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West Virginia Task Force Medical in thick of COVID-19 fight
June 24, 2020
The West Virginia National Guard's Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and Explosive (CBRNE) Battalion, the 35th Civil Support Team (CST), and the 35th Enhanced Response Force Package (CERFP), which make up Task Force CRE, collaborated with Task Force Medical to help state agencies with COVID-19 testing May 22, 2020, in Charleston.
National Guard ready for hurricane season
June 24, 2020
Texas Army National Guard Soldiers rescue Houston residents from floodwaters caused by Hurricane Harvey in 2017. As the 2020 hurricane season ramps up, National Guard members throughout the country stand ready to respond if needed.
Oregon National Guard completes PPE mission
June 24, 2020
Oregon Army National Guard Soldiers check their trucks and load of personal protective equipment (PPE) before departing for deliveries throughout the state of Oregon. Approximately 200 Soldiers and Airmen were activated in the Oregon National Guard in response to various COVID-19 missions.
Cal National Guard Soldiers assist car wreck victim
June 24, 2020
Soldiers with the California National Guard's 1st Battalion, 185th Infantry Regiment, responded to a car accident in Los Angeles June 2, 2020. Spc. Abdel Rahman Ali, 1-185th combat medic, assisted an injured civilian while other members of the team put out a brush fire caused by the accident and redirected traffic.
June 1950: The Georgia National Guard and the Korean War
June 23, 2020
Georgia National Guard Capt. Barney Casteel at the controls of the first F-84 Thunderjet assigned to the 128th Fighter Squadron. On Jan 21, 1952, while assigned to the 136th Bomber Wing, Casteel was killed conducting an armed reconnaissance mission north of Pyongyang, North Korea. He was the last Georgia Air National Guard pilot killed in Korea.
West Virginia field artillery unit resumes normal training
June 23, 2020
A crew member of the West Virginia National Guard’s 1st Battalion, 201st Field Artillery (FA), in an M109 A6 Paladin Self-Propelled Howitzer at Camp Dawson, Kingwood, West Virginia, June 14, 2020. The 201st FA is conducting Field Artillery Tables 1-5 pre-certification qualifications.
Texas National Guard medics conduct COVID-19 antibody tests
June 22, 2020
U.S. Army Spc. Maritssa Quintanilla, a combat medic specialist assigned to Operation Guardian Support, draws blood from a Soldier at the Weslaco Armory in Weslaco, Texas, June 19, 2020. Service members who were exposed to someone who tested positive to coronavirus had the opportunity to get a COVID-19 antibody test.
NCNG provides food, hope to schoolkids
June 22, 2020
Spc. Amber Cohen, assigned to the 449th Theatre Aviation Brigade, distributes meals prepared at Elizabethtown Middle School, to schoolkids in Bladen County, N.C., May 26, 2020. The NCNG is working with North Carolina Emergency Management, N.C. Department of Health and Human Services and food banks to help support COVID-19 relief efforts.
Colorado National Guard assists with election cyber defense
June 22, 2020
Members of the Colorado National Guard's Task Force Cyber help Colorado Secretary of State Wayne W. Williams monitor network traffic and advise Chief Information Officer Trevor Timmons Nov. 6, 2018. The Guard will once again be helping to protect the elections against cyberattack in June and November 2020.
Multiple services come together under dual-status command
June 22, 2020
U.S. Army Soldiers, assigned to Joint Task Force New York, are thanked by medical staff during a farewell ceremony at Elmhurst Medical Center in Brooklyn June 3, 2020.
West Virginia Guard completes 100 days of COVID-19 response
June 22, 2020
Col. Bill Annie, 167th Mission Support Group commander, is tested for COVID-19 by 167th Medical Group medical technician Tech. Sgt. Kristin Ganley, as Tech. Sgt. Taryn Burkhart, also a medical technician, waits to collect the sample at the 167th Airlift Wing, Martinsburg, West Virginia, June 11, 2020. Airmen returned to base for the first unit training assembly in two months, after training was canceled in April and May because of COVID-19 precautions.
North Carolina Guard conducts airborne operations
June 19, 2020
A Soldier with the North Carolina Army National Guard drifts toward a field at the Stanley County Regional Airport, New London, North Carolina, June 18, 2020. Soldiers with the 403rd Quartermaster Rigger Support Team and B Company, 3rd Battalion, 20th Special Forces Group, were supported by a Black Hawk helicopter team from the 449th Theater Aviation Brigade to perform static-line airborne operations.
Indiana National Guard helps with COVID-19 study
June 19, 2020
Indiana National Guard members assist Indiana University researchers and the Indiana State Department of Health with the second wave of the IU Fairbanks COVID-19 study, Wednesday, June 3, 2020. The data gathered from the study is integral to Gov. Eric Holcomb's "Back on Track" initiative.
National Guard faces pivotal time, CNGB nominee Hokanson says
June 19, 2020
Lt. Gen. Daniel Hokanson, nominated May 4, 2020, to be the next chief of the National Guard Bureau, accompanies Gen. James C. McConville, vice chief of staff of the Army, to Fort Pickett, Virginia, July 19, 2019, to see Soldiers of the Virginia National Guard’s 116th IBCT training in preparation for their Joint Readiness Training Center rotation.
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.