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VNG adapts to changing COVID-19 support missions
May 25, 2021
A Virginia National Guard Soldier vaccinates a citizen during a mobile COVID-19 vaccination clinic in Norfolk, Virginia. VNG teams are supporting a Federal Emergency Management Agency vaccine hub with mobile vaccination teams administering shots at satellite clinics in Hampton Roads.

NY National Guard honors Korean War MIA Soldier's return
May 25, 2021
New York Army National Guard Military Forces Honor Guard members Sgt. Stanley Paul, left, Staff Sgt. Joshua Sanzo, right, and Staff Sgt. Kenval Small, fold the flag as they render final honors to Korean War MIA Cpl. Clifford Johnson during his funeral ceremony May 20, 2021, at the Gerald B.H. Solomon Saratoga National Cemetery in Schuylerville, N.Y. Johnson returned home after more than 70 years listed as missing in action following his death in North Korea near the Chosin Reservoir in December 1950.

Eagle II Soars at Northern Edge 21
May 25, 2021
A U.S. Air Force F-15EX Eagle assigned to the 53rd Wing out of Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., takes off in support of Northern Edge 21 at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, May 12, 2021. Approximately 15,000 U.S. service members participated in a joint training exercise hosted by U.S. Pacific Air Forces May 3-14, 2021, on and above the Joint Pacific Alaska Range Complex, the Gulf of Alaska, and temporary maritime activities area.

NY National Guard continues staffing COVID vaccination sites
May 24, 2021
Tom Pescatore, 26, of Manhattan, New York, receives his second Pfizer vaccination from New York Air National Guard, Lt. Col. John Reynolds, a registered nurse assigned to the 105th Air Lift Wing 20, 2021.

NCNG Artillery Unit first to receive new M109A7 Paladin
May 24, 2021
Soldiers with the North Carolina National Guard’s 1st Battalion, 113th Field Artillery Regiment, fire newly fielded M109A7 Self-Propelled Howitzer Systems at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, May 20, 2021.

From the ground to the sky: Idaho’s joint fire exercise
May 24, 2021
The Idaho Army National Guard’s 2nd of the 116th Combined Arms Battalion and the Idaho Air National Guard’s 124th Air Support Operations Squadron and 190th Fighter Squadron joined forces from the ground to the sky in the large-scale joint training event on May 18 and 19, 2021.

Alaska Air National Guard rescue injured snow machiner
May 24, 2021
An HH-60G Pave Hawk from the 41st Rescue Squadron flies through the air during a rapid-rescue exercise, Nov. 3, 2016, near Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla.

National Guard security mission at U.S. Capitol concludes
May 23, 2021
National Guard Soldiers provide security outside the U.S. Capitol during the 59th Presidential Inauguration Jan. 20, as part of the National Guard’s Capitol Response security mission.

111th Med Group vaccinates wingmen, achieves top readiness
May 20, 2021
Pennsylvania Air National Guard Staff Sgt. Timi Jones, public affairs specialist for the 111th Attack Wing, ris vaccinated by Staff Sgt. Terrell Johnson, aerospace medical technician of the 111th Medical Group, at Biddle Air National Guard Base in Horsham, Pennsylvania, May 1, 2021.

New Jersey Guard Soldiers recognized for lifesaving actions
May 20, 2021
Col. Lisa J. Hou D.O., left, Interim Adjutant General, and State Command Sgt. Maj. Earnest Williams, right pose for a group photo with New Jersey Army National Guard Soldiers left to right, Spc. Kevin D. Tran, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 114th Infantry Regiment; Staff Sgt. Manuel C. Rodriguez, Alpha Battery, 3rd Battalion, 112th Field Artillery; Staff Sgt. Matthew L. Rehl, Bravo Battery, 3rd Battalion, 112th Field Artillery; Pfc. Daniel E. Magay, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 114th Infantry Regiment; Spc. Jason M. Vaccarella, Detachment 1, Headquarters Battery, 3rd Battalion, 112th Field Artillery, and Spc. Angel Ferreira-Fernandez, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 114th Infantry Regiment, after a ceremony at the COVID-19 Burlington County vaccination mega-site at Moorestown, N.J., May 19, 2021. The six Citizen-Soldiers with the 44th Infantry Brigade Combat Team performed life-saving measures when an individual went into cardiac arrest at the site Feb. 15. The Citizen-Soldiers are supporting the site’s healthcare workers by assisting in temperature screening, registering and guiding individuals through the various stations, and monitoring people after they received their vaccinations.