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NY, California, Texas wings compete in load off training
August 19, 2020
Weapons crews from Texas and California traveled to the 174th Attack Wing at Hancock Field Air National Guard Base in New York for a training competition with New York Air National Guard Airmen Aug. 10-13, 2020.

Tribes, Nevada Guard combine efforts for COVID-19 testing
August 19, 2020
Senior Airman Kayla Warner, 152nd Airlift Wing, Nevada Air National Guard, collects COVID-19 test samples at a community-based collection site (CBCS) at the Reno-Sparks Indian Colony in Reno, Nevada, July 24, 2020. The Nevada National Guard CBCS team staffed 27 mobile collection sites across Nevada in June and July, including 10 on tribal land.

124th ASOS ascends new heights during rescue training
August 19, 2020
Special warfare tactical air control party Airmen from the 124th Air Support Operations Squadron along with two A-10 Thunderbolt II’s from the 190th Fighter Squadron conduct cliffside search and rescue training with members of the Idaho Mountain Search and Rescue team and the Navy’s Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron Four from North Island Naval Air Station, California, in McCall, Idaho, Aug. 13, 2020.

NY Army Guard Soldiers win NE Best Warrior 3rd straight year
August 19, 2020
New York Army National Guard Staff Sgt. Matthew Ortiz, right, who finished first in the noncommissioned officer division at the Army Guard Northeast Best Warrior Competition at Camp Ethan Allen in Jericho, Vermont, receives his award from Vermont Army National Guard Command Sgt. Maj. Nathan Chipman, Aug. 16, 2020. Ortiz is the third New York Army National Guard NCO in a row to win this award.

Iowa National Guard members clear debris in wake of derecho
August 19, 2020
Staff Sgt. Jerad Keegan, 185th Air Refueling Wing Civil Engineering Squadron, Iowa Air National Guard, uses a chain saw to clear downed trees in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Aug. 18, 2020. Extremely high winds uprooted trees and caused widespread structural damage and power outages throughout Southeast Iowa.

NY Army Guard aviators modernize with new high-tech aircraft
August 19, 2020
A new UH-60M Black Hawk helicopter assigned to the New York Army National Guard's 3rd Battalion, 142nd Aviation Regiment, comes in to land at their flight facility in Ronkonkoma, N.Y., Aug. 18, 2020. The UH-60M is the most current version of the Black Hawk and offers more efficient rotor blades, glass cockpit, improved engines, flight controls and aircraft navigation.

Michigan National Guard conducts COVID-19 testing, training
August 18, 2020
The Michigan National Guard helped the Allegann County Health Department at a free COVID-19 testing event Aug. 8, 2020, by performing the nasal swabs that are part of the tests.

Wisconsin Guard endures desert training, COVID adjustments
August 18, 2020
Members of the Wisconsin Army National Guard’s 1158th Transportation Company at the National Training Center, Fort Irwin, Calif., in early August 2020. The Soldiers supported the Minnesota Army National Guard’s 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, part of the 34th Division.

NY Guard's 109th firefighters ready for fast-water rescues
August 18, 2020
Airmen from the 109th Airlift Wing Fire Department are part of the Flood Incident Response Strike Team, Task Force 2, New York.

Iowa National Guard helps with derecho cleanup
August 18, 2020
Iowa National Guard Soldiers with the 831st Engineer Company
worked Aug. 15-16, 2020, to clear downed trees to reach a substation that supplies power to parts of Cedar Rapids. An Aug. 10 derecho caused widespread damage in the area.