Guard News - The National Guard - Year 2020

NY National Guard preparing for Lake Ontario flooding
May 11, 2020 — SYRACUSE, N.Y. – With water levels in Lake Ontario 4 feet higher than average, the New York National Guard put 46 members on state active duty to help control flooding.This is in addition to 3,600...

Texas National Guard to sanitize nursing homes
May 11, 2020 — CAMP MABRY, Texas – Texas Military Department service members trained so they can support the Texas Division of Emergency Management and disinfect long-term care facilities where occupants have tested...

NH Guard Airman answers the call on unemployment hotline
May 11, 2020 — CONCORD, N.H. – For more than five years, Staff Sgt. Natalie Howes has been an air traffic controller with the 260th Air Traffic Control Squadron, New Hampshire Air National Guard.Howes is also a...

Green Mountain Boys reach F-35 milestone: 500 sorties
May 11, 2020 — SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt. – On May 6, six pilots assigned to the 134th Fighter Squadron, Vermont Air National Guard, stepped into the brisk morning sun and approached their F-35 Lightning IIs.That...

Virginia Guard strike teams boost COVID-19 testing capacity
May 11, 2020 — RICHMOND, Va. – Virginia National Guard Soldiers and Airmen are helping increase Virginia’s COVID-19 testing capacity at long-term care facilities with point prevalence sampling teams.Led by the...

Delaware National Guard supports coronavirus testing
May 11, 2020 — GEORGETOWN, Del. – Members of the Delaware National Guard are fighting the spread of coronavirus, joining hundreds of frontline workers at community-based testing sites throughout Sussex County, the...

Massachusetts Air Guard Mom on Mission
May 10, 2020 — WESTFIELD, Mass. - Some moms will be away from their children and their moms while serving in response to COVID-19 this Mother’s Day. Master Sgt. Lauren Gallagher of the 104th Fighter Wing is one of...

Iowa National Guard Airmen support COVID-19 testing
May 9, 2020 — SIOUX CITY, Iowa – A team of 35 Iowa Air National Guard members from the 185th Air Refueling Wing helped set up a COVID-19 test site in Sioux City this week. The Iowa Airmen are assisting local and...

Wisconsin National Guard to support special election
May 9, 2020 — MADISON, Wis. – Approximately 250 Wisconsin National Guard Soldiers and Airmen will assist local officials as poll workers for the May 12 special election for the 7th congressional district.The 7th is...

Kansas Guard helps limit COVID-19 spread at nursing homes
May 8, 2020 — TOPEKA, Kan. – Kansas Air National Guard medical teams take pride in helping their communities. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, medical technicians from the 190th Air Refueling Wing have visited...

Indiana National Guard helps medical workers at state prisons
May 8, 2020 — INDIANAPOLIS – Indiana National Guard Soldiers and Airmen provided medical support to Indiana Department of Correction (IDOC) facilities across the state in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.“These...

Virginia Army Guard members distribute food, positivity
May 8, 2020 — FREDERICKSBURG, Va. - Army Staff Sgt. Scott Andrews, a squad leader with the Virginia Army National Guard’s B Company, 229th Brigade Engineer Battalion, approached a group of Soldiers from his unit as...

NJ National Guard makes a difference in the kitchen
May 8, 2020 — GLEN GARDNER, N.J. – This is a war that has no front line. From the hospitals to the home front, the coronavirus has truly made this a global war.“This mission made me open my eyes to the idea that...

NC Guard members maintain schoolwork during COVID-19 mission
May 8, 2020 — RALEIGH, N.C. – College students across the country found themselves in situations they never expected during the Spring semester – classes moved online, campuses closed and graduation ceremonies...

Ohio National Guard medical team helps staff at state prison
May 8, 2020 — ORIENT, Ohio – Nearly 30 Ohio National Guard Soldiers and Airmen, part of Joint Task Force Red Med, are supporting the medical staff at Pickaway Correctional Institution during the COVID-19 pandemic.A...

Kentucky National Guard nurses join the fight
May 8, 2020 — FRANKFORT, Ky. – Nurses across the country have responded to the COVID-19 outbreak, including the Kentucky National Guard’s efforts in the commonwealth. During National Nurses Week, the Guard...

Ohio National Guard assists with mass food distribution
May 8, 2020 — FAIRBORN, Ohio – Hundreds of cars snaked through the parking lot outside Wright State University’s Nutter Center, spilling onto the main road for as far as the eye could see. People shouted, “Thank...

Wisconsin aviator’s training innovation gaining attention
May 8, 2020 — MADISON, Wis. – Wisconsin Army National Guard 1st Lt. Nick Sinopoli, a pilot with the 1st Battalion, 147th Aviation Regiment in Madison, has created a training device he believes could help helicopter...

NC Guard helps distribute more than 30,000 pounds of food
May 8, 2020 — RALEIGH, N.C. – North Carolina Army National Guard Soldiers assigned to the 449th Theater Aviation Brigade helped Action Pathways’ Second Harvest Food Bank transport and hand out food at the Crown...

28th ECAB Soldier a nurse for COVID-19 patients
May 8, 2020 — FORT INDIANTOWN GAP, Pa. – Spc. Kylee Pavlick, a combat medic with the 28th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade, Pennsylvania National Guard, is also a nurse on the front lines fighting against...

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