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North Carolina National Guard cyber team on election duty
March 3, 2020
North Carolina National Guard cyber professionals, from left, Spc. Azaria Christian, Sgt. Michael Gibbs, Spc. Richard Glenn, Spc. Jose Zuniga, Spc. Mei Gerrans, 1st Lt. Joseph Muraguri and Chief Master Sgt. Randy Conner,  test equipment to protect the North Carolina electoral system from cyberattack before and during the "Super Tuesday" election March 3, 2020. They are part of the Guard's Cyber Security Response Force.

Alaska Guard trains in arctic survival, M17 pistol
March 3, 2020
Staff Sgt. Sean E. Davis, a member of 1st Battalion, 297th Infantry Regiment, based in Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, tests the new SIG Sauer M17 Army service pistol March 1, 2020, in the Yukon Training Area on Eielson Air Force Base as part of exercise Arctic Eagle 2020.

Kentucky’s cyber protection team wraps up first deployment
March 2, 2020
Members of the 175th Cyber Protection Team wrap up a year-long deployment to Fort Meade, Md., as part of Task Force Echo supporting cyberspace operations for U.S. Cyber Command.

PATRIOT exercise tests National Guard emergency response
March 2, 2020
U.S. Air Force medical personnel assigned to multiple Air National Guard units prepare equipment onboard a C-17 Globemaster departing for a joint medical evacuation exercise with Tampa, Florida, partners during Patriot South 2020 at the Gulfport Combat Readiness Training Center in Gulfport, Miss., Feb. 27, 2020.  PATRIOT is a domestic operations disaster-response training exercise conducted by National Guard units working with federal, state and local emergency management agencies and first responders.

Alaska Army Guard medic participates in Arctic Eagle 2020
March 2, 2020
Alaska Army National Guard Staff Sgt. Jeffrey Conner, a member of the 297th Infantry Battalion medical platoon, participated in Arctic Eagle 2020 at Fort Wainwright, Alaska, Feb. 25. Conner has been an Army Guard medic since 2010, and has worked as a firefighter for about 30 years.

Indiana’s 19th CERFP unit trains in Alaska for Arctic Eagle 2020
February 28, 2020
Service members conduct decontamination during the joint force exercise Arctic Eagle 2020 in Alaska. The Indiana National Guard is participating, alongside numerous civilian and federal agencies with approximately 900 other Air and Army National Guard members from 15 states Feb. 20 to March. 7.

Civil Support Team conducts CBRN training with agencies
February 28, 2020
So how do the participants of Exercise Arctic Eagle get around in the frigid, snowy conditions of the Arctic? One method is the Small Unit Support Vehicle, a full tracked, articulated vehicle designed to support infantry platoons and similar sized units during operations in Arctic and alpine conditions. The four individually driven tracks of the SUSV allow it to travel over deep and soft snow.

Rhode Island National Guard engineers test deployment readiness
February 27, 2020
Soldiers from the 861st Engineer Support Company, Rhode Island National Guard, participate in Task Force Spartan Jan. 9-29, 2020, at the Joint Readiness Training Center at Fort Polk, La. They provided a variety of force protection measures in support of friendly forces, which included constructing berms for artillery and anti-tank ditches and route clearance missions.

NY Air Guard's 109th Airlift Wing participates in Alaska exercises
February 26, 2020
An LC-130 "Skibird" operated by the New York Air National Guard's 109th Airlift Wing on a "skiway" snow runway on the Greenland Ice Cap during Exercise Polar Reach in 2019. Wing Airmen will build a skiway as part of exercises Arctic Edge and Arctic Eagle in Alaska February and March, 2020.

Thailand, US strengthen partnership with humanitarian civic action
February 26, 2020
National Guard Soldiers from the 176th Engineering Co., Snohomish, Wash., break up concrete alongside Thai nationals as part of Exercise Cobra Gold in Phitsanulok, Thailand, Feb. 24, 2020. The exercise emphasizes coordination on civic action, developing interoperability and unity of action in crisis contingencies.