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Michigan Guard conducts free COVID tests on Mackinac Island
September 4, 2020
A Michigan National Guard medic tests a Mackinac Island worker for COVID-19. The Guard and the county health department provided free walk-thru testing for all residents and seasonal workers on the island Aug. 26, 2020.
Louisiana Guard provides water to Hurricane Laura volunteers
September 4, 2020
Louisiana National Guard members with A Company, 199th Brigade Support Battalion, 256th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, are providing and maintaining clean, potable water Sept. 2, 2020, to volunteers in Lake Charles, Louisiana, who are helping clean up damage caused by Hurricane Laura.
Mattis swears in new Guard member in Marine2Guard program
September 4, 2020
Cpl. Eduardo Bello-Resendiz is enlisted in the U.S. Army National Guard as retired Gen. Jim Mattis, former defense secretary, administers his oath of enlistment Aug. 18, 2020. He transitioned services through the National Guard’s Marine2Guard program, which helps Marines ending their active duty enlistments transition into the Army National Guard.
W.Va. Guardsman graduates Arabic course in Qatar
September 3, 2020
Capt. Allen Paul Jordan, the West Virginia National Guard’s State Partnership Program – Qatar bilateral affairs officer, with Qatari Brig. Gen. Sultan Mohammed Sultan Al Shawani, multilingual school commander, following his completion of a three-week basic Arabic course offered at the Qatar Armed Forces Language Institute in Al Sheehaniya, Qatar.
Nebraska hosts 1st All Guard Endurance Team time trials
September 3, 2020
Sgt. 1st Class Christopher Wittig, Kansas Army National Guard, runs after tunneling through a wet culvert, Aug. 30, 2020, at the Greenlief Training Site, near Hastings, Nebraska, during the inaugural All Guard Endurance Team time trials.
Guard Soldiers succeed in ‘toughest places'
September 3, 2020
Gen. James C. McConville, the Army's chief of staff, praises the National Guard during a speech to the U.S. National Guard Association's annual conference Aug. 28, 2020.
Vermont Guard distributes test kits, PPE before school starts
September 2, 2020
Airman 1st Class Brett Woods from the 158th Fighter Wing, Vermont Air National Guard, maneuvers a forklift at the Strategic National Stockpile Warehouse, Aug. 27, 2020. Airmen are helping distribute personal protective equipment and COVID-19 test kits to schools throughout the state.
Idaho Guard uses electric bike at Gowen Field
September 2, 2020
Idaho National Guard Staff Sgt. Daniel Walters, chief dispatcher of ground transportation with the 124th Logistics Readiness Squadron, drives an Elf Solo electric bicycle, Aug. 13, 2020, Gowen Field, Boise, Idaho. The solar-powered bike was purchased to make small deliveries at Gowen Field.
At-risk young people get 2nd chance with Texas Guard's help
September 2, 2020
Pfc. Luis Lopez of the Texas National Guard Joint Counterdrug Task Force instructs cadets on drill and ceremony at the Texas ChalleNGe Academy in Eagle Lake, Texas. Service members, staff and students took precautions and measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19 while giving at-risk young people opportunities not afforded to them previously.
California National Guard prepares to go green
September 2, 2020
Concept drawing of the new California Military Department's energy efficient Consolidated Headquarters Complex in Rancho Cordova, California, which is on track for completion in the summer of 2021.