Guard News - The National Guard - Year 2020

IN Guard's 127th Cyber Protection Battalion ready for duty
May 13, 2020 — INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – The new 127th Cyber Protection Battalion is the first unit of its kind in the Indiana National Guard, established for a changing battlefield.The unit’s nearly 100 Guard members...

Georgia National Guard helps increase COVID-19 testing
May 13, 2020 — ATLANTA – The Georgia National Guard is helping increase COVID-19 testing across the state in partnership with the Georgia Department of Public Health and Augusta University. “One way that we can...

PA Air, Army Guard join together for ventilator training
May 13, 2020 — FORT INDIANTOWN GAP, Pa. – Soldiers and Airmen from the Pennsylvania National Guard joined forces for ventilator training at the Medical Simulation Training Center (MSTC) May 6. “We were working on...

Maj. Tori Scearbo: NH Air National Guard's guardian angel
May 13, 2020 — PORTSMOUTH, N.H. – Maj. Tori Scearbo is one of thousands of state medical professionals working the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic. She has been taking care of patients since the virus spread to...

West Virginia National Guard testing at Pilgrim’s Pride
May 13, 2020 — CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Members of the West Virginia National Guard (WVNG) tested workers at the Pilgrim’s Pride poultry processing plant in Moorefield for COVID-19 this week.The Guard worked with...

KY Guard members balance civilian jobs, COVID-19 mission
May 13, 2020 — FRANKFORT, Ky. – More than 800 Soldiers and Airmen in the Kentucky National Guard are helping numerous agencies in response to the coronavirus pandemic.Many have left their civilian jobs to step up...

Kentucky National Guard helps distribute food to needy
May 12, 2020 — DANVILLE, Ky. – The Kentucky National Guard is helping get food to people who have lost their jobs or are facing shortages due to the COVID-19 outbreak.Twelve Soldiers assigned to 138th Field...

Wisconsin Guard conducting mobile testing around state
May 12, 2020 — MADISON, Wis. – Twenty-five specimen collection teams from the Wisconsin National Guard are helping local and state health officials increase the state's COVID-19 testing capacity. More than 600...

New Jersey Airman connects residents to families at vet home
May 12, 2020 — PARAMUS, N.J. – U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Bernabe Aguero is one of more than 800 New Jersey National Guard members activated to support the state’s COVID-19 response.Originally from La Plata,...

Michigan National Guard base wins DOD environmental award
May 12, 2020 — LANSING, Mich. – The Michigan National Guard’s Fort Custer Training Center (FCTC) in Augusta has won the 2020 Secretary of Defense Environmental Award for Natural Resources Conservation in the small...

Oklahoma National Guard medics support COVID-19 testing
May 12, 2020 — PAWNEE, Okla. – Oklahoma Army National Guard Spc. Abigail Westfall, a medic with Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 279th Infantry Regiment, 45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, donned a face shield,...

Alaska Air National Guard rescues 2 people
May 12, 2020 — JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – The Alaska Air National Guard's 176th Wing rescued two people on back-to-back missions May 10. Alaska State Troopers requested assistance to rescue an injured...

America’s only missile defense brigade 'deployed in place'
May 12, 2020 — COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – As the stranglehold of the COVID-19 pandemic tightened its grip on America, closing schools, businesses and government institutions, the focus for the Soldiers at the 100th...

Task Force Med leads fight against COVID-19 in Las Vegas
May 12, 2020 — LAS VEGAS – Southern Nevadan Soldiers and Airmen have combined their best and brightest in Las Vegas to battle COVID-19 at two community-based collection sites (CBCS).There are multiple missions...

Pennsylvania Guard Soldiers honored for aiding crash victim
May 12, 2020 — FORT INDIANTOWN GAP, Pa. – Two Pennsylvania National Guard Soldiers were recognized for stopping to render first aid to a seriously injured motorcycle crash victim along Interstate 78.Pfc. Alyssa...

Guard's COVID-19 response is largest since Hurricane Katrina
May 12, 2020 — ARLINGTON, Va. - Almost 47,000 Soldiers and Airmen from the National Guard are activated to help fight COVID-19 in the Guard’s largest domestic response effort since Hurricane Katrina in 2005. More...

NY National Guard continues missions with 3,500 troops
May 11, 2020 — LATHAM, N.Y. – Since mobilizing to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic on March 6, the New York National Guard has helped conduct 225,825 COVID-19 tests, made 634,030 coronavirus test kits and delivered...

Kansas National Guard helps extend the life of N95 masks
May 11, 2020 — TOPEKA, Kan. – The Kansas National Guard is helping state and local health officials address the shortage of N95 medical masks by assisting in decontaminating masks so they can be used again.N95 Masks...

NY Army Guard helicopter crews conduct water bucket training
May 11, 2020 — ROCHESTER, N.Y. – The New York Army National Guard conducted helicopter water bucket training along the eastern shore of Lake Ontario at Hamlin Beach State Park May 5-6 to prepare to help fight...

New Jersey National Guard members help feed veterans
May 11, 2020 — PARAMUS, N.J. – Any person that has served or is serving in the military will tell you the same thing: At its core, the military is a band of brothers- and sisters-in-arms.It’s that shared sense of...

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