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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.
Michigan National Guard vaccinates northern Michiganders
March 26, 2021
A Michigan Army National Guard Soldier with the Task Force North COVID-19 Vaccination/Testing Team (CVTT) vaccinates members of the community at the Grayling Fire Department, Grayling, Michigan, March 13, 2021. Guard members are helping local health officials get Michiganders vaccinated.
Vermont Air National Guard responds to aircraft fire
March 25, 2021
The Vermont National Guard''s 158th Fire Department responded to a civilian aircraft fire on a runway of Burlington International Airport the evening of March 24, 2021. The pilot and family evacuated before Guard members arrived and extinguished the flames.
Ohio National Guard begins 2nd year of COVID response
March 25, 2021
March 23, 2021, marked the one-year anniversary of the Ohio National Guard’s first mission responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. Since then, 5,600 Soldiers, Airmen, and members of the Ohio Military Reserve and Ohio Naval Militia have answered the call to help their communities during nearly 70 missions.
New Mexico Guard, USAF join forces to administer vaccines
March 24, 2021
A member of the New Mexico National Guard administers a COVID-19 vaccine at the Wyoming Readiness Center in Albuquerque, N.M., March 18, 2021. The NMNG and active-duty Air Force vaccinated about 400 eligible Department of Defense service members, federal technicians, contractors and others.
‘Buddy Aid’ training takes new approach to sexual assault
March 24, 2021
Maj. Gen. Timothy P. Williams, the adjutant general of Virginia, presents a coin to Maj. Bridget Flannery, South Dakota National Guard SHARP Master Trainer and developer of Buddy Aid, March 2, 2021, at the State Military Reservation in Virginia Beach, Virginia. The training on “Buddy Aid – First Response to Sexual Assault” was sponsored by the office of the Virginia National Guard Sexual Assault Response Coordinator and included military and civilians from National Guard Bureau’s Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Office, Delaware, Maryland, Tennessee, Washington, D.C., and Virginia.
Air National Guard helps rescue 5 missing mariners
March 24, 2021
Five U.S. Air Force Guardsmen from the 155th Air Refueling Squadron, Nebraska Air National Guard, and one Guardsman from the Alaska ANG on Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, March 18, 2021. The crew, assigned to the 506th Expeditionary Aerial Refueling Squadron, assisted in rescuing five men overdue from a fishing trip.
New York Air National Guard command chief launches podcast
March 23, 2021
New York Air National Guard Command Chief Master Sgt. Denny Richardson, left, speaks with Col. Rob Donaldson, the vice commander of the New York Air National Guard’s 109th Airlift Wing, March 23, 2021, at Stratton Air National Guard Base near Schenectady in the first episode of his podcast, “Journeys Through Leadership.” Richardson, the senior enlisted leader for the New York Air National Guard, plans to use the podcast so Airmen of all ranks and experience can share their stories with others in the force.
North Carolina National Guard fields new Paladin artillery
March 23, 2021
North Carolina National Guard Soldiers train on the new M109A7 Paladin Self-Propelled Howitzer System at Maneuver Area Training Equipment Site at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, March 17, 2021. Maintainers of F Company, 230th Brigade Support Battalion, 1 -113th Field Artillery Regiment, 30th Armored Brigade Combat Team, studied the improvements in survivability, mobility and firing that make the system more lethal on the modern battlefield.
51st CST, first responders stage Northern Exposure exercise
March 23, 2021
Members of the Michigan National Guard’s 51st Civil Support Team run through decontamination procedures during Northern Exposure 21, March 16, 2021, at Mount Pleasant, Michigan. Northern Exposure 21 was integrated with another exercise known as Rising Waters 2021. This year's scenario was catastrophic flooding leading to chemical contamination, which was followed by a possible WMD situation.
Guardsmen excel in All Army Marksmanship Championships
March 23, 2021
Service Members from across the Army, Army Reserves and National Guard fire M-9 pistols during the 2021 U.S. Army “All Army” Small Arms Championships at Fort Benning, Georgia, March 14-20, 2021. National Guard teams and individuals brought home 23 of 31 top awards including 1st in nine of 11 categories.
Alaska ANG to receive 4 more KC-135s at Eielson AFB
March 22, 2021
A new F-35A Lightning II refuels midair via a 168th Wing, Alaska Air National Guard KC-135R Stratrotanker, en route from the Lockheed Martin factory in Fort Worth, Texas, to the 354th Fighter Wing, Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, April 21, 2020. The 168th will receive four more KC-135 Stratotankers and more than 200 active-duty U.S. Air Force personnel.
WVNG, emergency management division plan Vigilant Guard 2021
March 19, 2021
Members of the West Virginia National Guard met with personnel from the West Virginia Emergency Management Division, Mar. 10, 2021, in Dunbar, West Virginia, to plan the Vigilant Guard exercise to be held in the Mountain State this summer.
PRNG delivers essentials to Vieques and Culebra islands
March 19, 2021
Puerto Rico National Guard Soldiers assigned to Joint Task Force - Puerto Rico set up a railing for vehicle transport on the Mechanized Landing Craft at the Maritime Transport Authority Port at Ceiba, Puerto Rico, March 15, 2021. The PRNG is helping transport medical supplies and other vital goods during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Hawaiian Raptors, Alaska 'Aggressors' hold fighter exercise
March 19, 2021
An F-16 Fighting Falcon from the 18th Aggressor Squadron receives fuel from a KC-135 Stratotanker from the 203rd Air Refueling Squadron March 10, 2021, near Oahu, Hawaii. The aircraft practiced combat tactics alongside fifth-generation F-22 Raptors from the 199th and 19th Fighter Squadrons for exercise Pacific Raptor. The Alaska-based F-16s, known as ‘Aggressors,’ simulate combat tactics.
MING helps give school employees hope with vaccinations
March 18, 2021
Michigan Air National Guard Staff Sgt. Ayanna McFaddin, 127th Medical Group, 127th Wing, Selfridge Air National Guard Base, administers the coronavirus vaccine during a district-wide event for school employees at Niles High School, Niles, Michigan, March 12, 2021. The Guard and state health officials have been working with local health departments to make sure vaccines are available throughout the state.