Guard News - The National Guard - Year 2020

West Virginia Guard task force keeps supplies flowing
June 8, 2020 — POCA, W.Va. – More than 100 Soldiers and Airmen of the West Virginia National Guard (WVNG) assigned to Task Force Sustainment are supplying Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and provisions to first...

Specialized Illinois Guard unit deploys for overseas mission
June 8, 2020 — SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – Five specialized Illinois Army National Guard Soldiers have deployed to the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility as part of Bilateral Embedded Staff Team (BEST) A25.After...

Soldier self-isolates, extends enlistment to protect others
June 8, 2020 — DETROIT, Mich. – Plans are made to be broken; at least they were for one Soldier.Sgt. Quintin Shine planned to get out of the Army National Guard when his enlistment was over. Then a pandemic rocked...

Virginia Airmen innovate, adapt as drills become remote
June 8, 2020 — JOINT BASE LANGLEY, Va. – When the shelter-in-place order was issued in Virginia, the state’s National Guard units were no exception to the rule. Regularly scheduled drills in April, May and June...

Idaho National Guard firefighters train for real emergencies
June 8, 2020 — GOWEN FIELD, Idaho – Firefighters from the 124th Civil Engineer Squadron conducted a series of live-burn, vehicle extrication and classroom exercises in Boise June 6-7. Senior Master Sgt. Josh...

KFOR RC-E supports World Environment Day in Kosovo
June 8, 2020 — VITINA, Kosovo – U.S. military personnel from Kosovo Regional Command East helped the town of Vitina/Viti observe World Environment Day by planting flowers and trees and picking up trash June 5.Oregon...

Louisiana National Guard preps for Cristobal
June 8, 2020 — NEW ORLEANS – The Louisiana National Guard is preparing for emergency operations ahead of Tropical Depression Cristobal while continuing its COVID-19 response missions. Members of the Guard are...

Minnesota Guard Soldier eases tensions with protesters
June 8, 2020 — ST. PAUL, Minn. – As Master Sgt. Acie Matthews Jr. walked past a group of loud protesters next to Minnesota’s state capitol building June 1, one of the organizers targeted him with her...

Guard continues historic domestic support, global missions
June 6, 2020 — ARLINGTON, Va. – “The National Guard has gone from tackling natural disasters such as floods, to combating the coronavirus across the country, to now dealing with civil unrest in support of law...

113th Wing Airmen in DC help save a jogger's life
June 6, 2020 — WASHINGTON – Airmen from the 113th Wing, D.C. Air National Guard, performed lifesaving CPR on a jogger at the Lincoln Memorial June 4.The Airmen, who were posted at the Lincoln Memorial supporting the...

Nevada Guard Soldiers help with rural COVID response
June 6, 2020 — PANACA, Nev. – Task Force 17 Soldiers have been leading the charge in their fight against COVID-19 in major cities, such as Las Vegas, but on June 1, they began helping out rural Lincoln County...

Del. National Guard steadies psychiatric center amid COVID-19
June 6, 2020 — NEW CASTLE, Del. – In April and May, during the coronavirus pandemic's height, a handful of specialized nurses and medics – all Citizen-Soldiers and -Airmen with the Delaware National Guard – cared...

More than 4,000 Guard members on duty in DC
June 6, 2020 — WASHINGTON – The silver-haired woman clutched a protest sign as she methodically made her way down the line of Soldiers. She paused deliberately as she met the gaze of each set of eyes through their...

Wisconsin National Guard surpasses 100,000 COVID-19 tests
June 5, 2020 — MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin National Guard conducted its 100,000th COVID-19 test as 25 specimen collection teams continued to operate across the state.Maj. Gen. Paul Knapp, Wisconsin’s adjutant...

Mountaineer ChalleNGe Academy stays on track despite virus
June 5, 2020 — KINGWOOD, W.Va. – As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to maintain its grip on the United States, the Mountaineer ChalleNGe Academy (MCA) has developed innovative ways to ensure at-risk youth can...

NY National Guard repairs World War I Soldier's grave marker
June 5, 2020 — ONEIDA, N.Y – The gravestone of a New York National Guard Soldier who died while storming the Hindenburg Line more than 100 years ago was set right the day after Memorial Day 2020 by present-day...

Camp Umatilla helps make home for burrowing owls
June 4, 2020 — UMATILLA, Ore. – In 2008 Don Gillis, the natural resource manager at the Umatilla Chemical Depot, noticed a decline in the nesting areas for the burrowing owls on Camp Umatilla. The decline was due to...

42nd Infantry Division Soldiers reunite in Kuwait
June 4, 2020 — CAMP ARIFJAN, Kuwait – In 2005, Pvt. Kenneth Geib and Spc. Timothy Olsen were in Tikrit, Iraq, turning wrenches for Staff Sgt. Edgar Ponce in the maintenance section of the 42nd Infantry Division...

Michigan National Guard tests at long-term care facilities
June 4, 2020 — LANSING, Mich. — The Michigan National Guard visited three long-term care facilities May 28 to assist with continued COVID-19 testing in Berrien County.This initiative is part of the Michigan National...

Kansas National Guard medic comes to child's aid
June 3, 2020 — DODGE CITY, Kan. – The day began just as any other for Spc. Kristyn Harding, a combat medic with the 1077th Ground Ambulance Company, Kansas Army National Guard.Harding, along with her teammates from...

New York Guardsmen Earn Danish Military March Ribbon

Kentucky Guard Builds Portable Air Base for Patriot 26

Three Components, One Army: LaNeve Stresses Guard’s Role in Army’s New Priorities

Pennsylvania Guardsmen Demonstrate Drone Innovation Project

Nordhaus, Raines Outline a National Guard Focused on the Future