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Idaho Army National Guard completes UH-60M transition
January 18, 2022
Chief Warrant Officer 2 Oceana Chamberlain practices flight maneuvers in Idaho’s snowy Owyhee Mountains south of Gowen Field in Boise, Idaho, Jan. 13, 2022. The Idaho National Guard replaced 20 of its UH-60L Black Hawk helicopters with UH-60M Black Hawks, a modernized and high-tech version aircraft.
Wisconsin Guard aids hospitals, nursing homes with COVID
January 14, 2022
Wisconsin National Guard Citizen-Soldiers and -Airmen collect specimens for COVID-19 testing in 2021. Guard members will train as certified nursing assistants to support hospitals and nursing homes facing a surge in COVID-19 cases, Gov. Tony Evers announced Jan. 13, 2022.
Virginia Guard conducts medical exchange in Tajikistan
January 14, 2022
Virginia National Guard Soldiers and Airmen conduct a medical exchange with the Republic of Tajikistan Dec. 6-10, 2021, in Dushanbe, Tajikistan. The exchange was conducted in support of the Department of Defense’s State Partnership Program, in which Virginia and Tajikistan have been partners since 2003.
Louisiana, Iowa Guard civil support teams train together
January 14, 2022
The Louisiana National Guard's 62nd Civil Support Team (CST) Weapons of Mass Destruction sets up a decontamination line as part of a joint simulated training exercise with the Iowa National Guard’s 71st CST in New Orleans, Jan. 11, 2022.
National Guard helps medical facilities with COVID-19 peak
January 14, 2022
Pvt. Aduyel Kusi, right, and Spc. Jake Casucci practice loading a wheeled-stretcher into an ambulance in Brockton, Mass., Dec. 28, 2021. The Massachusetts National Guard members are providing non-clinical assistance at medical facilities across the commonwealth during a COVID-19 surge.
Air Guard director meets Airmen at 123rd Airlift Wing
January 13, 2022
U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. A. Michael Loh, center, director of the Air National Guard, is briefed on the recent tornado-response operations of the 123rd Special Tactics Squadron during a tour at the Kentucky Air National Guard Base in Louisville, Kentucky, Jan. 8, 2022. Loh also held a town hall-style meeting and fielded questions from Kentucky Airmen.
Oregon Guard helps respond to COVID surge at 40 hospitals
January 13, 2022
Human resource specialist Sgt. Niki McCurdy from the 821 Troop Command Battalion, Oregon Army National Guard, assigns Soldiers to hospitals at the Anderson Readiness Center in Salem, Oregon, Jan. 12, 2022. By the end of January, more than 1,200 Citizen-Soldiers and Citizen-Airmen will be serving at 40 hospitals in the state facing a surge of COVID-19 cases.
Washington National Guard members respond to flooding
January 12, 2022
Members of the Washington National Guard respond to flooding Jan. 7, 2022, in Lewis County, Wash. The Guard members filled sandbags and provided other support.
Georgia National Guard assists with COVID-19 response
January 12, 2022
Georgia Army National Guard Sgt. Curtis Bing, a petroleum supply specialist with Foxtrot Company, 148th Brigade Support Battalion, 48th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, marks a vehicle as it enters a mass vaccination site April 13, 2021, in Savannah, Georgia.
Virginia National Guard to support governor’s inauguration
January 11, 2022
Virginia National Guard Soldiers and Airmen lead the parade at the inauguration of Dr. Ralph Northam as the 73rd governor of Virginia Jan. 13, 2018, in Richmond, Virginia. More than 200 Virginia National Guard and Virginia Defense Force personnel will support the inauguration of Glenn Youngkin as the 74th governor of Virginia in the state capital Jan. 15, 2022.