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Vermont National Guard supports medical warehouse
September 17, 2021
Members of the Vermont National Guard at the Vermont Medical Countermeasures Warehouse Sept. 18, 2020. Guard members continue to work at the site in September 2021, distributing COVID-19 vaccines and personal protective equipment throughout Vermont.

179th AW to host 1st Air National Guard cyberspace wing
September 17, 2021
A site survey team visits the 179th Airlift Wing in Mansfield, Ohio, as part of the Air Force site selection process for a cyber warfare wing. The Air Force announced the selection of the base for the Air National Guard's first cyber wing Aug. 25, 2021.

NYNG artillery battery recognized by Field Artillery School
September 17, 2021
Brig. Gen. Andrew D. Preston, left, the commandant of the Field Artillery School and Army chief of artillery, joins Capt, Daniel Rogers, the commander of Alpha Battery, 1st Battalion, 258th Field Artillery  in affixing an award streamer to the company guidon during a ceremony honoring the unit  in New Windsor, New York, Sept. 11, 2001. The battery received the Hamilton Award, which recognizes the outstanding artillery battery in the Army National Guard.

Oklahoma Guard completes Hurricane Ida relief mission
September 17, 2021
Oklahoma National Guard Spcs. Michael West, left, and Gage Stone, truck drivers with Alpha Company, 120th Engineer Battalion, 90th Troop Command, distribute water, ice and food to those affected by Hurricane Ida in LaPlace, Louisiana, Sept. 7, 2021. Oklahoma National Guardsmen drove throughout neighborhoods to distribute supplies directly to residents.

Alaska Army National Guard rescues stranded hunter
September 17, 2021
A UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter departs Bethel, Alaska, returning to Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, April 9, 2021.

167th Airlift Wing firefighters train on disaster response
September 16, 2021
Technical Sgt. Robert Laidlow, 167th Fire and Emergency Services, monitors and keeps account of the firefighters assigned to his team during collapsed structure training as part of Exercise Vigilant Guard 2021 Aug. 27, 2021.

100th Missile Defense Brigade assists with MDA flight test
September 16, 2021
A ground-based Interceptor missile, an element of the nation’s Ground-based Midcourse Defense system, was launched from North Vandenberg in California Sept. 12, 2021, by Space Launch Delta 30 officials, the U.S. Missile Defense Agency, and U.S. Northern Command.

Puerto Rico Guard helps Louisiana with Hurricane Ida relief
September 16, 2021
Members of the Puerto Rico National Guard, 190th Engineering Battalion, head to Louisiana Sept. 16, 2021, to assist with Hurricane Ida recovery efforts. The PRNG sent 43 engineers to help assess damage to Louisiana bridges and roads in the aftermath of the storm.

Kentucky Air Guard augments hospital workers battling COVID
September 16, 2021
Airman 1st Class Audrey Parios, a C-130 crew chief in the Kentucky Air National Guard, reports to Baptist Hospital East in Louisville, Ky., Sept. 14, 2021, to provide logistical support to medical staff struggling to keep pace with the rising number of critically ill COVID patients. She is one of 310 Kentucky Army and Air National Guard Soldiers and Airmen who were activated by Gov. Andy Beshear to provide non-clinical support to 21 hospitals across the commonwealth.

NJNG Soldiers rescued 9 motorists stranded by Ida flooding
September 15, 2021
Left to right, U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer 3 Albert Sbarro, Staff Sgt. Anthony Marotta, Sgt. 1st Class Timothy Witts, and Chief Warrant Officer 3 Quentin Hastings in front of their UH-60L Black Hawk helicopter at the New Jersey National Guard's Army Aviation Support Facility on Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., Sept. 14, 2021. They are part of a five-man crew that rescued nine people after catastrophic flooding in northern New Jersey from the remnants of Hurricane Ida.

Astronaut recovery task force conducts airlift exercise
September 15, 2021
Tech. Sgt. Brandon Ducosin, 204th Airlift Squadron loadmaster, accesses C-17 Globemaster III controls Sept. 9, 2021, at Moffett Federal Airfield, Calif. A Hawaii Air National Guard aircrew flew to California to validate their ability to train alongside Guardian Angel pararescue jumpers from the 131st Rescue Squadron. The combined participants form a Personnel Recovery Task Force that can aid splashed down astronauts far into the Pacific and Atlantic oceans.

Louisiana National Guard prepares for new storm
September 15, 2021
Light Medium Tactical Vehicles (LMTV) assigned to the Louisiana National Guard’s 527th Engineer Battalion, 225th Engineer Brigade, lead a convoy of dump trucks and flat-bottom boats to be staged in advance of Tropical Storm Nicholas at the Burton Coliseum in Lake Charles, Louisiana, Sept. 13, 2021.

Texas National Guard conducts validation exercise during NS
September 14, 2021
Soldiers with the 294th Quartermaster Company, 338th Quartermaster Company, Texas Army National Guard, the 3rd Special Forces Group, soldiers with the Latvian Army’s Special Forces Group and British Army’s 4th Battalion, Parachute Regiment (4 PARA), jump out of a C-130 Hercules aircraft over Camp Grayling Joint Maneuver Training Center, Grayling, Michigan, Aug. 13, 2021. The service members conducted joint airborne training during Northern Strike 21.

All Guard Combat team named marksmanship champions
September 13, 2021
Army Sgt 1st. Class Michael Bautista, Idaho National Guard, examines his target during a rifle match Sept. 3, 2021, at the 30th Armed Forces Skill at Arms Meeting at the National Guard Marksmanship Training Center. Established in 1991, the Armed Forces Skills at Arms Meeting (AFSAM) is a multinational and interservice competition created to promote marksmanship training and competition between the different components and services of U.S. military forces and allied nations.

Arkansas, North Dakota Guardsmen win rifle, pistol competition
September 13, 2021
Staff Sgt. James Dansie, Utah National Guard, fires his pistol Sept. 2, 2021, during the General George Patton Combat Pistol match of the 50th Winston P. Wilson and the 30th Armed Forces Skill at Arms Championships, hosted by the National Guard Marksmanship Training Center, held at the Robinson Joint Maneuver Training Center, North Little Rock, Ark.

After Ida: La. Guardsmen assist with recovery, rebuilding
September 13, 2021
The 159th Medical Group Chemical, Biological, Radiological/Nuclear, and Explosive (CBRNE) Enhanced Response Force Package sets up mobile medical stations at the Terrebonne General Health System in Houma to augment a badly damaged hospital in the aftermath of Hurricane Ida on Sept. 6, 2021.

Alaska Air National Guard rescues ATV riders
September 13, 2021
HH-60G Pave Hawk aircrew of 210th Rescue Squadron simulate combat search-and-rescue tactics by locating and evacuating a simulated downed pilot in southcentral Alaska Jan. 21, 2021, as part of Operation Noble Defender. The exercise is a North American Air Defense Command Arctic air defense operation.

Governor recognizes New York National Guard's 9/11 response
September 13, 2021
Gov. Kathy Hochul recognizes the New York National Guard for its service responding to the 9/11 terror attacks on the 20th anniversary of Sept. 11, 2001 in remarks at the Jacob Javits Center in New York City.

Maryland National Guard remembers 9/11
September 13, 2021
U.S. Army Command Sgt. Maj. Aarion Franklin, Maryland National Guard, is greeted after returning from deployment to Afghanistan Jan. 28, 2014, at Fort Bliss, El Paso, Texas. Franklin was among the many MDNG members who responded to the attacks on Sep. 11, 2001.

New York National Guard remembers 9/11 with ceremony
September 10, 2021
The color guard presents the flag during a 9/11 remembrance ceremony at New York National Guard headquarters in Latham, New York Sept. 10, 2021. The ceremony took place in front of a backdrop of 2,977 small American flags representing each of the people killed during the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.