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NC Guard helps distribute more than 30,000 pounds of food
May 8, 2020
North Carolina Army National Guard Sgt. Melissa Jordan, assigned to 1-130 Attack Reconnaissance Battalion, 449th Theater Aviation Brigade, loads a box of food into a vehicle while helping Action Pathways’ Second Harvest Food Bank distribute food in Fayetteville May 7, 2020. More than 900 NCNG Soldiers and Airmen have been activated in response to COVID-19 relief efforts to help support their local communities.

28th ECAB Soldier a nurse for COVID-19 patients
May 8, 2020
U.S. Army Spc. Kylee Pavlick, combat medic with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 28th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade, Pennsylvania National Guard, stands in formation. Pavlick works full-time as a nurse at Geisinger Holy Spirit, a hospital near Harrisburg, and is caring for COVID-19 patients.

Air Guard Religious Support Team aids Javits Center mission
May 8, 2020
Air Force Chaplain (Lt. Col.) Jake Marvel, with the New York Air National Guard, gives Holy Communion to a U.S. Army Soldier at New York City’s Jacob K. Javits Convention Center on Easter Sunday. Marvel was mobilized to the alternate care facility in April as part of a Religious Support Team in response to COVID-19.

Washington National Guard welcomes first RTLI graduate
May 7, 2020
Private 1st Class Benjamin Gauthier, Bear Company, 3rd Battalion, 161st Infantry Regiment, in front of the Kent Armory after returning from Ranger School, Kent, Washington.

Arkansas Guard stays in touch with Guatemalan partners
May 7, 2020
The Arkansas National Guard held a videoconference with key military leaders from Guatemala on COVID-19 best practices and other issues May 6, 2020, as part of the State Partnership Program. The meeting was scheduled in March in Guatemala but was changed to a videoconference due to the coronavirus.

115th Fighter Wing team assists with mortuary operations
May 7, 2020
Master Sgt. Steven Ulrich instructs Wisconsin National Guard Soldiers and Airmen on mortuary affairs support in Whitewater, Wisconsin, April 8, 2020. Approximately 20 members of the Wisconsin National Guard Soldiers were trained to assist civilian mortuaries in response to COVID-19.

Indiana Guard Soldiers trade parachutes for sewing machines
May 7, 2020
Indiana National Guard Soldiers with the 338th Quartermaster Company make face masks in Columbus, Indiana, May 1, 2020. This unique mission is part of the Indiana National Guard’s ongoing COVID-19 response.

New Mexico National Guard delivers water by the truckload
May 7, 2020
A member of the New Mexico National Guard checks the purity of a truckload of water. Airmen and Soldiers of the New Mexico National Guard Joint Task Force are supplying food and water to New Mexico communities during the COVID-19 response mission.

Chinook helicopter unit set to deploy to Middle East
May 7, 2020
After a rainy morning a rainbow appears over the CH-47 Chinook helicopters during Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 168th General Support Aviation deployment ceremony at the Washington Army National Guard Army Aviation Support Facility at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, May 6, 2020. Bravo Company is set to deploy to the Middle East for the third time in 10 years.

Michigan Soldier invents Black Hawk door-gunnery simulator
May 7, 2020
Michigan Army National Guard Soldiers from the 3rd Battalion, 238th General Support Aviation Regiment, conduct M240 machine gun familiarization fire, using a Black Hawk crew chief door-gunnery simulator, Fort Custer Training Center, Augusta, Michigan, May 1, 2020.