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Colorado National Guard supports wildfire response
August 26, 2020
The Colorado National Guard is helping fight wildfires in the state in August 2020 with a CH-47 Chinook helicopter and two UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters, like these shown with aerial water buckets July 3, 2018, at Buckley Air Force Base, Aurora, Colorado.
National Guard Bureau welcomes new top enlisted member
August 25, 2020
The National Guard Bureau welcomed its new senior enlisted advisor during a change of responsibility ceremony at the Pentagon Aug. 25, 2020. Chief Master Sgt. Tony L. Whitehead becomes the first Black SEA for the NGB, succeeding retiring Command Sgt. Maj. Christopher Kepner.
156th Comm. Flight Airmen create innovative software
August 25, 2020
U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Luis Vega and Senior Airman Carlos Lopez, cybersecurity managers with the 156th Communications Flight, Puerto Rico Air National Guard, run software programs from a workstation at Muñiz Air National Guard Base, July 7, 2020.
Tennessee National Guard keeps fighting COVID-19
August 25, 2020
Tennessee National Guard Cpl. Samuel Ross performs a COVID-19 nasal swab at a drive-thru testing site in Cheatham County, April 3, 2020. The Guard has assisted the Department of Health in fighting COVID-19 since March.
FLNG Citizen-Airman tops 3,000 flight hours on CV-22 Osprey
August 25, 2020
Florida Air National Guard Lt. Col. Luke Sustman is the first Air Force pilot to log 3,000 flight hours in the CV-22 Osprey. He achieved the milestone Aug. 13, 2020, flying from Hurlburt Field east of Pensacola to the Jacksonville Air National Guard Base, where he is shown.
Michigan National Guard provides drive-thru COVID-19 testing
August 25, 2020
Soldiers from the Michigan National Guard were in Baldwin on Aug. 14, 2020, providing free drive-through COVID-19 testing. Medics from the Michigan National Guard’s Task Force 182 have been providing the testing throughout the state for three months.
Northern Lightning exercise concludes at Volk Field
August 25, 2020
An F-16 Fighting Falcon from the Wisconsin National Guard’s 115th Fighter Wing lands at Volk Field, Wisconsin, during the two-week Northern Lightning training exercise, which ended Aug. 21, 2020.
Oklahoma Guard Soldier aids man injured in car rollover
August 24, 2020
Spc. Clinton Fauss, right, a truck driver with 120th Forward Support Battalion, 120th Engineer Battalion, 90th Troop Command, Oklahoma Army National Guard, helped rescue Lee Harkin after his vehicle rolled into a ditch outside Tulsa, Oklahoma, Aug. 12, 2020.
National Guard helps fight California wildfires
August 24, 2020
California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection issued more than 270 California National Guard Soldiers protective gear to begin hand crew training at Camp Roberts Aug. 23, 2020, to support firefighting efforts. The Guard members will supplement CAL FIRE and Cal Guard’s Joint Task Force Rattlesnake hand crews deployed to key locations such as the Carmel Fire, Jones Fire, Hills Fire and others throughout the state.
Michigan Guard CST, fire department conduct HAZMAT training
August 24, 2020
The Michigan National Guard’s 51st Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support Team based out of Fort Custer Training Center in Augusta conducted hazardous materials training with the Grand Rapids Fire Department Aug. 12, 2020.