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Connecticut Guard delivers more than 102,000 test kits
December 11, 2020
Spc. Devin Turchetta, 1048th Medium Truck Company, verifies COVID-19 antigen test kit delivery information with a health center worker at Loomis Chaffee School in Windsor, Connecticut, Dec. 11, 2020. The Connecticut National Guard delivered 102,280 kits to 212 nursing homes in one week in support of a Connecticut Department of Public Health effort to maximize testing availability and efficiency for people living in congregate settings.

24/7 Guard coordination center key for domestic ops success
December 11, 2020
National Guard members monitor Guard activity stemming from Hurricane Florence at the National Guard Coordination Center in Arlington, Virginia, Sept. 16, 2018. In 2020, the NGCC helped coordinate response activities with federal agency partners to ensure Guard units had what they needed to support local and state authorities during the coronavirus pandemic, civil unrest, cyber events and natural disasters.

NJ gunnery range hosts State Partnership JTAC training
December 10, 2020
A U.S. Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II, from the 104th Fighter Squadron of the 175th Wing, Maryland Air National Guard, flies over the Warren Grove Gunnery Range, in Warren Grove, N.J., on Dec. 3, 2020. Joint Terminal Attack Controllers from Estonia and the 146th Air Support Operations Squadron, Oklahoma Air National Guard, conducted close air support training under the State Partnership Program.

Guam, Hawaii share COVID best practices with the Philippines
December 10, 2020
Lt. Col. James Faumuina, 154th Medical Group, Detachment 1 commander and 1st Lt Gloria Choo, international health specialist, State Partnership Program, talk during a virtual COVID-19 subject matter expert exchange between the Armed Forces of the Philippines and the Guam and Hawaii National Guard, Honolulu, Hawaii, Dec 1, 2020.

177th Fighter Wing named Air Force Outstanding Unit
December 10, 2020
U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jeffrey J. Raine, an aircraft armament weapons loader with the New Jersey Air National Guard's 177th Fighter Wing, signals to an F-16C Fighting Falcon before launch at the Air Dominance Center in Savannah, Georgia, March 9, 2018. The 177th FW participated in an air-to-air training exercise to sharpen air combat capabilities and accomplish multiple training upgrades.

54th Security Forces Assistance Brigade advises US partners
December 9, 2020
Company commanders and first sergeants stand in front of their formations during the 1st Battalion, 54th Security Force Assistance Brigade activation ceremony at Fort Benning, Georgia, June 25, 2020.

Ohio Guard partners with state to plan vaccine distribution
December 8, 2020
Ohio Air National Guard Senior Master Sgt. Gregory Sprowls explains the process of receiving and repacking COVID-19 vaccines. Sprowls, an air transportation specialist with the 121st Air Refueling Wing in Columbus, Ohio, said his military skills have helped in working with partners from the Ohio Department of Health to develop the logistics plan for the vaccines the state will soon have at its Receive, Store and Stage warehouse.

INNG, agencies partner to ship critical COVID-19 supplies
December 8, 2020
The Indiana National Guard and state agency partners helped ship millions of items of personal protective equipment and respirators throughout the Hoosier state and to Indiana hospitals with the most urgent needs to help combat the coronavirus pandemic from March to Dec. 1, 2020.

Alaska Air National Guard Airmen rescue snowmachiner
December 8, 2020
A UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter crew conducts hoist training to maintain proficiency in July 2020.

Minnesota Guard finds meaningful work in long-term care
December 7, 2020
Soldiers and Airmen from the Minnesota National Guard participated in temporary nurse's aide training at Camp Ripley, Minnesota, on Dec. 3, 2020, to prepare for a mission to assist at long-term care facilities as part of the state's COVID-19 response.