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COVID-19: Guam National Guard mother, son in this together
June 16, 2020 — BARRIGADA, Guam – During a time of great uncertainty, when the world is navigating to define a new normal, members of the Guam National Guard (GUNG) find comfort in service knowing their loved ones...

Nurse joins Ohio National Guard amid COVID-19 pandemic
June 15, 2020 — COLUMBUS, Ohio – Joining the military is a big decision. Many people would say the same thing about the health care profession. However, when registered nurse Brandi Purdy received the Air National...

Indiana Guard medics jump into action to help burn victim
June 12, 2020 — INDIANAPOLIS – Mike Gilson started his day like every other day, buttoning his black chef’s jacket and putting on his matching hat and white sneakers before heading to work at Second Helpings, which...

Soldier self-isolates, extends enlistment to protect others
June 8, 2020 — DETROIT, Mich. – Plans are made to be broken; at least they were for one Soldier.Sgt. Quintin Shine planned to get out of the Army National Guard when his enlistment was over. Then a pandemic rocked...

NY National Guard repairs World War I Soldier's grave marker
June 5, 2020 — ONEIDA, N.Y – The gravestone of a New York National Guard Soldier who died while storming the Hindenburg Line more than 100 years ago was set right the day after Memorial Day 2020 by present-day...

Camp Umatilla helps make home for burrowing owls
June 4, 2020 — UMATILLA, Ore. – In 2008 Don Gillis, the natural resource manager at the Umatilla Chemical Depot, noticed a decline in the nesting areas for the burrowing owls on Camp Umatilla. The decline was due to...

Kansas National Guard medic comes to child's aid
June 3, 2020 — DODGE CITY, Kan. – The day began just as any other for Spc. Kristyn Harding, a combat medic with the 1077th Ground Ambulance Company, Kansas Army National Guard.Harding, along with her teammates from...

Father, son work together during pandemic
June 1, 2020 — STROUDSBURG, Pa. – Joseph Sapienza, director of maintenance/life safety for Pleasant Valley Manor nursing home, recently received word that someone very familiar to him would be coming to work at the...

Puerto Rico National Guard Airmen conduct virtual training
May 29, 2020 — CAROLINA, Puerto Rico – Social distancing to reduce the spread of COVID-19 is critical, but training and readiness remain priorities for the Puerto Rico Air National Guard. Most Guard units are...

Massachusetts Air Guard SARC receives SARC of the Year Award
May 28, 2020 — JOINT BASE CAPE COD, Mass. – The Defense Department has recognized Jacquelyn E. Tellier, Massachusetts Air National Guard, as the 2020 Liz Blanc Exceptional Sexual Assault Response Coordinator of the...

Adopting the family business, answering the call to service
May 27, 2020 — OTIS AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Mass. – Newly commissioned 2nd Lt. Allen Nancarrow’s career in the profession of arms is rooted deeply in the service of his family. Following in the footsteps of his...

NY National Guard marks Memorial Day with special ceremony
May 23, 2020 — LATHAM, N.Y. - Major General Ray Shields, the adjutant general of New York, recognized Memorial Day 2020 on Friday, May 22, in a ceremony designed to comply with COVID-19 pandemic social distancing...

Cal Guard slows the spread of COVID-19 with telework
May 20, 2020 — SACRAMENTO, Calif. – U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Andrew Carroll starts his day in typical fashion familiar to all service members with full-time jobs in the active National Guard and Reserve. He wakes...

Music provides support for Massachusetts National Guard
May 20, 2020 — HOLYOKE, Mass. – Music and the U.S. military have a long and storied relationship. Fife and drum music of the Revolutionary War was used to boost morale during the fight for independence. In the...

WADS Airman sews 150 masks for Alabama hospital workers
May 19, 2020 — JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. – A Washington Air National Guard member from the Western Air Defense Sector (WADS) sewed 150 protective cloth masks and sent them to a hospital in Alabama. Staff Sgt...

Cal National Guard welder sews face masks to combat COVID-19
May 14, 2020 — LONG BEACH, Calif. – It’s not the usual scene one expects in a U.S. Army maintenance shop. While the air is filled with the scent of diesel and most Soldiers are busy turning wrenches underneath...

Cal Guard member's civilian skills get troops to missions
May 14, 2020 — SACRAMENTO, Calif. – U.S. Army Spc. Koby Riggan is finding himself working long hours and covered in grease from head to toe, but loving every minute of it.Riggan, a Soldier in the California Army...

Maj. Tori Scearbo: NH Air National Guard's guardian angel
May 13, 2020 — PORTSMOUTH, N.H. – Maj. Tori Scearbo is one of thousands of state medical professionals working the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic. She has been taking care of patients since the virus spread to...

Michigan National Guard base wins DOD environmental award
May 12, 2020 — LANSING, Mich. – The Michigan National Guard’s Fort Custer Training Center (FCTC) in Augusta has won the 2020 Secretary of Defense Environmental Award for Natural Resources Conservation in the small...

Pennsylvania Guard Soldiers honored for aiding crash victim
May 12, 2020 — FORT INDIANTOWN GAP, Pa. – Two Pennsylvania National Guard Soldiers were recognized for stopping to render first aid to a seriously injured motorcycle crash victim along Interstate 78.Pfc. Alyssa...

New York Guardsmen Earn Danish Military March Ribbon

Kentucky Guard Builds Portable Air Base for Patriot 26

Three Components, One Army: LaNeve Stresses Guard’s Role in Army’s New Priorities

Pennsylvania Guardsmen Demonstrate Drone Innovation Project

Nordhaus, Raines Outline a National Guard Focused on the Future