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Massachusetts National Guard combat medic vaccinates his mom
March 23, 2021
Staff Sgt. David Bravo, a combat medic with the Massachusetts National Guard, vaccinates his mother at East Boston Neighborhood Health Center. Bravo and other Massachusetts National Guard members were activated to distribute Pfizer COVID vaccines in Massachusetts.
Army Occupational Health nurse improves health program
March 22, 2021
Variety key for Army National Guard podcast
March 19, 2021
Army Capt. Joshua Carr interviews Army Brig. Gen. Janeen Birckhead, the Maryland National Guard’s assistant adjutant general for Army, about the Maryland Guard’s COVID-19 response during an episode of “Leader’s Recon” from the Herbert R. Temple Army National Guard Readiness Center in Arlington, Virginia, March 31, 2020. Carr, a team chief of strategic communications in an Army National Guard directorate, usually serves as host of “Leader’s Recon,” a video podcast that aims to create accessible leader development content for Soldiers.
Connecticut Air Guard maintainer graduates Ranger School
March 17, 2021
Senior Airman Jonathan Petersen, 103rd Maintenance Squadron electrical and environmental systems specialist, in front of a C-130H Hercules at Bradley Air National Guard Base in East Granby, Connecticut, March 16, 2021. Petersen attended U.S. Army Ranger School through the Air National Guard’s Enlisted Development Opportunities program, and was the only Air National Guardsman in his graduating class, which completed Feb. 5.
Idaho National Guard member finds purpose in serving tribes
March 16, 2021
Pennsylvania Guard officer sets powerlifting records
March 15, 2021
Pennsylvania Army National Guard 1st Lt. Lindsey Boughter, a public affairs officer with the 109th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment, 213th Regional Support Group, performs a deadlift during a powerlifting competition Feb. 27, 2021, in Conshohocken, Pa.
National Guard command CWO forged resolve from family bonds
March 9, 2021
From left, then-Staff Sgt. Mellessa Dasenbrock, then-Chief Warrant Officer 4 Teresa Domeier and then-Sgt. 1st Class Bonnie Frazier, sisters who all served in the Nebraska National Guard. Domeier was nominated as the Army National Guard's first female command chief warrant officer in June 2018.
Guardsman awarded Oklahoma Star of Valor for saving neighbor
March 5, 2021
Sgt. Pedro Gonzales, a member of the Oklahoma Army National Guard, received the Oklahoma Star of Valor March 4, 2021, for risking his life to save the life of a neighbor who was being attacked with a knife in September 2020. Gonzales suffered serious wounds to his face and neck but has recovered.
New York Guardsman led fight for Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
March 3, 2021
New York Army National Guard Maj. Hamilton Fish III, in an undated 1919 photo from World War I. Fish served as commander of Company K, 369th Infantry Regiment, nicknamed the “Harlem Hellfighters,” an all-black unit of the New York National Guard. After the war, Fish was elected to Congress in 1920 from New York and introduced the resolution to create an Unknown Soldier memorial.
Pave Hawk pilot at home in Alaska with 176th Wing
March 3, 2021
Alaska Air National Guard Capt. Timothy Lezama is an HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter pilot with 210th Rescue Squadron. Lezama is a native of Parkland, Fla., and his parents emigrated from Trinidad and Tobago.