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112th COS, Lithuania adapt with 1st remote SPP exercise
September 25, 2020
Members of the 112th Cyberspace Operations Squadron at Horsham Air Guard Station conduct a training exercise on Sept. 23, 2020, during a week-long remote cybersecurity exercise in Peraskie, Pennsylvania. Exercise Amber Mist, which normally takes place in Lithuania, was conducted remotely for the first time due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Michigan National Guard offers free COVID-19 testing
September 25, 2020
Members of the Michigan Air National Guard work during a drive-thru COVID-19 testing event in Sturgis, Mich., Sept. 22, 2020. The Michigan National Guard has partnered with state agencies to provide no-cost tests to Michigan residents.
Kansas Guard expands wildland firefighting capabilities
September 25, 2020
Chris Hanson, right, district fire management officer with the Kansas Forest Service, monitors a controlled burn with a Kansas National Guard student during the Wildland Firefighting Red Card Certification Course at the Great Plains Regional Training Center in Salina Sept. 17, 2020.
Cyber Shield 2020 tests Washington Guard cyber professionals
September 24, 2020
Ten members of the Washington National Guard, shown at Camp Murray, Wash., Sept. 22, 2020, took part in the Cyber Shield 2020 virtual cybersecurity exercise involving more than 800 National Guard Soldiers and Airmen from around the United States.
Turning brass into cash: Recycling program boosts revenue
September 24, 2020
Boxes of expended brass shell casings await recycling at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pa., in this 2017 file photo.
Red Arrow veteran killed in WWII finally receives headstone
September 24, 2020
Members of a Wisconsin National Guard color guard with Battery C, 1st Battalion, 120th Field Artillery, salute during a headstone dedication ceremony for Staff Sgt. Walter A. Schaller Sept. 10, 2020, at Holy Cross Cemetery in Milwaukee. Schaller joined the Wisconsin Army National Guard's 32nd Division on April 29, 1941, and was killed in New Guinea on Feb. 20, 1944. He was buried in an unmarked grave at the cemetery in 1949 until a local historian discovered it through research.
Cyber Shield 2020 features fully virtual training exercise
September 24, 2020
Ohio Army National Guard personnel with Detachment 2, U.S. Army Cyber Protection Team 172, work during the unit’s validation as part of Cyber Shield 20, Sept. 17, 2020, in Columbus, Ohio. The annual Cyber Shield is underway on networks across the nation, with more than 800 National Guard Soldiers and Airmen from more than 40 states signed in for the virtual training Sept. 12-27.
Ohio National Guard food bank support extends to December
September 24, 2020
Joint Task Force members load food into civilian vehicles in Springfield, Ohio, Aug. 5, 2020. Since March members of the Ohio National Guard have been assisting at food banks across Ohio.
EOC provides behind-the-scenes support during Oregon fires
September 23, 2020
Guardsmen from the 142nd Wing work in the Emergency Operation Center in support of Operation Plan Smokey at the Portland Air National Guard Base, Ore., Sept. 18, 2020. The EOC team communicates with the Oregon Joint Operation Center to provide emergency management for scenarios such as wildfires.
Kansas, Armenian military leaders join in SPP exchange
September 23, 2020
The command team from 2nd Combined Arms Battalion, 137th Infantry Regiment, including Lt. Col. Rodney Seaba, battalion commander, center left, and Command Sgt. Maj. Paul Purdham, battalion command sergeant major, center right, joined Sgt. 1st Class Gabriel Bailey, International Affairs Operations noncommissioned officer, left, and Maj. Marci Solander, Kansas National Guard State Partnership Program director, right, in a virtual SPP exchange Sept. 8-10 with students attending the Senior Leaders Course in the Republic of Armenia. The course was conducted at the Armenian Ministry of Defense’s National Defense Research University, the Armenian equivalent of the U.S. Army War College.