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NH Guardsman assists police officer in violent encounter
April 19, 2021
Staff Sgt. Dantè Davis, a military policeman with the 237th Military Police Company supporting the COVID-19 relief mission, receives an Army Achievement Medal and recognition during a ceremony April 11, 2021, at the New Hampshire National Guard Army Pembroke Regional Training Institute in Pembroke, New Hampshire. Davis called 911 and assisted a police officer in a violent encounter with a civilian driver on his commute home.
Kansas Guard offers auditorium for COVID-19 vaccinations
April 19, 2021
Maj. Michael Billings, Kansas Training Center battalion executive officer, and Hayley Samford, marketing and community outreach associate with the Salina Family Healthcare Center, advertise the COVID-19 vaccine clinic held at the Kansas National Guard Training Center April 15, 2021. The clinic teamed with the Kansas Guard because of the ideal location of its facilities to serve the west side of town.
NYNG helps vaccinate 10,000 people in a day at New York site
April 16, 2021
New York Air National Guard Lt. Col. John Reynolds, a registered nurse assigned to the 105th Airlift Wing, vaccinates John Giarratano at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York City April 12, 2021. The convention center serves as a mass vaccination site with more than 600 National Guard personnel assisting the state health department.
Tennessee National Guard aircrew rescues stroke victim
April 16, 2021
Tennessee National Guard Sgt. 1st Class Tracy Banta begins hoist operations, descending from a Black Hawk helicopter to a stroke victim who was hiking on the Appalachian Trail in Great Smoky Mountains National Park April 15, 2021. The patient was flown to a hospital in Knoxville.
SDNG Military Police train for state, federal missions
April 16, 2021
Soldiers of the 235th Military Police Detention Company, South Dakota Army National Guard, conduct a tactical road march April 10, 2021, at West Camp Rapid in Rapid City, S.D. The 235th rehearsed mission-essential tasks during a field training exercise to prepare for its state and federal missions.
167th Airmen are force multipliers in fight against COVID-19
April 16, 2021
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Katie Farrell, an aerospace medical technician with the 167th Medical Group assigned to the West Virginia National Guard’s Task Force Medical – East, administers a Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine to an Airman in the 167th Airlift Wing dining facility, Martinsburg, West Virginia, April 11, 2021. The vaccine is administered in two shots, with the second shot administered no more than six weeks after the first.
Connecticut Guard members vaccinate nursing home residents
April 16, 2021
Spc. Andres Salgado, 142nd Medical Company combat medic, vaccinates Marilyn Degnan, a resident at the Mary Wade Home in New Haven, Connecticut, April 9, 2021. The Connecticut National Guard assisted the Connecticut Department of Public Health in providing COVID-19 vaccinations to nursing home residents and staff through “Operation Matchmaker.”
Hundreds of Pennsylvania Guard members support vaccinations
April 16, 2021
Spc. Adom Yaa, a combat medic with the 103rd Brigade Engineer Battalion, 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 28th Infantry Division, Pennsylvania Army National Guard, vaccinates Brittany Gill April 14, 2021, in Lancaster, Pa. Hundreds of members of the Pennsylvania National Guard are supporting vaccination centers across the commonwealth. U.S. Northern Command, through U.S. Army North, remain committed to providing continued, flexible Department of Defense support to local agencies as part of the whole-of-government response to COVID-19.
Georgia Air Guard vaccinates 3rd Infantry Division Soldiers
April 15, 2021
U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Tiffany Sneeze, a medical technician with the Savannah-based 165th Medical Group, 165th Airlift Wing, vaccinates an U.S. Army Soldier assigned to 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division April 10, 2021, in Atlanta. The Georgia Air National Guard vaccinated active-duty Soldiers who are in Atlanta assisting state and federal agencies at a COVID-19 vaccination site.
Northern Thaw exercise concludes at Volk Field
April 15, 2021
An F-35A assigned to Luke Air Force Base, Arizona, takes off for an exercise during Northern Thaw at Volk Field Air National Guard Base, Wisconsin, April 1, 2021.The two-week Northern Thaw exercise was a total force exercise providing tailored, cost-effective, tactical level, high-end combat training.
California Guard security force begins Alaska mission
April 14, 2021
Soldiers with the California Army National Guard's 330th Military Police Company arrive at Fairbanks International Airport in Alaska March 30, 2021. The Soldiers will integrate with the Military Ground-based Interceptor Security Company, 49th Missile Defense Battalion, Alaska National Guard, at Fort Greely, to guard the expanding Missile Defense Complex.
NYNG ships over 10 million COVID test kits statewide
April 14, 2021
Army Pfc. Sydney Smith, with the 206th Military Police Company, and Spc. Claude Hamilton, a construction engineer assigned to the 1156th Engineer Company, assemble COVID-19 test kits to be shipped across New York state, at Hudson Valley Community College in Troy April 13, 2021. The Guard has helped assemble and ship 10 million test kits since last April.
Guard helps vaccinate thousands of Detroit residents
April 14, 2021
Michigan National Guard Soldiers with Michigan’s Task Force Red Lion COVID-19 Vaccination/Testing Team help the Detroit Health Department vaccinate residents during a vaccination clinic at TCF Center, Detroit, Michigan, April 6, 2021.
Louisiana Guard trains with partners on disaster response
April 14, 2021
Members of the Louisiana National Guard, participating in the annual disaster response exercise, receive instruction during a boater education course in partnership with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries at Spanish Lake in New Iberia, Louisiana, April 7, 2021.
Course gives WING leaders tools to help troops find balance
April 13, 2021
Leaders in the Wisconsin Army and Air National Guard participated in the Comprehensive Health and Wellness leader course at Fort McCoy, Wis., March 29 to April 2. The course equips leaders with tools to address challenges and obstacles their Soldiers and Airmen face in their military and civilian lives.
NVNG mobile vaccination units facilitate access to vaccines
April 13, 2021
Nevada National Guard Spc. Exequiel Pascual with Joint Task Force 17 measures a dose of the Janssen vaccine at a mobile vaccination unit site in Pahrump, Nevada, April 8, 2021. The Guard and partners and helping facilitate access to the COVID-19 vaccine in rural Nevada.
KYNG supports site capable of 4,000 daily COVID vaccinations
April 13, 2021
U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Morgan Thomas of the Kentucky Air National Guard directs traffic at Kentucky’s largest drive-through COVID-19 vaccination clinic, at Cardinal Stadium in Louisville, Ky., April 12, 2021. More than 30 Soldiers and Airmen from the Kentucky Army and Air National Guard are supporting the clinic, where as many as 4,000 patients a day can be vaccinated.
Tennessee National Guard supports joint water rescue exercise
April 12, 2021
An aircrew member looks over as Nashville Fire Department's Helicopter-borne Aquatic Rescue Team performs a water rescue mission during a joint exercise near Smyrna's National Guard Volunteer Training Site, April 9.
UTNG KC-135 modernizing for the future
April 12, 2021
On December 15, 2020, the National Guard Bureau named the Utah Air National Guard as the interim KC-135 Test Detachment for AATC. Under the agreement, the 151st ARW will provide aircraft, aircrew, and maintenance support.
Colorado National Guard trains for fire season
April 12, 2021
A Colorado Army National Guard Black Hawk helicopter, equipped with an aerial water bucket, departs from Button Rock Reservoir, Lyons, Colorado, to conduct bucket training in preparation for wildland fire season.