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Polish medical team, Illinois Guard side-by-side in COVID-19 response
May 1, 2020
Air Force Tech. Sgt. Adam Dyer, left, and Senior Airman Koami Kunakey, both assigned to the Illinois Air National Guard’s 182nd Airlift Wing, place beds in treatment cubicles at the McCormick Place Convention Center in Chicago while taking part in COVID-19 response efforts, April 11, 2020. Illinois National Guard members were assisted by a nine-person medical team from the Polish military. Since 1993, the Illinois Guard and the Polish military have been partners in the Department of Defense’s State Partnership Program.
Chaplains reach out to Cal Guard members fighting COVID-19
April 30, 2020
U.S. Air Force Maj. Edward Ganigan, center, a chaplain from the 163d Attack Wing, California Air National Guard, prays for soldiers of the California Army National Guard’s 315th Vertical Construction Company and staff members of the FIND Desert Regional Food Bank in Indio, California, April 29, 2020.
New York Guard and South African chaplains share ideas
April 30, 2020
New York Air National Guard Chaplain (Lt. Col.) Jacob Marvel conducts Easter Mass for service members at the Javits Convention Center in New York City while following social distancing guidelines April 12, 2020. New York Army and Air National Guard chaplains, like their counterparts in the South African National Defence Force, are focused on providing religious opportunities and counseling to troops involved in efforts to contain the COVID-19 pandemic.
Iowa State grads dominate National Guard COVID-19 task force
April 30, 2020
Capt. Theodore Knust, personnel officer at the 734th Regional Support Group, participates in a briefing at the Task Force Central command post in Johnston April 29, 2020. Knust received his commission with the Cyclone Battalion at the Iowa State University Reserve Officers’ Training Corps program more than 10 years ago. Now he’s working alongside seven other former Cyclones during the Iowa National Guard’s response to COVID-19.
KC-135 boom operator supports Washington food banks
April 29, 2020
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. David Stefaniak, a boom operator with the Washington Air National Guard's 116th Air Refueling Squadron, sorts food at the Issaquah Food Bank April 15, 2020. Stefaniak is supporting multiple food banks in the Puget Sound area as part of the state's COVID-19 response.
Dogs ease stress for COVID-19 response troops in New York
April 29, 2020
Spc. Amber Freeman from Kingston, N.Y., assigned to the New York Army National Guard, poses for a picture and pets Sophie, a Labrador retriever service dog provided by Puppies Behind Bars in New York City, April 23, 2020. Puppies Behind Bars is a nonprofit organization that trains prison inmates to raise service dogs for wounded war veterans and first responders, as well as explosive-detection canines for law enforcement.
NY National Guard Soldier beats COVID-19 and joins the fight
April 28, 2020
Army Warrant Officer Christopher Gallant, assigned to Bravo Company, 3rd Battalion, 142nd Aviation, New York Army National Guard, tested positive for COVID-19 in March, recovered, and is working as the safety officer at the Javits New York Medical Station in New York April 21, 2020.
Cal Guard's 40th ID honors WWII veteran on 105th birthday
April 28, 2020
Retired U.S. Army Lt. Col. Sam Sachs watches a parade from his front porch during a celebration in honor of his 105th birthday in Lakewood, California, April 26, 2020. Sachs was an officer with the 325th Glider Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, and landed his glider on the beaches of Normandy during D-Day.
NY's 42nd Infantry Division liberated Dachau 75 years ago
April 27, 2020
An American Soldier is surrounded by survivors at the newly liberated Dachau concentration camp, April 29, 1945, in Dachau, Germany. American Soldiers of the U.S. 7th Army, including members of the 42nd Infantry and 45th Infantry and 20th Armored Divisions, participated in the camp’s liberation.
Michigan Guard finding new ways to recruit in COVID-19 era
April 27, 2020
Sgt. First Class Jason Brautigam, left, and Staff Sgt. Michael Perry, recruiting and retention noncommissioned officers, Michigan Army National Guard, conduct a question-and-answer session via the internet due to social distancing restrictions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, Dowagiac, Michigan, April 24, 2020.