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Deployed Washington Guard captain embraces opportunities
April 23, 2021
Capt. Theodore Tatum, a logistician with the Washington National Guard, prepares for a supply air drop in support of Special Operations Task Force-North West Africa. Tatum is stationed at Baumholder, Germany, and has been supporting the mission for 15 months.
California Guardsman honors mother with vaccination mission
April 15, 2021
U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Larry Guillen, a fire support specialist with Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion, 40th Infantry Division, California National Guard, supports the COVID-19 vaccination effort at California State University Los Angeles April 6, 2021. Guillen's mother died of the coronavirus in January.
Siblings serve in Idaho Guard as Citizen-Soldier, Airman
April 9, 2021
Maj. Christopher Lavelle and his younger sister, Master Sgt. Kerry Lavelle, are known on Gowen Field as “the Lavelles.” They have served on base as full-time technicians for several years and as traditional Guardsmen in the Idaho National Guard for nearly 20 years.
Fathers celebrate Month of the Military Child
April 9, 2021
Father and son share the Army Unit Patch Multinational Forces-Iraq after their deployments to Iraq. Staff Sgt. John ‘Jordan’ Travis, domestic operations management support, emergency operations center, NCOIC, deployed in 2009. His father, retired Col. William ‘Terry’ Travis, deployed in 2006.
National Guard therapy dog awarded Alaska Commendation Medal
April 1, 2021
Sweetface "Nyx" Shelton, a therapy dog, attends an Alaska National Guard meeting after being awarded the Alaska Commendation Medal, Mar. 18, 2021, at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska. Nyx provides provides emotional support to service members as part of the Sexual Assault Prevention and Response program and Warrior and Family Services.
Guardsman is 1st scholar in residence at Army history center
March 31, 2021
Capt. Jonathan Bratten, command historian for the Maine National Guard, gives a presentation in 2020 to a high school history class as part of the Maine Army National Guard's History Outreach Program. Bratten has been selected as the U.S. Army Center of Military History's first scholar in residence.
Air Force museum exhibit highlights women's achievements
March 29, 2021
Illinois Air National Guard Capt. Jennifer Weitekamp, the first female sniper in the U.S. military, is among Air Force women featured in an exhibit at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base near Dayton, Ohio. Weitekamp is shown next to the Women in the Air Force exhibit March 5, 2021.
Bilingual Airman helps serve her Spanish-speaking community
March 29, 2021
Senior Airman Mayra Fomin was one of several hundred Idaho Guardsmen who volunteered to mobilize across the state in December 2020 after COVID-19 cases increased. She used her Spanish and personal experience getting COVID-19 to help serve the community of Spanish-speaking Idahoans in Canyon County, Idaho.
Las Vegas vaccine hunters find hero in Nevada Guard Soldier
March 25, 2021
Las Vegas National Guard Sgt. John Huss with Joint Task Force 17 works at the entry point at the Cashman COVID-19 vaccination site March 16, 2021, in Las Vegas. Huss helped his chain of command streamline the vaccine standby list.
Breaking barriers in aviation maintenance for 35 years
March 25, 2021
U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer 4 Melinda Herder, District of Columbia National Guard, stands with helicopters on the flight line at Davison Army Airfield, Ft. Belvoir, Virginia. Herder is the facility maintenance officer at the D.C. National Guard Army Aviation Support Facility.