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Guard helps feed Kansans in need
July 6, 2020
The Kansas National Guard and volunteers hand out boxes of fresh produce and dry goods at a food pantry in Effingham, Kansas, June 22, 2020. The food pantry is held once a month at different locations to meet the growing food demand caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
CONG helps test wildland firefighting teams for COVID-19
July 2, 2020
Members of the Colorado National Guard set up a COVID-19 testing site in Pagosa Springs, Colorado, June 29, 2020, to test wildland firefighting staff supporting fire suppression efforts in southwest Colorado.
Michigan National Guard conducts drive-thru COVID-19 testing
July 2, 2020
A member of the Michigan National Guard places a nasal swab in a bag during drive-thru COVID-19 testing in Cadillac, Mich., June 30, 2020. The National Guard partnered with the District Health Department 10 to provide free tests.
Rescue mission nothing new for Hawaii National Guard
July 2, 2020
Hawaii Air National Guard Airmen load equipment onto a C-17 Globemaster III, May 26, 2020, at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam to be able to quickly respond to astronaut rescue in the Pacific region in support of the launch of two American astronauts from Kennedy Space Center in Florida May 30. The rocket launch was part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program with SpaceX and Boeing.
Guam National Guard supports Operation Spartan Flex
July 2, 2020
Soldiers from the Guam National Guard load a medical evacuation patient into a Lakota helicopter at Andersen Air Force Base on June 30. The Guard supported Operation Spartan Flex to exercise joint capabilities in the Indo-Pacific Command Region.
Connecticut Guard's 250th MRBC conducts breach training
July 1, 2020
Connecticut National Guard Spc. Christian Diaz, an engineer assigned to the 250th Multi-Role Bridge Company, prepares a breach charge during a training event at Stones Ranch Military Reservation in Easy Lyme, Connecticut, June 15, 2020. This two-day event was part of the unit’s two-week annual training.
Ohio National Guard a lifeline for assisted living facility
June 30, 2020
Staff Sgt. Kathryn Dobbs, an aerospace medical technician assigned to the 180th Fighter Wing, takes the temperature of an asymptomatic COVID-19 positive resident May 27, 2020, at the Carlin House in Logan, Ohio. Dobbs was part of a 20-person tOhio National Guard team that helped at the assisted living facility after over half the staff and residents tested positive for COVID-19.
Indiana National Guard conducts search-and-rescue training
June 30, 2020
An Indiana National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk pilot conducts preflight checks before a combat search-and-rescue training exercise in Miami County, Indiana, June 18, 2020. The mock scenario utilized a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter from the Gary Army Aviation Support Facility and multiple A-10C Thunderbolt II fighter jets from the 122nd Fighter Wing, Fort Wayne, to retrieve personnel from a downed aircraft inside hostile territory.
Michigan Guard members assist car accident victims
June 30, 2020
U.S. Army Spc. August Chaffee, a medic for the 119th Field Artillery, Michigan National Guard, helped save the lives of two people in a car accident June 19, 2020.
Michigan Guard staffs COVID-19 drive-thru testing site
June 29, 2020
Soldiers from the Michigan Army National Guard conduct free drive-thru COVID-19 testing in Alpena, Michigan, June 19, 2020. The Guard has 20 three-person teams supporting community testing throughout Michigan.
Idaho Guard members earn Red Card to fight wildland fires
June 29, 2020
About 40 Idaho Citizen-Solders attended the Idaho National Guard's first wildland firefighting training course at Gowen Field, Idaho, June 15-19 and June 22-26, 2020. It was the first time the five-day courses were offered to non-firefighter members of the Guard.
Ohio Guard members build bridges with language at food bank
June 29, 2020
Spcs. Gabriel Kirk, left, and Javier Roman, assigned to the Ohio National Guard’s 1st Battalion, 134th Field Artillery Regiment, at the Mid-Ohio Foodbank in Grove City, Ohio. Kirk, a chaplain assistant, and Roman, a fire control specialist, have been serving as interpreters for the many Spanish-speaking families relying on the food bank during the COVID-19 pandemic.
NC National Guard deploys cybersecurity response force
June 26, 2020
Spc. Carlos Cirano, a security analyst assigned to the North Carolina National Guard Cyber Security Response Force (CSRF), conducts cyber operations at a city of Roxboro facility in Roxboro, North Carolina, June 18, 2020. The CSRF helped restore city and county computer networks after a cyberattack in late May.
Kentucky National Guard staffs drive-thru COVID-19 test sites
June 25, 2020
Kentucky National Guard Spc. Robert Acosta, a musician assigned to 202nd Army Band, and Pfc. Jacob Sharp, aircraft mechanic with the 351st Aviation Support Battalion, 63rd Theater Aviation Brigade, direct traffic at a COVID-19 testing facility in Shelbyville, Ky., June 24, 2020.
Northern Strike remains Guard’s premier joint fires exercise
June 25, 2020
U.S. Air Force Tactical Air Control Party Airmen point out targets during tactical training at the Camp Grayling Joint Maneuver Training Center in Michigan during Northern Strike 19, July 24, 2019. The National Guard Bureau-sponsored exercise will continue in 2020, uniting service members from more than 20 states, multiple service branches and numerous coalition countries at the Camp Grayling Joint Maneuver Training Center and the Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center in northern Michigan.
Massachusetts Guard helps process unemployment claims
June 25, 2020
Spc. Lionel Courturier and Spc. William Casey, combat engineers with the 182nd Engineer Company (SAPPER), Massachusetts National Guard, take a quick break to brief the plans for the unit patch and T-shirt they designed while assigned to Task Force Steel Dragon June 18, 2020. TF Steel Dragon is helping process a surge in unemployment cases submitted during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Wisconsin Guard's Civil Support Team among nation’s best
June 25, 2020
Lt. Col. Joseph Davison, left, and 1st Sgt. Kenneth Prieur, commander and first sergeant of the Wisconsin National Guard's 54th Civil Support Team, attach the 2020 Maj. Gen. William L. Sibert Award streamer to the unit's guidon during a June 23, 2020, virtual U.S. Army Chemical Corps ceremony. The U.S. Army Chemical Biological Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) School annually presents the Sibert Award to the top CBRN units in the active component, Army Reserve, and Army National Guard.
Colorado National Guard grows expertise in extreme weather
June 25, 2020
U.S. Army Spc. Dane Kastl, a search-and-extraction team member with the Colorado National Guard’s Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and high-yield explosive Enhanced Response Force Package, performs an extraction by removing the door of an overturned vehicle during Exercise Arctic Eagle 2020, Fort Wainwright, Alaska, Feb. 26, 2020.
Former Alaska National Guard TAG is NGB inspector general
June 25, 2020
Army Maj. Gen. Laurie Hummel makes remarks during her January 2019 retirement ceremony as the adjutant general of the Alaska National Guard. Hummel came out of retirement to become the National Guard Bureau inspector general in May 2020.
Wisconsin Guard tops 150,000 COVID-19 specimens collected
June 24, 2020
Wisconsin National Guard Soldiers and Airmen collect specimens for COVID-19 testing May 5, 2020, at the Resch Center in Green Bay, Wis. The Guard has collected more than 154,000 specimens across the state.