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Colorado National Guard reaches COVID-19 testing milestone
July 31, 2020
Colorado National Guard members prepare a COVID-19 testing site in Canon City, Colorado, July 29, 2020.
Colorado Guard tests for COVID-19 at corrections facilities
July 20, 2020
Colorado National Guard Spc. Michael Price, medic, 928th Medical Company (Area Support), instructs nurses at a nursing home in Grand Junction on COVID-19 test procedures June 3, 2020. The Colorado National Guard is increasing COVID-19 testing across Colorado as needed.
Guard Soldiers achieve marksmanship overmatch in Utah
July 17, 2020
Staff Sgt. Wayne “Guido” Gray, California National Guard, engages targets in the Reflexive Fire match July 10, 2020, during the Marksmanship Advisory Council Region Seven Championships at Camp Williams, Bluffdale, Utah. Thirty-four Guard members from California, Colorado, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico and Utah spent three intense days in the mountains of Utah competing. Colorado took home the team championship title.
A look at Task Force Spartan's Space Soldiers
July 8, 2020
U.S. Army Spc. Taylor Ramsey, from the Colorado National Guard's 117th Space Support Battalion, 1st Space Brigade, U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command, receives the Basic Space Badge in CENTCOM's area of responsibility, June 26, 2020. The Space badge certifies a Soldier's competence in their field, after two years of hard work.
CONG helps test wildland firefighting teams for COVID-19
July 2, 2020
Members of the Colorado National Guard set up a COVID-19 testing site in Pagosa Springs, Colorado, June 29, 2020, to test wildland firefighting staff supporting fire suppression efforts in southwest Colorado.
Colorado National Guard grows expertise in extreme weather
June 25, 2020
U.S. Army Spc. Dane Kastl, a search-and-extraction team member with the Colorado National Guard’s Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and high-yield explosive Enhanced Response Force Package, performs an extraction by removing the door of an overturned vehicle during Exercise Arctic Eagle 2020, Fort Wainwright, Alaska, Feb. 26, 2020.
Colorado National Guard assists with election cyber defense
June 22, 2020
Members of the Colorado National Guard's Task Force Cyber help Colorado Secretary of State Wayne W. Williams monitor network traffic and advise Chief Information Officer Trevor Timmons Nov. 6, 2018. The Guard will once again be helping to protect the elections against cyberattack in June and November 2020.
National Guard supports NASA launch, other space missions
June 1, 2020
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying NASA astronaut and retired Marine Corps Col. Douglas Hurley and fellow crew member Robert Behnken heads skyward during liftoff from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, Florida, May 30, 2020. The mission marks the resumption of human space flight from the United States. Air National Guard members in Alaska and Hawaii provided support to the launch mission.
NGB chief promotes first Guard director of space operations
May 20, 2020
U.S. Air Force Gen. Joseph L. Lengyel, chief, National Guard Bureau, promotes U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Gregory T. White, director of space operations, National Guard Bureau, to major general May 20, 2020, at Buckley Air Force Base, Aurora, Colorado.
America’s only missile defense brigade 'deployed in place'
May 12, 2020
Members of a 100th Missile Defense Brigade crew exit the secure area at Schriever Air Force Base following their shift April 30, 2020. Since the onset of the pandemic, the 100th Brigade has implemented measures to ensure the continued execution of its mission including sequestering crew members away from their homes and families.
Colorado National Guard testing residents for COVID-19
April 28, 2020
Colorado National Guard members conduct COVID-19 testing at a drive-up site in Greeley, Colorado, April 23, 2020. Nearly 70 Colorado National Guard members from the Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and high-yield (CBRNE) Enhanced Response Force Package (CERFP) tested residents in the Greeley area.
Colorado Guard Soldiers save a life while serving homeless
April 27, 2020
U.S. Army Pvt. Harold Taylor and Spc. Jo England, communications operators, 1st Battalion 157th Infantry Regiment, Colorado Army National Guard serve food to the guests at the Denver Rescue Mission, April 20, 2020. The Soldiers helped a man who was choking on food.
Colorado Guard helps test long-term care patients, staff
April 22, 2020
Colorado National Guard members from the Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and high-yield explosive Enhanced Response Force Package prepare a drive-up COVID-19 testing site in Montrose County, Colorado, March 23, 2020. More than 400 CONG members are mobilized to help Colorado fight COVID-19.
Colorado Air National Guard space warriors fight COVID-19
April 17, 2020
U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class John Boyle, 233rd Space Group security forces specialist, Colorado Air National Guard, Greeley, gathers meals for people experiencing homelessness as a result of COVID-19 at a hotel in Denver, April 16, 2020.
Colorado National Guard helps set up medical shelter
April 17, 2020
Gov. Jared Polis, center, and U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Todd Semonite, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers commanding general and 54th U.S. Army Chief of Engineers, visit The Ranch Events Complex, Loveland, Colo., April 14, 2020. The Ranch was identified by the state for use as a medical shelter during the COVID-19 response. The Colorado National Guard is helping convert the Colorado Convention Center, Denver, as another medical shelter.
Colorado National Guard helps shelter homeless in Denver area
April 8, 2020
Members of the Colorado National Guard transition to state active duty at Joint Force Headquarters, Centennial, Colorado, April 6, 2020. More than 250 Colorado National Guard members are helping the State Emergency Operations Center and the city and county of Denver shelter homeless people during the COVID-19 response.
For injured hikers, Army aircrews a welcome sight from above
October 3, 2019
A UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter crew from the High-Altitude Army National Guard Aviation Training Site lowers a member of Mountain Rescue Aspen down to an injured hiker near the North Maroon Bells Peak near Aspen, Colorado, July 24, 2018. Colorado National Guard Soldiers at HAATS assist in about 20 rescue missions each year.
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.