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Michigan National Guard colonel protects those who serve
April 6, 2020 — LANSING, Mich. – “To me, this is what we do. We’re here to help our fellow Michiganders when the governor calls us, and this is that time.”For Col. Lavetta Bennett, chief of staff for the Michigan...

FLNG Soldiers on 1st state active duty at screening site
April 6, 2020 — WEST PALM BEACH – The Citizen-Soldiers of the Florida National Guard are prepared to respond to emergencies at a moment’s notice. For Pvt. Semaj Lawry, a Soldier in Alpha Company of the 53rd Brigade...

Delaware Airman uses civilian expertise in COVID-19 response
April 6, 2020 — NEW CASTLE, Del. — Citizen-Airman 1st Lt. Tyrell Hargrove spends 28 days a month working as a critical care nurse at the Philadelphia Veterans Affairs Medical Center. During “drill weekends,” he is...

Connecticut Guard Soldier helps set up field hospital
April 3, 2020 — DANBURY, Conn. – Tractor-trailers arrived at Western Connecticut State University April 1, and within hours Connecticut National Guard Soldiers and Airmen set up over 200 beds, transforming the...

Rookie Cal Guard member embraces COVID-19 role
April 2, 2020 — SACRAMENTO, Calif. – U.S. Army Pfc. Muhammad Fayzan Izhar is so new to the California Army National Guard, some Soldiers in his unit don't know who he is. He's fresh off U.S. Army initial training...

War Wagon’s all-female team supports COVID-19 response
April 1, 2020 — MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. – An all-female team with the Florida National Guard’s 356th Quartermaster (War Wagon) Company is managing logistics for a COVID-19 testing site at a local stadium.“We empower each...

Weathering COVID-19: mental resilience
April 1, 2020 — PORTLAND, Ore. – In times of national crisis, it’s easy to become emotionally overwhelmed and forget to take your own mental health into consideration. The rapid onset of COVID-19 has brought a...

Doctor helps keep Guard members safe to serve
March 31, 2020 — COLUMBUS, Ohio – All across the nation, National Guard Airmen and Soldiers are supporting their communities and responding to the COVID-19 pandemic, potentially exposing themselves while serving their...

Innovation is key to Michigan Guard member's COVID-19 response
March 30, 2020 — LANSING, Mich. – "All I've ever known my whole life is health care," says Air Force Capt. Brynt Ellis. "My dad was sick the entire time I was growing up – he had three kidney transplants before he...

Florida National Guard's Army Band helps fight COVID-19
March 25, 2020 — FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Florida National Guard's 13th Army Band is helping combat COVID-19 by screening passengers flying into Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport (FLL) from the New York...

Ohio National Guard Soldiers rescue car crash victim
March 25, 2020 — ROSSFORD, Ohio – For five Ohio National Guard Soldiers on a mission in Lucas County, the National Guard motto of "Always Ready, Always There," was more real than ever as they jumped into action,...

Midnight Sun Guardian aerospace medicine Airman impacts mission
March 20, 2020 — JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – Impact. Defined as yielding an effect, having an impact is the singular goal Senior Airman Loida Torres Román had in mind when she joined the Alaska Air...

103rd Airmen inspire girls for aviation, STEM careers
March 19, 2020 — WINDSOR LOCKS, Conn. – Children lined up inside the New England Air Museum March 7 for "Women Take Flight," a celebration of Women's History Month and women in aerospace that brought women from the...

NCNG builds relationships with civilian employers
March 17, 2020 — RALEIGH, North Carolina – More than 30 employers met at the North Carolina National Guard’s (NCNG) Army Aviation Support Facility in Morrisville March 10 to learn more about what the Guard members...

Sisters embark on National Guard careers together
March 10, 2020 — COLUMBUS, Ohio – Hailey and Lexi Ireton are setting out on a new journey together as enlisted members of the Ohio Army National Guard.“I love that my sister is in the Guard with me. It’s an amazing...

Father, three children serve in military
March 9, 2020 — BOISE, Idaho – In 1986, Sid Brown was itching to leave New Plymouth, Idaho. With the financial burden of college heavy on his mind, he met with an Air Force recruiter in Ontario, Oregon, and quickly...

R-and-D experts test ideas in frigid Arctic Eagle 2020 exercise
March 6, 2020 — FORT WAINWRIGHT, Alaska – About 70 research and development experts participated in the Alaska National Guard's Arctic Eagle 2020 exercise in Fairbanks to explore innovative ways the military and...

42nd ID Soldier is first Guard member chosen for DARPA fellowship
March 3, 2020 — ARLINGTON, Va. – New York Army National Guard Capt. Steven Quinones is the first member of the Army National Guard to complete a fellowship with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency...

FL woman's great-grandson enlists where she signed up in 1942
March 1, 2020 — CAMP BLANDING, Fla. – For those who choose to serve the country in uniformed service, when and where you enlisted isn't easily forgotten, even if your service began more than 70 years ago. One family...

Alaska Guard Airman helps keep C-17 aircrew safe
February 27, 2020 — JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – Alaska Air National Guard Staff Sgt. Joseph Rotar helps pilots see in the dark, he is the admiral of a fleet comprising dozens of life rafts, and the work he...

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