard Chief Warrant Officer 2 David Cureton directs traffic through a drive-through voting station in Lawrenceburg June 12, 2020. Guard members serving in civilian clothes are helping fill in for volunteers for the June 23 primary, setting up and cleaning poll locations and assisting with traffic, parking and crowd control.
New York National Guard celebrates Army's 245th birthday
June 12, 2020
Master Sgt. Roger Townsend, an IT specialist assigned to New York National Guard Joint Force Headquarters, Brig. Gen. Michel Natali, the assistant adjutant general, Army, and Spc. Charles Fetzer, a military policeman assigned to the 104th Military Police Battalion, cut the U.S. Army birthday cake during a 245th Army birthday celebration at the Division of Military and Naval Affairs, Latham, N.Y., June 12th, 2020. The Army birthday is recognized each year with a cake cutting featuring the youngest Soldier, representing the future; the oldest Soldier representing wisdom and traditions; along with the commanding officer, though this year COVID-19 precautions were in place limiting the size of the event.