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‘Buddy Aid’ training takes new approach to sexual assault
March 24, 2021
Maj. Gen. Timothy P. Williams, the adjutant general of Virginia, presents a coin to Maj. Bridget Flannery, South Dakota National Guard SHARP Master Trainer and developer of Buddy Aid, March 2, 2021, at the State Military Reservation in Virginia Beach, Virginia. The training on “Buddy Aid – First Response to Sexual Assault” was sponsored by the office of the Virginia National Guard Sexual Assault Response Coordinator and included military and civilians from National Guard Bureau’s Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Office, Delaware, Maryland, Tennessee, Washington, D.C., and Virginia.
Tenn. National Guard honors Andrew Jackson's 254th birthday
March 18, 2021
Gov. Bill Lee and Maj. Gen. Jeff Holmes, Tennessee’s adjutant general, place a wreath at the tomb of former President Andrew Jackson, on what would have been his 254th birthday, at The Hermitage in Hermitage, Tenn., March 15, 2021. Every year a wreath is placed at the tomb of the seventh president of the United States, honoring his service to his country and celebrating his life.
Tennessee National Guard delivers water to Memphis hospital
March 2, 2021
Members of the 730th Quartermaster Company and the 278th Armored Cavalry Regiment, Tennessee National Guard, provided water to St. Frances Hospital and Region 1 Health Medical Center in Memphis, Tenn., Feb. 18-25. Winter weather caused water main breaks throughout the area.
Tennessee National Guard supports presidential inauguration
January 20, 2021
Over 750 Soldiers and Airmen with the Tennessee National Guard are supporting law enforcement at the U.S. Capitol for the 59th presidential inauguration in Washington on Jan. 20.
Tennessee Guardsman testing community for COVID-19
December 4, 2020
Sgt. Robert Neal, an infantryman with 2nd Squadron, 278th Armored Cavalry Regiment, conducts COVID-19 testing at a drive-thru rural assessment site in Montgomery County, Sept. 28.
28th Infantry Division completes warfighter exercise
November 17, 2020
Lt. Col. Dorothy Watkins, left, a military information support operations officer, confers with OF-3 Aleksas Paulauskas, her Lithuanian Land Forces counterpart, during a two-week warfighter exercise Nov. 7, 2020, at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pennsylvania.
Tenn. National Guard surpasses half-million COVID-19 tests
November 6, 2020
Pfc. Kathryn Ratliff works at the Nissan Stadium COVID-19 testing site in downtown Nashville, Aug. 21.
Tennessee Guard reaches another COVID-19 testing milestone
October 9, 2020
Tennessee National Guard Soldiers assigned to Task Force Medical conduct COVID-19 testing at the drive-thru testing site in Coffee County on April 19, 2020. The Guard has worked with state and local agencies to test more than 400,000 Tennesseans.
Tennessee Guard tests Hurricane Sally first responders
September 15, 2020
Mississippi National Guard Spc. Jan Lao and Pfc. Mckenzie Smith of the 890th Engineer Battalion load supplies onto a Light Medium Tactical Vehicle in Gulfport, Miss., Sep. 14, 2020. The Soldiers will be part of a 10-person team on standby to rescue residents from flooded areas due to Hurricane Sally.
Tennessee National Guard keeps fighting COVID-19
August 25, 2020
Tennessee National Guard Cpl. Samuel Ross performs a COVID-19 nasal swab at a drive-thru testing site in Cheatham County, April 3, 2020. The Guard has assisted the Department of Health in fighting COVID-19 since March.
Tennessee Guardsman receives Soldier's Medal for heroism
July 15, 2020
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee presents Sgt. 1st Class Patrick Shields with The Soldier's Medal July 10, in Brownsville. Shields, a member of the Tennessee National Guard's 1175th Transportation Company, acted heroically in October 2018 when he disarmed and restrained a shooter after shots were fired in a parking lot following a high school football game.
TN Guard shifts from tornado cleanup to COVID-19 response
April 1, 2020
(Left to right) Sgt. Jacob Winton, Cpl. Justin Chambers, Spc. Austin Barnett, Spc. Jason Bahr, at a COVID-19 remote testing site in Putnam County, Tennessee, March 27. At the request of Bill Lee, 250 Soldiers and Airmen from the Tennessee National Guard have volunteered to provide support in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.