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181st Intelligence Wing Airman manages ground transportation
August 3, 2020
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Bob Osborn, a ground transportation specialist assigned to the 181st Intelligence Wing, Indiana Air National Guard, gestures toward an engine hoist while performing vehicle transmission maintenance at Hulman Field Air National Guard Base, Ind., July 31, 2020. Osborn assists with vehicle maintenance and repair in addition to his ground transportation duties.
Camp Rosenbaum’s legacy endures through COVID-19 challenges
July 31, 2020
Camp Rosenbaum staff members Shelly Davison (left) helps Connie Opsal, Camp Rosenbaum Camp Director (right) fill backpacks for Operation Lemonade, in Portland, Ore., June 27, 2020.
Flexibility is key for California Guard medical strike team
July 30, 2020
U.S. Air Force Capt. Patrick McGar, 144th Fighter Wing clinical nurse, administers a COVID-19 test at a drive-thru testing site in Indio, Calif. McGar and his medical strike team administered tests from April 1 to May 20, averaging 600 tests per day.
A day in the life of a rescue helicopter pilot
July 27, 2020
Spend a day with Idaho farmer and Guardsman Chief Warrant Officer 4 Chad Queen, one of the Idaho Army National Guard's rescue helicopter pilots, and feel firsthand what it is like to fly the UH-72 Lakota helicopter and help save lives.
Wisconsin Guard's 132nd Army Band serves communities, troops
July 16, 2020
Two members of the 132nd Army Band’s Rock Band play for people working at Joint Force Headquarters during an Independence Day celebration in Madison, Wis., July 7, 2020.
Texas National Guard Soldier determined to succeed
July 16, 2020
Texas National Guard 2nd Lt. Christina Meredith is a signals intelligence officer who overcame years of abuse at a young age to become an Army officer. A former Ms. California pageant winner, she is also an author of a bestselling memoir, national speaker and aspiring politician.
Liberian perseveres, becomes Oklahoma National Guard captain
July 15, 2020
Capt. Robert Gaygay, 138th Medical Group, speaks with Airmen at the Tulsa Air National Guard Base, Oklahoma, April 23, 2020. In response to the COVID-19 outbreak, 25 Airmen from the 138th Fighter Wing are working with the Tulsa Food Bank.
NY Army National Guard Soldier crams a career into one year
July 13, 2020
New York Army National Guard Spc. Olivia Mannetti, a member of the 466th Medical Company, Area Support, takes a break while training for deployment to the Middle East at Camp Smith Training Site near Peekskill, N.Y., June 12, 2020. In the last year Mannetti, a 22-year old medic, has joined the Army National Guard and completed training, mobilized as part of the New York National Guard's COVID-19, and is now getting ready to deploy with her unit.
Hawaii National Guard Airman tops in crowded national field
July 13, 2020
Senior Master Sgt. Michael Guzman, assigned to the Hawaii Air National Guard 201st Combat Operations Squadron, took top honors as the 2019 Command and Control Battle Management Operations Noncommissioned officer of the year.
Idaho National Guard leaders assist with rattlesnake study
July 9, 2020
Brig. Gen. Farin Schwartz, commander of the Idaho Army National Guard, and other Guard leaders held rattlesnakes and helped Idaho Guard Environmental Management Office biologists tag, study and measure rattlesnakes July 8, 2020, at the Morley Nelson Snake River Birds of Prey National Conservation Area.
One man’s journey to the Air National Guard
July 8, 2020
Tech. Sgt. Clayton Smith, a medical resources noncommissioned officer assigned to the Office of the Joint Surgeon at the National Guard Bureau, participates in a phone conference at the Herbert R. Temple Jr. Army National Guard Readiness Center, Arlington Hall Station, Arlington, Va., March 2, 2020. Smith came to the U.S. from Trinidad and Tobago at the age of 26 and enlisted in the Air National Guard to gain real world experience, earning U.S. citizenship along the way.
180FW Airman fixes courthouse clock
July 7, 2020
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Alex Wynn, a machinist assigned to the Ohio National Guard’s 180th Fighter Wing, poses in front of a Computer Numerical Control machine at the 180FW in Swanton, Ohio, March 8, 2020. Wynn used a similar machine and knowledge he learned at the 180FW to create a replacement gear for the Wood County Courthouse clock.
Cal Guard’s vocalist makes dreams a reality through service
July 6, 2020
U.S. Army Spc. Raivyn Hearne of the California Army National Guard's 40th Infantry Division Band sings the national anthem during the Anaheim Ducks Military Appreciation Night, Nov. 10, 2019, at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California.
NY National Guard Soldier's WWI story told in digital comic
July 2, 2020
Sgt. Henry Johnson, a New York National Guard Soldier who was awarded the Medal of Honor posthumously for his actions during World War I, attacks a German Soldier in these panels from a digital graphic novel about Johnson released by the Association of the United States Army. Johnson, a railroad porter in Albany, N.Y., was a member of the New York National Guard's 369th Infantry.
Resilience is key for new psychological health director
June 30, 2020
Resilience is the focus of Rico Brown, the new director of psychological health for the South Carolina Air National Guard at McEntire Joint National Guard Base, June 24, 2020.
Guard Airman walks across Iowa for mental health awareness
June 29, 2020
Technical Sgt. Jeff Campbell a survival, evasion, resistance, escape specialist with the Iowa Air National Guard’s 185th Air Refueling Wing in Sioux City, Iowa, is walking across the state to raise awareness about mental health.
Journey to National Guard worth the wait for this specialist
June 26, 2020
Spc. Nicole Ridley, an aviation operations specialist with 96th Aviation Troop Command, talks with a volunteer at the Nourish Food Bank in Lakewood, Wash., June 24, 2020. Ridley is one of 1,100 Washington National Guard members supporting the state's response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Soldier restores a piece of Wyoming Guard history
June 22, 2020
Staff Sgt. Brian Parrish talks about restoring the M-7 Howitzer in front of the Regional Training Institute at Camp Guernsey, Wyo., June 8, 2020. Members of the Wyoming National Guard used to M-7 during the Korean War.
Guard member helps family friend, pregnant COVID-19 patient
June 22, 2020
Pfc. Dal Sum, an infantryman with Company C, 1st Battalion, 148th Infantry Regiment, is recognized by Col. Matthew Woodruff, commander of the 37th Infantry Brigade Combat Team and Joint Task Force 37, May 8, 2020, at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center in Columbus. Sum answered the call when nurses needed a Burmese translator who speaks Zomi to communicate with a pregnant COVID-19 patient.
Fathers, brothers-in-law heading to Sergeants Major Academy
June 20, 2020
Brothers-in-law and Master Sgts. Joseph Santiago, left, and Andrew Barcinas, of the Guam National Guard, prepare for the Sergeants Major Academy in Merizo, Guam on May 15.