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Indiana Guard Soldiers trade parachutes for sewing machines
May 7, 2020
Indiana National Guard Soldiers with the 338th Quartermaster Company make face masks in Columbus, Indiana, May 1, 2020. This unique mission is part of the Indiana National Guard’s ongoing COVID-19 response.
New Mexico National Guard delivers water by the truckload
May 7, 2020
A member of the New Mexico National Guard checks the purity of a truckload of water. Airmen and Soldiers of the New Mexico National Guard Joint Task Force are supplying food and water to New Mexico communities during the COVID-19 response mission.
Chinook helicopter unit set to deploy to Middle East
May 7, 2020
After a rainy morning a rainbow appears over the CH-47 Chinook helicopters during Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 168th General Support Aviation deployment ceremony at the Washington Army National Guard Army Aviation Support Facility at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, May 6, 2020. Bravo Company is set to deploy to the Middle East for the third time in 10 years.
Michigan Soldier invents Black Hawk door-gunnery simulator
May 7, 2020
Michigan Army National Guard Soldiers from the 3rd Battalion, 238th General Support Aviation Regiment, conduct M240 machine gun familiarization fire, using a Black Hawk crew chief door-gunnery simulator, Fort Custer Training Center, Augusta, Michigan, May 1, 2020.
Hokanson nominated as next National Guard Bureau chief
May 6, 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.
Iowa National Guard transports COVID-19 tests by air
May 6, 2020
An Iowa Army National Guard UH-72 Lakota helicopter departs the Iowa National Guard Readiness Center in Iowa City, Iowa, after transferring COVID-19 test kits May 4, 2020. The helicopter transported the test kits from a Test Iowa site in Sioux City to the State Hygienic Laboratory in Coralville, Iowa.
Wisconsin National Guard helps expand COVID-19 testing
May 6, 2020
Three Wisconsin National Guard Soldiers and Airmen and one local medical professional help facilitate mobile testing in Buffalo County, Wisconsin, May 1, 2020.
WV Guard helps establish regional food distribution center
May 6, 2020
Employees and volunteers with the Mountaineer Food Bank help distribute supplies to volunteers with a local food bank from a newly created food distribution center at the West Virginia National Guard's Rock Branch facility in Poca, West Virignia, May 05, 2020.
Ohio National Guard provides medical aid at federal prison
May 6, 2020
Approximately 40 Ohio National Guard Soldiers and Airman deployed for 20 days to Federal Correctional Institution, Elkton, in Columbiana County, Ohio, to supplement the facility’s in-house medical team during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The faces behind masked service
May 6, 2020
Members of the Unit Training Command for the 150th Special Operations Wing work together to support the New Mexico National Guard's Joint Task Force Mission to combat the COVID-19 pandemic.
NJ Guard, active-duty troops set up COVID-19 ops center
May 6, 2020
U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer 2 Timothy Jardinico works in the New Jersey National Guard’s Joint Operations Center in the Homeland Security Center of Excellence, Lawrenceville, N.J., April 22, 2020. New Jersey Soldiers and Airmen, as well as active duty Air Force and Coast Guard members and civilians from U.S. Northern Command are working together in the center to support the state’s response efforts to COVID-19.
Michigan National Guard Soldiers helping first responders
May 6, 2020
Sgt. Adam Szabo, 1431st Sapper Combat Engineer, Michigan Army National Guard, delivers personal protective equipment in Munising, Michigan, April 29, 2020. The Michigan National Guard Soldiers and Airmen are actively supporting the state's COVID-19 response.
Washington Air Guard member helps NYC medical examiner
May 5, 2020
Members of the New York City Office of Chief Medical Examiner, the New York Army National Guard and the Health and Human Services Disaster Mortuary Operational Response Team at the New York medical examiner's office in April 2020. Lt. Col. Simpson, the Headquarters Washington Air National Guard’s director of force support, worked on this team as a DMORT medicolegal investigator as part of the Health and Human Services COVID-19 response.
Chaplains spread hope amid COVID-19 crisis
May 5, 2020
Chaplains with the Indiana National Guard are seeing Guard members across the state by providing resiliency training on mission sites April 24, 2020. Visiting service members and providing training is one way chaplains are able to help the morale of members of the Guard serving on the front lines against COVID-19.
Wisconsin Guard conducts mobile testing around state
May 5, 2020
Wisconsin National Guard members prepare to collect a specimen from a member of the community in Alma May 1, 2020. Nearly a dozen Wisconsin National Guard teams are supporting specimen collection missions at mobile COVID-19 testing sites around Wisconsin.
NY National Guard Soldiers aid at rural drive-thru dairy
May 5, 2020
New York Army National Guard Pfc. Colton Emmett, an infantryman assigned to Delta Company, 2nd Battalion, 108th Infantry Regiment, hands out care packages while distributing food in Delhi, N.Y., April 30, 2020. The Soldiers assisted volunteers as they sorted, packaged and handed out numerous dairy products at a drive-through donation center.
Oklahoma Guard has virtual send-off before deploying
May 5, 2020
Maj. Gen. Michael Thompson, adjutant general for Oklahoma, addresses Soldiers from Battery B, 1st Battalion, 158th Field Artillery Regiment, 45th Field Artillery Brigade, who are deploying in support of coalition operations in the Central Command (CENTCOM) area of operations. The May 3 ceremony was livestreamed so friends and family could watch remotely due to the threat of spreading COVID-19 to the deploying Soldiers.
West Virginia Guard trains public in proper use of PPE
May 4, 2020
Sgt. 1st Class Brian Tomasek with the West Virginia National Guard’s Task Force Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) Response Enterprise collects swabs from a conference room after it was sanitized with a Aerosolized Hydrogen Peroxide system as part of a demonstration of its disinfection capabilities at the West Virginia Capitol Complex in Charleston, West Virginia, April 29, 2020.
Oklahoma Guard joins veterans in fight against COVID-19
May 4, 2020
Oklahoma Army National Guard members speak with a resident of the Norman Veterans Center in Norman, Oklahoma, April 29, 2020. Members of the Guard disinfected commonly touched surfaces and high traffic areas at the center.
Alaska Airmen rescue two people stranded in Kuskokwim River
May 4, 2020
An Alaska Air National Guard HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter, assigned to the 210th Rescue Squadron, takes off from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, July 23, 2015. The 210th Rescue Squadron provides emergency rescue services in addition to training for wartime combat search-and-rescue missions.