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Connecticut Guard, Uruguay share COVID-19 best practices
April 15, 2020
Brig. Gen. Ralph Hedenberg, right, dual-status commander of forces in Connecticut, talks by videoconference with Karina Rando, head of the COVID-19 task force for the Uruguayan Ministry of Public Health, and Uruguayan Colonel Antonio Nunes, the military liaison to SINAE - the Uruguayan equivalent to FEMA, to share best practices for fighting COVID-19. The Connecticut Guard and Uruguay have a 20-year relationship under the National Guard's State Partnership Program.
Task Force Spartan works to protect Soldiers from COVID-19
April 13, 2020
Maj. Jean Kratzer of Task Force Spartan washes her hands at the entrance of a dining facility in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility. To help prevent the spread of COVID-19, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends washing your hands often with soap and water for at least 20 seconds. The CDC also recommends disinfecting frequently touched surfaces, avoiding close contact with those who are sick, covering coughs and sneezes with a tissue, cloth, or the inside of your elbow and observing social distancing.
NC National Guard sibling Soldiers reunite on deployment
April 10, 2020
U.S. Army Spc. Jacqueline Herzog stands next to her brother, Pfc. Jeremiah Herzog, in the Middle East while supporting Operation Spartan Shield, April 9, 2020. The North Carolina National Guard Soldiers were reunited after eight months of separation, just in time for Siblings Day, which is recognized on April 10.
KFOR RC-E commander delivers PPE to North and South Mitrovica
April 10, 2020
US-led Kosovo Force Regional-Command East Commander Col. Eric Riley, 41st Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Oregon Army National Guard, delivered personal protective equipment April 7, 2020, to North and South Mitrovica to help prevent the spread of COVID-19.
Alaska Army Guard’s 1-297th Infantry returns from Kosovo
April 7, 2020
Staff Sgt. Steven Finch, an infantryman assigned to Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 297th Infantry Regiment, Alaska Army National Guard, greets his loved ones at Ted Stevens International Airport, Apr. 4, 2020. Finch returned from a deployment to Kosovo for a NATO peacekeeping mission.
Nebraska Airmen deploy overseas
April 2, 2020
Airmen with the 155th Air Refueling Wing board a KC-135 Stratotanker, March 25, 2020, at the Nebraska National Guard air base in Lincoln for deployment to the U.S. Central Command area in support of overseas contingency operations.
38th Infantry Soldiers coming home
April 1, 2020
An Indiana National Guard Soldier with the 38th Infantry Division embraces her loved one in Indianapolis, March 31, 2020, after being deployed for nine months in the Middle East and spending two weeks in quarantine at Fort Hood, Texas. Despite having a non-traditional homecoming to adhere to social distancing standards Soldiers were still able to greet their families.
Air National Guard stays abreast of weather for 30th ABCT
March 27, 2020
U.S. Airmen from the North Carolina Air National Guard’s 156th Weather Flight, 145th Air Wing, in front of the 22nd Expeditionary Weather Squadron sign while deployed in the U.S. Army Central Command area of responsibility, March 19, 2020. The Airmen predicted a severe sandstorm in late February supporting the 30th Armored Brigade Combat Team.
6th annual Bersama Warrior exercise underway in Malaysia
March 12, 2020
Malaysia Armed Forces Joint Force Headquarters Chief of Staff Maj. Gen. Abd Malik bin Jiran officiates the opening ceremony of Bersama Warrior March 11, 2020, at the Malaysia Armed Forces Joint Force Headquarters in Kuala Lumpur. Also pictured, left to right, is U.S. Army U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, Pacific Warfighting Center Director Paul Tamaribuchi; 25th Infantry Division Commander Maj.Gen.James B. Jarrard; 12th Malaysian Infantry Brigade Commander Brig. Gen. Datuk Marzuki bin HJ Mokhtar; and Special Assistant to the Director of the Air National Guard Brig. Gen. Jill A. Lannan.
Competition and camaraderie: A Best Warrior partnership
March 10, 2020
Army Pfc. Maximilliano Estrada of the 71st Expeditionary Military Intelligence Brigade performs V-ups during the obstacle course portion of the Texas Military Department’s 2020 Best Warrior Competition March 5, 2020, at Camp Swift near Bastrop, Texas. Estrada, who began bleeding halfway through the event, refused to stop and completed the course.