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Cal Guard slows the spread of COVID-19 with telework
May 20, 2020
A California National Guard full-time technician works from home May 20, 2020, at Huntington Beach, California. Many Cal Guard full-time staff members are teleworking during the COVID-19 pandemic as a way of protecting themselves, their coworkers and high-risk family members from the virus.

Music provides support for Massachusetts National Guard
May 20, 2020
Soldiers from the 215th Army Band of the Massachusetts National Guard perform for a delighted crowd at Veterans Memorial Stadium in Quincy June 10, 2019, as part of their yearly Summer Concert Series.

WADS Airman sews 150 masks for Alabama hospital workers
May 19, 2020
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Rachel Yandon, a radio frequency transmission systems apprentice assigned to the 225th Support Squadron, Washington Air National Guard, wears a face mask like the ones she donated to mission essential personnel of the Western Air Defense Sector May 7, 2020.  Yandon also sewed and donated 150 masks to an Alabama hospital.

Cal National Guard welder sews face masks to combat COVID-19
May 14, 2020
U.S. Army Sgt. Edwin Rodriguez, a welder at the California National Guard's combined support maintenance shop, sews face masks for other Soldiers on a vintage sewing machine, April 23, 2020, inside the Long Beach, California, facility. Rodriguez found and repaired two of the shop's three vintage sewing machines before putting his civilian skills as a former upholstery technician to work sewing masks.

Cal Guard member's civilian skills get troops to missions
May 14, 2020
U.S. Army Spc. Koby Riggan, a radio technician with the California Army National Guard’s 270th Military Police Company, works on a Humvee, April 28, 2020, at the Cal Guard's Field Maintenance Shop 22, in Sacramento. The Cal Guard has been using these vehicles to support humanitarian missions throughout the state.

Maj. Tori Scearbo: NH Air National Guard's guardian angel
May 13, 2020
U.S. Air Fore Maj. Tori Scearbo, a 157th Medical Group, Det. 1 CERFP nurse, New Hampshire Air National Guard, at her civilian job as a critical care nurse at Portsmouth Hospital, April 26, 2020. Scearbo has been taking care of people with COVID-19.

Michigan National Guard base wins DOD environmental award
May 12, 2020
Environmental staff and contractors assigned to Fort Custer Training Center (FCTC), Michigan Army National Guard, conduct prescribed burns at FCTC in Augusta Oct. 24, 2019, to push back invasive species and stimulate growth in native prairie plants. Prescribed fire is one way Fort Custer preserves, protects and restores environmental quality and promotes ecofriendly stewardship.

Pennsylvania Guard Soldiers honored for aiding crash victim
May 12, 2020
Pennsylvania National Guard Soldiers Pfc. Alyssa Cinquemani, a Black Hawk helicopter mechanic, and Cpl. Christopher Eppler, a wheeled-vehicle mechanic, stopped to render first aid to a motorcycle crash victim along Interstate 78 near Fort Indiantown Gap May 1, 2020.They were recognized for their actions with a coin presentation by Command Sgt. Maj. Harry Buchanan III, the Pennsylvania National Guard’s senior enlisted leader.

Massachusetts Air Guard Mom on Mission
May 10, 2020
Mother and daughter hug sitting on the floor while mother puts boots on for work.

Nursing and the National Guard run in this family
May 7, 2020
Capt. John Fansega, his daughter, Spc. Mikenzy Fansega, and his son, Spc. Noah Anderson, serve together in the Iowa National Guard. John is a civilian nurse and Mikenzy and Noah are in nursing school.

Former MLB pitcher reflects on National Guard career
May 6, 2020
Left to right: Staff Sgt. Geoff Zahn, Senior Master Sgt. Thomas Reed and Airman 1st Class Gary Martz during their promotion ceremony. Zahn and Martz both played professional baseball and served in the Washington Air National Guard.

NH National Guard Soldier makes mission happen with a smile
May 6, 2020
With a combat medic background, Spc. Jacob Barrington of the New Hampshire National Guard is supporting COVID-19 swab testing at a field-testing site in Plymouth, New Hampshire.

Maryland National Guard member stands tall against COVID-19
May 5, 2020
Second Lt. Justin Lee, a medical-surgical nurse with the 104th Medical Company Area Support, speaks to the director of nursing and the director in training at the Crofton Care & Rehabilitation Center in Crofton, Md., April 9, 2020. (Sgt. James Nowell)

Father-daughter loadmaster duo keeps family flying tradition
May 5, 2020
Chief Master Sgt. Gary Hendrickson and Senior Airman Ashlyn Hendrickson, both loadmasters assigned to the 154th Training Squadron, inside a C-130H at Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas. The father-daughter duo love flying and provide vital support in their role as C-130H loadmasters.

Guard Soldier responds to 3rd NYC emergency in 20-year career
May 5, 2020
New York Army National Guard Sgt. 1st Class Joseph Maloney at the Javits New York Medical Station in New York, May 3, 2020. Malone is on his third emergency deployment in New York. He responded to the 9/11 attacks and to the response to Superstorm Sandy in 2012.

Michigan Airman provides PPE to frontline workers
May 4, 2020
Staff Sgt. Jacob Rader, an operations intelligence analyst, 110th Operations Group, Battle Creek Air National Guard Base, Michigan, provides comfort to those on the front line by using his 3D printer and donating his time and resources to create face shields for those in need.

Iowa Guard Soldier helps community with virtual instruction
May 4, 2020
Spc. Taylor Lenhart, a military police Soldier with the 186th Military Police Company, Iowa Army National Guard, helps move a traffic barrier in Des Moines April 27, 2020. Lenhart is one of 60 military police Soldiers supporting the first drive-through COVID-19 testing site in Iowa. Before duty, Lenhart helps her community as a karate instructor by providing virtual classes.

104th Fighter Wing Wellness Team answers the call for help
May 4, 2020
Lisa Potito, wellness team coordinator, right, and Mary Keeler, sexual assault response coordinator, left, The 104th Fighter Wing Wellness Team, help distribute food at a nonprofit farmers market that is free for the military, April 4, 2020.

Shared online workouts lift spirits during home isolation
May 1, 2020
U.S. Air Force Airmen assigned to the I.G. Brown Training and Education Center in East Tennessee complete an online workout together, May 1, 2020, while following stay-at-home guidelines for COVID-19 mitigation.

Children personalize medals for Florida Guard and partners
May 1, 2020
Florida National Guard Spc. Zachary Snyder, 2-124th Regiment 53rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, receives a donated and decorated medal from a Memorial Healthcare Systems employee at C.B. Smith Park Community- Based Testing Site.