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Michigan National Guard fills vital need for food delivery
November 17, 2020
Michigan National Guard Soldiers with Michigan’s Task Force Spartan work with Gleaners of Pontiac, Michigan, Community Food Bank on Nov. 4, 2020. Since March, Michigan National Guard teams have supported food banks across Michigan.
New York Guard's 2nd CST conducts disaster response training
November 16, 2020
Airmen and Soldiers assigned to the New York National Guard's 2nd Civil Support Team, based at Stratton Air National Guard Base, Scotia, N.Y., pair up in two-person survey teams to search for possible hazardous materials during a training exercise at Rotterdam Industrial Park, Rotterdam, N.Y., Nov. 10, 2020.
Massachusetts Airmen recognized for innovation
November 16, 2020
Master Sgt. Leo Burbee, 104th Maintenance Group structural maintenance supervisor, and Master Sgt. Bob Oleksak, 104MXG fabrication element supervisor, stand at attention after receiving the Air Force Achievement Medal during a ceremony Nov. 14, 2020, at Barnes Air National Guard Base, Massachusetts.
West Virginia National Guard helps ramp up COVID-19 testing
November 13, 2020
A member of the West Virginia National Guard's COVID-19 response prepares for a COVID-19 testing lane Nov. 7, 2020. Since Oct. 30, West Virginia National Guard personnel, with the assistance of local health department workers, have been working around the clock the establish locations, advertise testing and conduct nearly 400 testing lanes throughout West Virginia.
Planning begins for Northern Strike 21 exercise
November 13, 2020
A member of the Michigan National Guard speaks during the initial planning conference for Northern Strike 21-2 on Nov. 3-5, at the National All-Domain Warfighting Center in Camp Grayling. NS 21-2 is scheduled July 31 to Aug. 14, 2021, and planners are expecting more than 7,000 participants.
Colorado National Guard infantry trains for deployment
November 13, 2020
A Colorado Army National Guard Soldier from Company A, 1st Battalion, 157th Infantry Regiment, provides security over watch during a training scenario in Guernsey, Wyoming, in preparation for a deployment, Oct. 20, 2020. The U.S. Army’s 4th Security Force Assistance Brigade, Fort Carson, Colorado, provided assistance and helped the National Guard improve their combat tactics during the exercise.
Colorado ANG builds readiness with Canadian partners
November 13, 2020
U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Teneyck Latourrette, a pilot, and Senior Master Sgt. Michael Horner, both from the 140th Wing, Colorado Air National Guard, Buckley Air Force Base, look over aircraft forms before takeoff during Operation Noble Defender, Sept. 21, 2020, 5 Wing Goose Bay, Newfoundland Labrador. North American Aerospace Defense Command conducted a dynamic force employment operation in the Arctic Sept. 20-23 to demonstrate NORAD’s air capability, readiness and will to defend the United States and Canada.
Vermont Guard's 158th Fighter Wing welcomes 1,000th member
November 10, 2020
Maj. Meghan Smith, chief of public affairs for the 158th Fighter Wing, Vermont Air National Guard, conducts the oath of enlistment for Tech. Sgt. Richard Mekkri, Vermont Air National Guard Base, South Burlington, Vt., Nov. 7, 2020. With the enlistment of Mekkri, transferring from the Air Force Reserves, the wing reached 1,000 members for the first time in several years since it began converting from the F-16 to the F-35A Lightning II.
Michigan National Guard goes all-in on all-domain training
November 9, 2020
Joint Terminal Attack Controllers from the Latvian National Armed Forces conduct close air support training with A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft assigned to the 107th Fighter Squadron, Selfridge Air National Guard Base, Mich., at Grayling Aerial Gunnery Range in Waters, Mich., October 29, 2019.
Georgia National Guard trains company and platoon leaders
November 9, 2020
U.S. Army officers and noncommissioned officers from the Georgia Army National Guard proudly show their diplomas after graduating from Company Command Pre-Command Course at Clay National Guard Center in Marietta, Georgia, Oct. 30, 2020. The five-day leadership course trained company command teams on systems and services to effectively lead their formations.
Wisconsin National Guard tops 800,000 COVID-19 tests
November 9, 2020
Citizen-Soldiers and Citizen-Airmen from the Wisconsin National Guard collect specimens for COVID-19 testing Oct. 26, 2020, at a community-based testing site at the Waukesha County Expo Center in Waukesha. The Wisconsin National Guard has collected more than 800,000 specimens across the state.
N.Y. Army Guard partners with FBI for blast training
November 9, 2020
Members of the New York, Vermont and Puerto Rico National Guard viewed blast demonstrations and conducted crater analysis during a five-day Post Blast Investigators School training led by the FBI at a rock quarry in Jamesville, N.Y., Oct. 27, 2020.
Michigan Air Guard pilot awarded Distinguished Flying Cross
November 9, 2020
Capt. Brett DeVries, an A-10 Thunderbolt II pilot of the 107th Fighter Squadron from Selfridge Air National Guard Base, next to the aircraft he safely landed after a malfunction forced him to make an emergency landing July 20, 2017, at the Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center. For his efforts, DeVries was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross Nov. 6, 2020.
Tenn. National Guard surpasses half-million COVID-19 tests
November 6, 2020
Pfc. Kathryn Ratliff works at the Nissan Stadium COVID-19 testing site in downtown Nashville, Aug. 21.
NY National Guard's two Civil Support Teams train together
November 4, 2020
U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Kristin Northrup and Sgt. 1st Class Thomas Myers, assigned to the 2nd Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support Team, collects and labels samples in a simulated-training event on Stewart Air National Guard Base, Newburgh, October 19-22, 2020.
New Mexico Air Guard help the state with CARES Act team
November 3, 2020
Over 136 days, 36 Air National Guard members worked as a part of the CARES Act team.
La. Guard continues to provide operations support after Zeta
November 3, 2020
Airmen of the Louisiana Air National Guard's 159th Fighter Wing distribute tarps to citizens following Hurricane Zeta in St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana, Oct. 30, 2020.
National Guard will support election in multiple states
November 2, 2020
U.S. Army Spc. Jordan Rivera, left, and Sgt. Evan M. Ruggiero, both with Charlie Battery, 3-112th Field Artillery Regiment, New Jersey Army National Guard, process ballots at the Atlantic County Board of Elections in Mays Landing, N.J., July 7, 2020. More than 100 New Jersey Army National Guard Soldiers assisted election officials in seven counties during the state’s primary.
Mississippi National Guard supports Hurricane Zeta recovery
November 2, 2020
Members of the Mississippi National Guard's 890th Engineer Battalion unload tarps, water, ice, food and other relief supplies in Bay St. Louis, Miss., Oct. 31, 2020. The Soldiers are part of Joint Task Force Zeta, working with the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency to help communities affected by Hurricane Zeta.
MAFFS tackle largest wildfires in California history
October 30, 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 wild land firefighting training June 15-19, 2020, at the Tahoe National Forest.