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Cal Guard helps vaccinate nearly 1.5 million Californians
June 3, 2021
U.S. Army Lt. Col. Leroy L. Cisneros of the California Army National Guard, commander of the Community Vaccination Center in Oakland, California, oversees operations of both Army and Air Guardsmen who worked with civilian health care workers to vaccinate more than 500,000 San Francisco Bay Area residents after the temporary facility opened February 2021. In three months, Cisneros’ hard-working crew reached the half-million mark before closing in late May.
Alaska National Guard rescues stranded mountaineers
June 2, 2021
Pararescue personnel with the Alaska Air National Guard’s 210th Rescue Squadron used an HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter like this one in the search for 12 mountaineers stranded in poor weather on Klutlan Glacier southeast of Mt. Bona in Wrangell-St Elias National Park. The mountaineers were rescued June 1 after the 1st Battalion, 207th Aviation Regiment, dispatched an Alaska Army National Guard CH-47 Chinook with a paramedic from the 2nd Battalion, 211 Aviation Regiment.
466th Medical Company returns from Middle East deployment
June 2, 2021
Spc. Olivia Mannetti, a combat medic with the 466th Medical Company, Area Support, New York National Guard, prepares to make an incision on a simulated throat as she practices conducting a cricothyrotomy at the Role 2 compound at Ain al-Asad base, Iraq, Oct. 30, 2020. The company recently completed a nine-month deployment to the Middle East and returned to New York.
142nd Civil Engineers get valuable training in Hawaii
June 2, 2021
Firefighters from the Oregon Air National Guard's 142nd Wing conduct a live-fire exercise with Marine Corps firefighters at Marine Corps Base, Hawaii, May 14, 2021. This burn is part of a larger scale joint exercise that includes aircraft familiarization, egress training, and co-training and mentoring less experienced firefighters.
Alaska Air National Guard rescues two men after plane crash
June 2, 2021
Pararescue personnel with the Alaska Air National Guard’s 176th Wing rescued a pilot and passenger May 31, 2021, two days after their airplane crashed near Mount Hawkins in Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve. The rescue was a collaboration by the Alaska Rescue Coordination Center, the 176th Wing and the National Park Service.
WING helps administer almost 100,000 COVID-19 vaccines
June 1, 2021
Wisconsin National Guard members assist with mobile vaccination team operations March 10, 2021, in Greendale, Wis. Citizen-Soldiers and -Airmen have helped local health departments administer nearly 100,000 vaccines across Wisconsin since establishing the first mobile vaccination teams in late January.
NY Guard Airmen plant 'Survivor Tree' to commemorate 9/11
June 1, 2021
Left to right, Col. Paul M. Bishop, EADS commander; Rome Mayor Jackie Izzo; Col. Joseph F. Roos, 224th Air Defense Group commander, and Lt. Col. Josh Klemen, EADS Canadian Detachment commander, planted the 9/11 Survivor Tree seedling at EADS during a short ceremony May 26, 2021. The seedling was taken from a tree found in the World Trade Center rubble in October 2001 and nursed back to health.
National Guard chief begins Memorial Day weekend by renewing ties with survivor group
May 28, 2021
Army Gen. Daniel Hokanson, chief, National Guard Bureau, addresses attendees at the TAPS 27th Annual National Military Survivor Seminar and Good Grief Camp, Arlington, Virginia, May 28, 2021.
Secretary of state, Greenland premier tour NYNG LC-130
May 28, 2021
New York Air National Guard Maj. Shay Price, an LC-130 navigator, briefs Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken and Greenland Premier Múte Bourup Egede, and other officials, about the LC-130s used by the wing to support climate science research on Greenland's Ice Cap at the Kangerlussuaq, Greenland, airport May 20, 2021. The 109th Airlift Wing operates from the airport when supporting National Science Foundation research in Greenland.
NYNG remembers sacrifice in Memorial Day ceremony
May 28, 2021
Air Force Maj. Gen. Timothy LaBarge, assistant adjutant general for New York, and Air Force Command Chief Master Sgt. Denny Richardson, state command chief for New York, render honors while taps is played during a Memorial Day service in Latham, N.Y., May 27, 2021. Each year the facility holds a service to recognize New York Guardsman who died the previous year.
Alaska Air National Guard helps rescue injured hiker
May 28, 2021
Pararescue personnel with the Alaska Air National Guard’s 212th Rescue Squadron transfer an injured hiker from a 210th Rescue Squadron HH-60 Pave Hawk to a Guardian Flight, AirMedCare air ambulance after a multiagency rescue from an avalanche near Donoho Peak in Wrangle-Saint Elias National Park and Preserve May 26, 2021.
LANG conducts tree drop to fight erosion, help wildlife
May 28, 2021
The Louisiana National Guard’s 1st Battalion, 244th Aviation Regiment, in support of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, loads and transports bundles of recycled Christmas trees provided by Orleans Parish residents to rebuild marshland in Bayou Sauvage in New Orleans East May 26, 2021. The trees create new marsh habitats.
Kentucky National Guard helps vaccinate inmates
May 27, 2021
Kentucky National Guard Sgt. Okoarye Dishman, a medic, vaccinates a detainee at the Big Sandy Regional Detention Center in Paintsville, Ky., May 20, 2021.
Washington National Guard prepares for wildfire season
May 27, 2021
Soldiers from the Washington National Guard take part in wildland firefighter training with the Washington Department of Natural Resources at Joint Base Lewis-McChord May 25, 2021. The Washington National Guard has partnered with the DNR since 2013 to conduct annual wildland firefighter training.
Alabama Guardsmen take top honors in CNGB Postal Matches
May 27, 2021
National Guard competitors fire on line from the kneeling position May 19, 2021, during the 2021 Chief, National Guard Bureau Postal Matches at Camp Butner, Hampton, North Carolina.
NCNG, 1st responders practice helicopter aquatic rescue
May 27, 2021
North Carolina National Guard Aviators join first responders from 16 state and local agencies for North Carolina helicopter aquatic rescue team training at Weldon, North Carolina, May 20, 2021. The training at the rapids of the Roanoke River simulated swift water rescue missions.
AZNG partners with Active Component for COVID vaccinations
May 26, 2021
Airman 1st Class Samantha Gomez, 162nd Medical Squadron, aerospace medical technician, vaccinates a military dependent at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Tucson, Ariz., May 6, 2021. The Arizona National Guard is partnering with Active Components to surge capacity and capability in providing vaccinations to service members and their dependents.
Pennsylvania helicopter crews practice using water buckets
May 26, 2021
One CH-47 Chinook and two UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters conduct water bucket firefighter training May 11, 2021, at Memorial Lake State Park and Fort Indiantown Gap, Pennsylvania. The Pennsylvania National Guard crews take water from Memorial Lake and drop it in Fort Indiantown Gap’s training corridor.
Louisiana National Guard responds to flooding
May 26, 2021
Louisiana National Guardsmen worked with local and state officials to combat rising floodwaters throughout the state following multiple days of steady rain since May 18, 2021. Using as many as 79 high-water vehicles and 19 boats, Guardsmen rescued 25 people and two pets in Lake Charles.
141st Air Control Squadron attends 2021 Southern Strike
May 25, 2021
Airmen from the 141st Air Control Squadron, Puerto Rico Air National Guard, prepare to depart to Gulfport, Mississippi, at Muniz Air National Guard Base, Carolina, Puerto Rico, April 14, 2021. The Airmen participated in the Southern Strike exercise in Gulfport April 15-29.