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Washington Guard partners with Quinault Indian Nation
May 27, 2020
Senior Airman Nathan Kepple, left, a medic assigned to the 141st Air Refueling Wing Medical Group, tests Lia Frenchman for COVID-19 as her children watch at a site established by the Washington National Guard on the Quinault Indian Nation Reservation, Taholah, Wash., May 20, 2020.

Guard assists state health officials in COVID-19 mapping
May 27, 2020
Washington Air National Guard Maj. Brian Banke, a chaplain with the Western Air Defense Sector, functions as the training manager for the COVID-19 mapping mission for the Washington National Guard at the Washington State Department of Health (DOH) offices in Tumwater, Washington, May 15, 2020. The Washington National Guard is supporting the DOH to prevent the spread of the coronavirus as Washington prepares to move to reopening parts of the state.

WADS Airman sews 150 masks for Alabama hospital workers
May 19, 2020
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Rachel Yandon, a radio frequency transmission systems apprentice assigned to the 225th Support Squadron, Washington Air National Guard, wears a face mask like the ones she donated to mission essential personnel of the Western Air Defense Sector May 7, 2020.  Yandon also sewed and donated 150 masks to an Alabama hospital.

Whatever the disaster, Washington Guard answers the call
May 18, 2020
Chief Warrant Officer Mike Cairns talks with Sue Nystrom after rescuing her following the Mount St. Helens eruption on May 18, 1980. Nystrom was so moved by the actions of the National Guard that day she eventually joined the National Guard and served for 34 years.

Washington National Guard members build COVID-19 test kits
May 15, 2020
Washington National Guard Sgt. Kevin Probst, 1041st Transportation Company, puts an instruction sheet into the COVID-19 test kit at the Department of Health Warehouse in Tumwater, Washington, May 14, 2020.

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.

Nurses Week Spotlight: Capt. Eve Tanas, 30th ABCT, NC Guard
May 7, 2020
U.S. Army Capt. Eve Tanas, an Army nurse supporting Operation Spartan Shield in the Central Command area of responsibility, April 28, 2020. Tanas, assigned to the 230th Brigade Support Battalion, 30th Armored Brigade Combat Team, North Carolina National Guard, is recognized as a Soldier spotlight during National Nurses Week May 6-12, 2020.

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.

WADS Airmen support Food Lifeline COVID-19 response center
May 4, 2020
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Matthew Bradley, left, and U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Jeremiah Jensen, right, both assigned to the 225th Air Defense Squadron, prepare food boxes at the Food Lifeline COVID Response warehouse April 23, 2020, in Seattle. More than 250 members of the Washington National Guard are assigned to the warehouse to prepare, on average, 268 boxes an hour per line.

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.

Washington National Guard assisting food banks across state
April 23, 2020
Washington Army National Guard members pack boxes of food at the Food Lifeline temporary site in Seattle April 21, 2020. Members of the Washington Air and Army National Guard are supporting food banks around the state during the COVID-19 pandemic response.

Washington Guard brings COVID-19 testing to rural areas
April 17, 2020
Airmen deployed from the 141st Air Refueling Wing at Fairchild Air Force Base in Spokane prepare to start a shift in the testing tent at a COVID-19 community-based testing site in Aberdeen, Wash., April 16, 2020.

Guard linguists support COVID-19 response in Washington state
April 16, 2020
Staff Sgt. Aleksandr Kim, a cryptolinguist with Delta Company, 341st Military Intelligence Battalion, and Staff Sgt. Aleksandr Popov, a human intelligence collector with Alpha Company, 341st Military Intelligence Battalion, via video conference, talk with Russian instructors from the Joint Base Lewis-McChord Language And Culture Center at the Information Operations Readiness Center at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, March 7, 2020. The language training was part of the COVID-19 response in Washington state.

Guard supports local food banks as part of COVID-19 response
April 3, 2020
Master Sgt. Dustin McClure, Washington Army National Guard Recruiting and Retention Battalion, inventories canned food at the Issaquah Food Bank in Issaquah, Wash., April 2, 2020. Members of the Washington Air and Army National Guard are supporting food banks around the state during the COVID-19 pandemic.