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June 1950: The Georgia National Guard and the Korean War
June 23, 2020
Georgia National Guard Capt. Barney Casteel at the controls of the first F-84 Thunderjet assigned to the 128th Fighter Squadron. On Jan 21, 1952, while assigned to the 136th Bomber Wing, Casteel was killed conducting an armed reconnaissance mission north of Pyongyang, North Korea. He was the last Georgia Air National Guard pilot killed in Korea.
West Virginia field artillery unit resumes normal training
June 23, 2020
A crew member of the West Virginia National Guard’s 1st Battalion, 201st Field Artillery (FA), in an M109 A6 Paladin Self-Propelled Howitzer at Camp Dawson, Kingwood, West Virginia, June 14, 2020. The 201st FA is conducting Field Artillery Tables 1-5 pre-certification qualifications.
Texas National Guard medics conduct COVID-19 antibody tests
June 22, 2020
U.S. Army Spc. Maritssa Quintanilla, a combat medic specialist assigned to Operation Guardian Support, draws blood from a Soldier at the Weslaco Armory in Weslaco, Texas, June 19, 2020. Service members who were exposed to someone who tested positive to coronavirus had the opportunity to get a COVID-19 antibody test.
NCNG provides food, hope to schoolkids
June 22, 2020
Spc. Amber Cohen, assigned to the 449th Theatre Aviation Brigade, distributes meals prepared at Elizabethtown Middle School, to schoolkids in Bladen County, N.C., May 26, 2020. The NCNG is working with North Carolina Emergency Management, N.C. Department of Health and Human Services and food banks to help support COVID-19 relief efforts.
Colorado National Guard assists with election cyber defense
June 22, 2020
Members of the Colorado National Guard's Task Force Cyber help Colorado Secretary of State Wayne W. Williams monitor network traffic and advise Chief Information Officer Trevor Timmons Nov. 6, 2018. The Guard will once again be helping to protect the elections against cyberattack in June and November 2020.
Multiple services come together under dual-status command
June 22, 2020
U.S. Army Soldiers, assigned to Joint Task Force New York, are thanked by medical staff during a farewell ceremony at Elmhurst Medical Center in Brooklyn June 3, 2020.
West Virginia Guard completes 100 days of COVID-19 response
June 22, 2020
Col. Bill Annie, 167th Mission Support Group commander, is tested for COVID-19 by 167th Medical Group medical technician Tech. Sgt. Kristin Ganley, as Tech. Sgt. Taryn Burkhart, also a medical technician, waits to collect the sample at the 167th Airlift Wing, Martinsburg, West Virginia, June 11, 2020. Airmen returned to base for the first unit training assembly in two months, after training was canceled in April and May because of COVID-19 precautions.
North Carolina Guard conducts airborne operations
June 19, 2020
A Soldier with the North Carolina Army National Guard drifts toward a field at the Stanley County Regional Airport, New London, North Carolina, June 18, 2020. Soldiers with the 403rd Quartermaster Rigger Support Team and B Company, 3rd Battalion, 20th Special Forces Group, were supported by a Black Hawk helicopter team from the 449th Theater Aviation Brigade to perform static-line airborne operations.
Indiana National Guard helps with COVID-19 study
June 19, 2020
Indiana National Guard members assist Indiana University researchers and the Indiana State Department of Health with the second wave of the IU Fairbanks COVID-19 study, Wednesday, June 3, 2020. The data gathered from the study is integral to Gov. Eric Holcomb's "Back on Track" initiative.
National Guard faces pivotal time, CNGB nominee Hokanson says
June 19, 2020
Lt. Gen. Daniel Hokanson, nominated May 4, 2020, to be the next chief of the National Guard Bureau, accompanies Gen. James C. McConville, vice chief of staff of the Army, to Fort Pickett, Virginia, July 19, 2019, to see Soldiers of the Virginia National Guard’s 116th IBCT training in preparation for their Joint Readiness Training Center rotation.