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177th Fighter Wing ends New Jersey COVID-19 response mission
August 12, 2020
An image of U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jamal N. Roy, a 177th Maintenance Squadron aircrew egress systems specialist
New Jersey National Guard runs courses simultaneously
July 24, 2020
U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Dana Eustace, a Soldier attending the 254th Regional Training Institute’s RQ-11B Raven course, assembles aircraft parts during their capstone field training exercise on Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., July 22, 2020.
New Jersey National Guard supports primary election
July 8, 2020
U.S. Army Spc. Janerah W. Glaze, left, and Spc. Marie F. Mathurin, both with the 253rd Transportation Company, New Jersey Army National Guard, prepare provisional ballot bags at the superintendent of elections, Atlantic County, Northfield, N.J., July 7, 2020. More than 100 New Jersey Army National Guard Soldiers assisted election officials in seven counties by performing duties related to the state’s Primary Election.
21st WMD-CST test PPE to protect Guard, medical staff
May 20, 2020
A New Jersey National Guard Soldier, 21st Weapons of Mass Destruction-Civil Support Team (WMD-CST), conducts a mask fitting test for an Airman at a long-term care facility, Andover N.J., May 8, 2020. The WMD-CST has been training Soldiers and Airmen on proper ways to wear personal protective equipment during the COVID-19 relief effort.
Resiliency task force supports NJ National Guard members
May 14, 2020
U.S. Army Chaplain Capt. Damon Missouri speaks with leadership at the Bergen Community College COVID-19 testing site in Paramus, N.J., May 7, 2020. Missouri is part of a task force created to support Guard members and their families during these stressful times.
New Jersey Airman connects residents to families at vet home
May 12, 2020
U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Bernabe Aguero, from the 177th Fighter Wing, New Jersey National Guard, shows the challenge coin presented to him by New Jersey State Command Chief Master Sgt. Michael Rakauckas at the New Jersey Veterans Home at Paramus, N.J., May 7, 2020.
New Jersey National Guard members help feed veterans
May 11, 2020
U.S. Army Spc. David Siegel, an infantryman with Charlie Company, 2nd Battalion, 113th Infantry Regiment, New Jersey Army National Guard, prepares utensils for residents at the New Jersey Veterans Home at Paramus in Paramus, N.J., May 1, 2020. More than 120 New Jersey National Guard Soldiers and Airmen are assisting the home’s staff in caring for the residents during the COVID-19 crisis.
NJ National Guard makes a difference in the kitchen
May 8, 2020
U.S. Army Spc. Kyla Bowman, left, culinary specialist, Foxtrot Company, 250th Brigade Support Battalion, New Jersey Army National Guard, prepares a Stromboli while Head Cook Casie Smickle observes at Veterans Haven North, Glen Gardner, N.J., April 30, 2020. Five New Jersey National Guard Soldiers and three Airmen are assisting the kitchen staff, which is responsible for preparing 2,400 meals a day for residents of the Haven and the Hunterdon Developmental Center.
NJ Guard, active-duty troops set up COVID-19 ops center
May 6, 2020
U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer 2 Timothy Jardinico works in the New Jersey National Guard’s Joint Operations Center in the Homeland Security Center of Excellence, Lawrenceville, N.J., April 22, 2020. New Jersey Soldiers and Airmen, as well as active duty Air Force and Coast Guard members and civilians from U.S. Northern Command are working together in the center to support the state’s response efforts to COVID-19.
Joint Operations Center coordinates NJ COVID-19 response
April 27, 2020
U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Kimberly Kaminski, with the 108th Wing, in the New Jersey National Guard’s Joint Operations Center in the Homeland Security Center of Excellence, Lawrenceville, N.J., April 22, 2020. New Jersey Soldiers and Airmen and active duty military members and civilians from U.S. Northern Command are working together in the center to support the state’s response efforts to COVID-19.
177th FW sews face masks for mission-essential personnel
April 10, 2020
U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Michael R. Ottaviano, 177th Fighter Wing, volunteers to prepare fabric for face masks April 8, 2020, in the Aircrew Flight Equipment shop at the New Jersey Air National Guard Base. The 177th AFE shop is sewing and distributing face masks for mission-essential personnel.
NJ Guard Task Force sets up medical station in Meadowlands
April 8, 2020
New Jersey Air National Guard Capt. Sara Kucharski, a physician assistant with the 108th Medical Group, briefs civilian volunteers arriving at the field medical station (FMS) at the Meadowlands Exposition Center, Secaucus, N.J., April 6, 2020. The New Jersey National Guard medical staff is helping state and local officials operate the FMS in a COVID-19 relief effort.
New Jersey Air National Guard supports COVID-19 test site
April 6, 2020
Medical staff process a patient sample at a COVID-19 testing site at the PNC Bank Arts Center in Holmdel, N.J., March 23, 2020. Airmen from the New Jersey Air National Guard’s 108th Wing and 177th Fighter Wing are providing security and traffic control at the site. This photo has been edited to remove personal information.
NJ Guard's 177th Fighter Wing still flying during pandemic
April 6, 2020
A U.S. Air Force F-16C Fighting Falcon takes off April 1, 2020, at the 177th Fighter Wing, Egg Harbor Township, N.J. The 177th FW continued flying to maintain worldwide combat-readiness and homeland defense during the COVID-19 pandemic.
NJ Guard helps state, local officials with COVID-19 response
March 26, 2020
New Jersey Air National Guard medics with the 108th Wing process specimens at a COVID-19 testing site at the PNC Bank Arts Center in Holmdel, N.J., March 23, 2020. The site, established with the Federal Emergency Management Agency, is staffed by the New Jersey Department of Health, the New Jersey State Police and the New Jersey National Guard.
Citizen-Warrior: Airman powers through challenges
October 9, 2019
Tech. Sgt. Danielle R. Todman, a services journeyman with the New Jersey Air National Guard’s 177th Fighter Wing, trains at the Atlantic City Air National Guard Base, N.J., Sept. 12, 2019. Todman has run track since high school but has also taken up powerlifting and was second in overall qualifying total points in this year’s North American Regional Powerlifting Championships.
Ace lends a paw to Soldiers in need
October 2, 2019
U.S. Army Capt. Melissa Parmenter and therapy dog Ac in front of the New Jersey National Guard’s Joint Force Headquarters on Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., Aug. 12, 2019. Parmenter and Ace are part of the New Jersey Army National Guard’s a Behavioral Health Office.
Guard joins 23rd US-Adriatic regional security conference
September 27, 2019
U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Stephen Twitty, deputy commander, U.S. European Command, and participating Balkan nations sign a joint statement reaffirming their commitment to strengthen the regional defense cooperation of the U.S.-Adriatic Charter during the 23rd A-5 chiefs of defense conference in Durrës, Albania, Sept. 25, 2019.