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RING sends humanitarian aid to the Bahamas and Timor-Leste
May 19, 2020
U.S. Air National Guard Airmen from the 143d Airlift Wing Civil Engineering Squadron participate in a subject matter expert exchange with the Royal Bahamian Defence Force at Coral Harbour Base, Nassau, The Bahamas, March 11, 2019. The exchange takes place as part of the Rhode Island National Guard’s partnership with the Commonwealth of The Bahamas through the State Partnership Program. Rhode Island has been partnered with The Bahamas since 2005.
Cal National Guard welder sews face masks to combat COVID-19
May 14, 2020
U.S. Army Sgt. Edwin Rodriguez, a welder at the California National Guard's combined support maintenance shop, sews face masks for other Soldiers on a vintage sewing machine, April 23, 2020, inside the Long Beach, California, facility. Rodriguez found and repaired two of the shop's three vintage sewing machines before putting his civilian skills as a former upholstery technician to work sewing masks.
Cal Guard member's civilian skills get troops to missions
May 14, 2020
U.S. Army Spc. Koby Riggan, a radio technician with the California Army National Guard’s 270th Military Police Company, works on a Humvee, April 28, 2020, at the Cal Guard's Field Maintenance Shop 22, in Sacramento. The Cal Guard has been using these vehicles to support humanitarian missions throughout the state.
Maj. Tori Scearbo: NH Air National Guard's guardian angel
May 13, 2020
U.S. Air Fore Maj. Tori Scearbo, a 157th Medical Group, Det. 1 CERFP nurse, New Hampshire Air National Guard, at her civilian job as a critical care nurse at Portsmouth Hospital, April 26, 2020. Scearbo has been taking care of people with COVID-19.
Michigan National Guard base wins DOD environmental award
May 12, 2020
Environmental staff and contractors assigned to Fort Custer Training Center (FCTC), Michigan Army National Guard, conduct prescribed burns at FCTC in Augusta Oct. 24, 2019, to push back invasive species and stimulate growth in native prairie plants. Prescribed fire is one way Fort Custer preserves, protects and restores environmental quality and promotes ecofriendly stewardship.
Pennsylvania Guard Soldiers honored for aiding crash victim
May 12, 2020
Pennsylvania National Guard Soldiers Pfc. Alyssa Cinquemani, a Black Hawk helicopter mechanic, and Cpl. Christopher Eppler, a wheeled-vehicle mechanic, stopped to render first aid to a motorcycle crash victim along Interstate 78 near Fort Indiantown Gap May 1, 2020.They were recognized for their actions with a coin presentation by Command Sgt. Maj. Harry Buchanan III, the Pennsylvania National Guard’s senior enlisted leader.
Massachusetts Air Guard Mom on Mission
May 10, 2020
Mother and daughter hug sitting on the floor while mother puts boots on for work.
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.
Nursing and the National Guard run in this family
May 7, 2020
Capt. John Fansega, his daughter, Spc. Mikenzy Fansega, and his son, Spc. Noah Anderson, serve together in the Iowa National Guard. John is a civilian nurse and Mikenzy and Noah are in nursing school.
Former MLB pitcher reflects on National Guard career
May 6, 2020
Left to right: Staff Sgt. Geoff Zahn, Senior Master Sgt. Thomas Reed and Airman 1st Class Gary Martz during their promotion ceremony. Zahn and Martz both played professional baseball and served in the Washington Air National Guard.