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DCNG hosts Burkina Faso military attaché in SPP visit
April 2, 2021
Maj. Gen. William J. Walker, commanding general of the District of Columbia National Guard, Brig. Gen. Aaron R. Dean II, adjutant general, and other senior leaders hosted a bilateral engagement with Colonel Major Rémi Jean de Dieu Kaboré, defense, military and air attaché of the Embassy of Burkina Faso March 30, 2021. The DCNG and Burkina Faso are partners under the National Guard's State Partnership Program.
Michigan, Latvia strengthen partnership in virtual workshop
April 2, 2021
The Michigan National Guard and Latvia strengthened their partnership under the National Guard Bureau's State Partnership Program with a virtual workshop March 15-19, 2021. U.S. military public affairs professionals from Michigan, Illinois, New Jersey and Washington joined with counterparts from the Republic of Latvia to sharpen their skills as media content creators.
Michigan Guard vaccinates more than 323,000 in 90 days
April 1, 2021
U.S. Army Spc. Shaquondre Berry, combat medic, Michigan Medical Detachment, Michigan Army National Guard, draws a COVID-19 vaccine during a vaccination clinic March 24, 2021, at Joint Forces Headquarters in Lansing, Michigan. The clinic provided vaccines to approximately 250 Department of Defense personnel and other Tricare eligible recipients.
Wisconsin National Guard troops support COVID vaccinations
April 1, 2021
Wisconsin National Guard members assist with mobile vaccination team operations March 10, 2021, in Greendale, Wis. Citizen-Soldiers and -Airmen from the Wisconsin National Guard have helped local health departments administer more than 60,000 vaccinations across Wisconsin since establishing the first mobile vaccination teams in late January.
Alaska's 176th Wing prepares mobile rescue operations center
March 31, 2021
Alaska Air National Guard Staff Sgt. Preston Fernandez, a radio frequency transmission systems technician with 176th Communications Flight, installs a satellite communications antenna March 22, 2021, at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska. The SATCOM antenna is part of the 176th Wing’s Mobile Rescue Operations Center, a rapidly deployable command-and-control suite that supports rescue operations.
MING assists large-scale vaccination clinic at fairgrounds
March 31, 2021
Michigan Army National Guard Pfc. Julio Mendez, a combat medic, administers the COVID-19 vaccine to a resident at the county fairgrounds in Adrian, Michigan, March 19, 2021. Michigan National Guard members are working with local health care officials to vaccinate Michiganders.
14th CST all-hazards response team is ready and relevant
March 31, 2021
Sgt. Dan Pyo of the 14th Civil Support Team assists teammate Sgt. Justin Madore during a training exercise at the Eastern States Exposition Center in West Springfield, Mass., on March 25, 2021. The Training Proficiency Evaluation is led by U.S. Army North for a CST to validate their training and equipment every 18 months.
Rescue squadrons train in Idaho exercise
March 30, 2021
Members from 11 rescue squadrons with HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopters participated in Spud Smoke 21at the Orchard Combat Training Center in Boise, Idaho, March 8-28, 2021. The exercise focused on the weapons employment fundamentals and dynamic threat environments.
Task Force Phoenix trains at North Fort Hood for deployment
March 29, 2021
Staff Sgt. Jose Bulow, a flight medic with Golf Company, 1st Battalion, 168th Aviation Regiment (General Support Aviation Battalion), is hoisted into a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter, March 26, 2021, at North Fort Hood, Texas, as part of training before a 9-month mission to the Middle East. Golf Company is attached to Task Force Phoenix, led by the California Army National Guard's 40th Combat Aviation Brigade.
Michigan National Guard medic saves nurse at vaccine clinic
March 29, 2021
Army Sgt. Christian Grow, a combat medic assigned with the Michigan National Guard’s Task Force Red Lion COVID-19 Vaccination Testing Team, performed the Heimlich maneuver to save a choking nurse, Jacqueline Goldstein, during a COVID-19 vaccination clinic in Novi, Michigan, March 20, 2021.