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Guard Soldier responds to 3rd NYC emergency in 20-year career
May 5, 2020 — NEW YORK – For the third time in his career, New York Army National Guard Sgt. 1st Class Joseph Maloney is back in New York City responding to an emergency.In 2001, Maloney was one of the 3,000 New... MORE

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 — BATTLE CREEK, Mich. – With the COVID-19 outbreak, many people are trying to keep busy and stay safe. For some, it’s getting more exercise, cleaning the house and ensuring they have the essentials to... MORE

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 — DES MOINES, Iowa – On a sunny afternoon downtown, Spc. Taylor Lenhart is doing exactly what she joined the Iowa National Guard to do: helping her local community in times of crisis as a... MORE

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 — WESTFIELD, Mass. – The 104th Fighter Wing Wellness Team brings resources to members and families of the wing throughout the year, and they've been answering the call to action during the COVID-19... MORE

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 — FRIENDSVILLE, Tenn. – U.S. Air Force Airmen assigned to the Air National Guard training and education center are not taking their seclusion for the pandemic sitting down but instead exercising via... MORE

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 — PEMBROKE PINES, Fla.- Memorial Healthcare Systems Memorial Foundation partnered with We Finish Together to supply donated medals to children so they could decorate them for Florida National Guard... MORE

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.

Chaplains reach out to Cal Guard members fighting COVID-19
April 30, 2020 — MARCH AIR RESERVE BASE, Calif. – Members of the chaplain corps from the 163d Attack Wing and the 195th Wing are visiting seven facilities across the Inland Empire to support members of the California... MORE

U.S. Air Force Maj. Edward Ganigan, center, a chaplain from the 163d Attack Wing, California Air National Guard, prays for soldiers of the California Army National Guard’s 315th Vertical Construction Company and staff members of the FIND Desert Regional Food Bank in Indio, California, April 29, 2020.

Iowa State grads dominate National Guard COVID-19 task force
April 30, 2020 — JOHNSTON, Iowa – In mid-March, the Iowa National Guard was ramping up its response to COVID-19 when it established Task Force Central at Camp Dodge to direct efforts in some of the most populated... MORE

Capt. Theodore Knust, personnel officer at the 734th Regional Support Group, participates in a briefing at the Task Force Central command post in Johnston April 29, 2020. Knust received his commission with the Cyclone Battalion at the Iowa State University Reserve Officers’ Training Corps program more than 10 years ago. Now he’s working alongside seven other former Cyclones during the Iowa National Guard’s response to COVID-19.

KC-135 boom operator supports Washington food banks
April 29, 2020 — ISSAQUAH, Wash. – Staff Sgt. David Stefaniak is one of over 200 Washington Air National Guard members who have stepped up to volunteer to help shore up food banks across the state during 2019... MORE

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. David Stefaniak, a boom operator with the Washington Air National Guard's 116th Air Refueling Squadron, sorts food at the Issaquah Food Bank April 15, 2020. Stefaniak is supporting multiple food banks in the Puget Sound area as part of the state's COVID-19 response.

Dogs ease stress for COVID-19 response troops in New York
April 29, 2020 — NEW YORK – New York National Guard Soldiers, Airmen and active duty and civilian medical providers on duty fighting COVID-19 in New York are getting the benefit of a wagging tail and licks to lift... MORE

Spc. Amber Freeman from Kingston, N.Y., assigned to the New York Army National Guard, poses for a picture and pets Sophie, a Labrador retriever service dog provided by Puppies Behind Bars in New York City, April 23, 2020. Puppies Behind Bars is a nonprofit organization that trains prison inmates to raise service dogs for wounded war veterans and first responders, as well as explosive-detection canines for law enforcement.

NY National Guard Soldier beats COVID-19 and joins the fight
April 28, 2020 — NEW YORK – New York Army National Guard Warrant Officer Christopher Gallant has seen both sides of the fight against COVID-19. After surviving the disease, Gallant is back on duty at the Javits New... MORE

Army Warrant Officer Christopher Gallant, assigned to Bravo Company, 3rd Battalion, 142nd Aviation, New York Army National Guard, tested positive for COVID-19 in March, recovered, and is working as the safety officer at the Javits New York Medical Station in New York April 21, 2020.

Cal Guard's 40th ID honors WWII veteran on 105th birthday
April 28, 2020 — LAKEWOOD, Calif. – World War II veteran Sam Sachs watches from the front porch of his home as a Humvee, a sheriff’s patrol car, and fire trucks roll through the usually quiet street. He smiles and... MORE

Retired U.S. Army Lt. Col. Sam Sachs watches a parade from his front porch during a celebration in honor of his 105th birthday in Lakewood, California, April 26, 2020. Sachs was an officer with the 325th Glider Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, and landed his glider on the beaches of Normandy during D-Day.

NY's 42nd Infantry Division liberated Dachau 75 years ago
April 27, 2020 — LATHAM, N.Y. – April 29, 1945, was a cold, sunny Sunday afternoon as Soldiers of the U.S. Army’s 42nd Infantry Division came face to face with the worst of Nazi Germany at the notorious Dachau... MORE

An American Soldier is surrounded by survivors at the newly liberated Dachau concentration camp, April 29, 1945, in Dachau, Germany. American Soldiers of the U.S. 7th Army, including members of the 42nd Infantry and 45th Infantry and 20th Armored Divisions, participated in the camp’s liberation.

Michigan Guard finding new ways to recruit in COVID-19 era
April 27, 2020 — LANSING, Mich. – Michigan Army and Air National Guard recruiting professionals are faced with a new and unique challenge – recruiting during the COVID-19 pandemic. They are using innovation to come up... MORE

Sgt. First Class Jason Brautigam, left, and Staff Sgt. Michael Perry, recruiting and retention noncommissioned officers, Michigan Army National Guard, conduct a question-and-answer session via the internet due to social distancing restrictions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, Dowagiac, Michigan, April 24, 2020.

Colorado Guard Soldiers save a life while serving homeless
April 27, 2020 — DENVER – The coronavirus pandemic has changed the way of life for people worldwide and tested the skills of members of the Colorado National Guard beyond their military assignments and training. For... MORE

U.S. Army Pvt. Harold Taylor and Spc. Jo England, communications operators, 1st Battalion 157th Infantry Regiment, Colorado Army National Guard serve food to the guests at the Denver Rescue Mission, April 20, 2020. The Soldiers helped a man who was choking on food.

NY Guard runs 'virtual' 5k for sexual assault awareness
April 25, 2020 — LATHAM, N.Y. – A sure sign of spring for the New York National Guard is the annual Sexual Assault Awareness 5-kilometer run.Held along with other events that make April Sexual Assault Awareness and... MORE

New York Army National Guard Capt. Stephanie Fernandez, Warrant Officer Zachary Smith and Sgt. Jose Meza participate in the "virtual" 5K Sexual Assault Awareness Run held by the New York National Guard Joint Force Headquarters sexual assault response coordinator April 15 to April 20, 2020. Since social distancing prohibited the normal group event, people were encouraged to run on their own or with a small group and send a photo.

188th Wing Nurse serves on front line to battle COVID-19
April 24, 2020 — FORT SMITH, Ark. – As the number of COVID-19 cases accelerates in the United States, nurses are on the front lines of the health care response, fighting not only for the lives of their patients but... MORE

Capt. Breeanna Howerton is an Arkansas Air National Guard clinical nurse with the 188th Wing, but also a registered nurse at the Veterans Health Care System of the Ozarks.

Once in the Guard, always ready to serve
April 22, 2020 — ST. PAUL, Minn. – While the fight against COVID-19 requires each individual to do their part, it also takes unwavering leadership. This is something that sets the state of Minnesota apart from the... MORE

U.S. Air Force Airmen from the 133rd Operation Support Squadron’s aircrew flight equipment shop, Minnesota National Guard, make masks for base personnel in St. Paul Apr. 8, 2020.

Mother, son serve at hospital as National Guard medics
April 22, 2020 — ALBANY, Ga. – Members of the National Guard have the unique opportunity to help the communities where they live during times of crisis. They may clear the roads they take to work every day after a... MORE

Gen. Randall Simmons, commander, Georgia Army National Guard, recognized Spc. Leslie Davila, a medic with the 2nd Battalion, 121st Infantry Regiment, 48th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, for her contributions to the fight against COVID-19 during a tour of the Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital in Albany, Georgia, March 28, 2020. Davila and her son, also with the Guard, were both assigned as medics at the hospital.

Youth Challenge Academy cadets, staff mobilize for community
April 22, 2020 — BATTLE CREEK, Mich. – Staff and cadets at the Michigan Youth Challenge Academy (MYCA) have mobilized to produce fabric face masks to fight the spread of COVID-19 and fulfill one of the program’s core... MORE

Michigan Youth Challenge Academy Cadets Jonathan Ciszczon and Jonathan Shapiro measure and cut fabric to make cloth masks to be donated to facilities in the Battle Creek community April 8, 2020.

Louisiana Guard, Active Component Airmen Complete Air-to-Air Integration Training

Air National Guard Leaders Host 2025 Wing Leader Fly-In

Colorado Army National Guard Conducts Aviation Training for Wildfire Season

Lt. Gen. Jon Stubbs Highlights Virginia National Guard Excellence at Military Ball

Oregon Air Guard Participates in Sentry Aloha Exercise