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Michigan Guard conducts COVID-19 testing in Upper Peninsula
August 5, 2020
The Michigan National Guard Task Force 182 was all over Michigan’s Upper Peninsula July 25, 2020, testing for the coronavirus.
151st Infantry Regiment adapts training to COVID-19 pandemic
August 5, 2020
During an integrated live-fire, Indiana National Guard Soldiers with the 76th Infantry Brigade Combat Team’s 151st Infantry Regiment completed mortar table five, a practice qualification exercise, at Camp Atterbury, Edinburgh, Indiana, July 21, 2020.
Northern Lightning: Vermont Guard Airmen train in Wisconsin
August 5, 2020
Airmen assigned to the 158th Fighter Wing, Vermont Air National Guard, deploy to Volk Field, Wisconsin, for Operation Northern Lightning, Vermont Air National Guard Base, South Burlington, Vt., Aug. 3, 2020. A C-130 assigned to the 146th Airlift Wing, Channel Islands Air National Guard Station, California Air National Guard, flew the Green Mountain Boys to partake in a two-week exercise where they will train on combat operations involving the F-35A Lightning II.
KC-135 crew finds missing mariners on Pacific island
August 5, 2020
National Guard members from the 203rd Air Refueling Squadron, Hawaii Air National Guard, and the 171st Air Refueling Wing, Pennsylvania Air National Guard, locate three missing mariners on Pikelot Island during a search and rescue mission in the Federated States of Micronesia southwest of Guam, Aug. 2, 2020. The mariners had departed Puluwat Atoll July 29 aboard a 23-foot white and blue skiff, headed approximately 21 nautical miles to Pulap, Chuuk.
174th MXG hot-pit maintenance key to Northern Strike 20
August 4, 2020
An A-10 Thunderbolt II from the 107th Fighter Squadron, Selfridge Air National Guard Base, Mich., taxis to a hot-pit maintenance area set up by the 174th Maintenance Group Detachment 1 maintenance team during Northern Strike 20 in Alpena, Mich., July 27, 2020. The 174th MXG Det. 1 is a New York Air National Guard unit located in Ft. Drum, New York. The unit has provided maintenance support to Northern Strike since 2012. Northern Strike is the National Guard Bureau’s largest joint, multi-component exercise and takes place at the National All-Domain Warfighting Center in Northern Michigan.
Air and Army Guardsmen help hikers injured in rockslide
August 4, 2020
Washington Army National Guard helicopter crew members from Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 140th Aviation, assist 2nd Lt. Darien Konzelman, 194th Intelligence Squadron, with an injured hiker Aug. 2, 2020, near Packwood, Wash. Konzelman was bear hunting with friends when rockslides injured Konzelman and other hikers.
Remaining motivated is key for Wisconsin Guard in pandemic
August 4, 2020
The coin that all Wisconsin National Guard Soldiers and Airmen mobilized for the COVID-19 pandemic response will receive for their service. At its peak, the Wisconsin National Guard mobilized more than 1,400 troops to support Wisconsin’s response.
NYNG aviation Soldiers hone land navigation skills
August 4, 2020
New York Army National Guard Soldiers assigned to 3rd Battalion, 142nd Aviation Regiment, find their way during land navigation training as part of their annual training at the Guilderland Range in Guilderland, New York, July 29, 2020.
South Carolina National Guard tests mission-critical members
August 4, 2020
U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. James Bosley, program manager for the 169th Fighter Wing's Drug Demand Reduction Program at McEntire Joint National Guard Base, S.C., performs a nasopharyngeal swab on a mission-essential Airman with the South Carolina Air National Guard.
Guard, active-duty and reserve forces help Texas hospitals
August 4, 2020
Maj. Gen. Tracy Norris, the adjutant general of Texas, left, talks with Lt. Gen. Laura Richardson, U.S. Army North commanding general, at the Texas State Operations Center in Austin, Texas, July 16, 2020. While there, military and civilian leaders strengthened their partnership and discussed the joint military COVID-19 operation in support of federal efforts and the state.
Esper praises outgoing NGB chief, welcomes incoming chief
August 3, 2020
Defense Secretary Dr. Mark T. Esper presides as Army Lt. Gen. Daniel R. Hokanson, director of the Army National Guard, is promoted to general and takes over as 29th National Guard Bureau chief during ceremonies at Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall, Va., Aug. 3, 2020. Hokanson succeeds Air Force Gen. Joseph L. Lengyel, who has served as NGB chief since August 2016.
NH National Guard hosts Cyber Yankee regional training
August 3, 2020
New Hampshire National Guard Lt. Col. Woody Groton, exercise director of Cyber Yankee 2020, leads New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu on a tour of the event on July 31, 2020, at the Edward Cross Training Center in Pembroke, N.H. The two-week regional exercise enhanced the Guard's ability to respond to cyberattacks against state government and critical infrastructure.
Virginia National Guard mobilizes for Tropical Storm Isaias
August 3, 2020
Virginia National Guard Soldiers with the 1st Battalion, 111th Field Artillery Regiment, 116th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, prepare a convoy to travel to the Eastern Shore to respond to Tropical Storm Isaias Aug. 3, 2020, in Norfolk, Virginia. The Virginia National Guard is staging Soldiers and vehicles for state emergency support duty in the Eastern Shore area and in key locations along the I-95 corridor. The Soldiers are ready to assist local and state emergency agencies with Humvees and light/medium tactical trucks for high water transportation and chain saws for removing debris.
Pa. Guard helps return remains of Korean War Soldier
August 3, 2020
The Pennsylvania National Guard’s Military Funeral Honors detail conducts a dignified transfer of remains for U.S. Army Cpl. Jackey Dale Blosser on July 30, 2020, at Pittsburgh International Airport. Blosser, of Randolph County, West Virginia, went missing in action Dec. 2, 1950, during the Korean War.
45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team conducts annual training
August 3, 2020
Soldiers from Battery B, 1st Battalion, 160th Field Artillery Regiment, 45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, conduct a mock fire mission during crew drill training at their home armory in Holdenville, Oklahoma, July 29, 2020. The Soldiers, along with other units of the 45th IBCT, are taking part in home-station annual training with limited field training exercises while implementing COVID-19 countermeasures like social distancing or wearing masks.
Army National Guard to establish eight Divisions by aligning existing ARNG Division Headquarters with down-trace formations for training
July 31, 2020
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Cyber Yankee exercise trains Conn. Guard in virtual threats
July 31, 2020
Tech. Sgt. Bryan Dauphinais, 103rd Communications Flight cyber transport journeyman, analyzes simulated cyberattacks during exercise Cyber Yankee at the Windsor Locks Readiness Center, Windsor Locks, Connecticut, July 30, 2020.
Mechanics, QM Soldiers support Northern Strike
July 31, 2020
Spc. Darrin Hilts, a wheeled vehicle mechanic with the Michigan Army National Guard's 1073rd Maintenance Company, works the hydraulics of an M984 HEMTT wrecker while preparing to tow a Humvee as part of a training mission during exercise Northern Strike at Camp Grayling, Michigan, July 27, 2020.
Colorado National Guard reaches COVID-19 testing milestone
July 31, 2020
Colorado National Guard members prepare a COVID-19 testing site in Canon City, Colorado, July 29, 2020.
Alaska Air National Guard rescues hiker on Pioneer Peak
July 30, 2020
An Alaska Air National Guard HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter and aircrew assigned to the 210th Rescue Squadron, with pararescuemen aboard from the 212th Rescue Squadron saved a distressed hiker on July 26, 2020, at Mount Williwaw east of Anchorage. Photo from the previous rescue on Mount Williwaw.