Guard News - The National Guard - Year 2020

Air Guard Religious Support Team aids Javits Center mission
May 8, 2020 — ARLINGTON, Va. – From taking part in online video sermons to providing socially distanced religious and spiritual support, creativity and flexibility were key for the New York Air National Guard’s...

Washington National Guard welcomes first RTLI graduate
May 7, 2020 — KENT, Wash. – The first Washington National Guard graduate from the Ranger Team Leader Initiative has been making an impact in 3rd Battalion, 161st Infantry Regiment.Ranger school is the U.S. Army’s...

Arkansas Guard stays in touch with Guatemalan partners
May 7, 2020 — LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – COVID-19 has affected the way organizations around the globe operate. The Arkansas National Guard is no different, having to cancel a planned March trip to visit Guatemalan...

115th Fighter Wing team assists with mortuary operations
May 7, 2020 — MADISON, Wis. – Members of the Wisconsin Air National Guard’s 115th Fighter Wing Fatality Search and Recovery Team (FSRT) mobilized last month to assist the state’s medical examiners with mortuary...

Indiana Guard Soldiers trade parachutes for sewing machines
May 7, 2020 — COLUMBUS, Ind. – Indiana National Guard parachute riggers with the 338th Quartermaster Company executed a unique mission making protective face masks for fellow members of the Guard.Members of the...

New Mexico National Guard delivers water by the truckload
May 7, 2020 — ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Airmen and Soldiers of the New Mexico National Guard Joint Task Force are supplying food and water to New Mexico communities during the COVID-19 response mission.Around the state...

Nurses Week Spotlight: Capt. Eve Tanas, 30th ABCT, NC Guard
May 7, 2020 — UNDISCLOSED LOCATION – National Nurses Week began May 6 and ends May 12 – Florence Nightingale’s birthday. To recognize the work of nurses, the 30th Armored Brigade Combat Team spotlights U.S. Army...

Chinook helicopter unit set to deploy to Middle East
May 7, 2020 — JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. – While more than 900 Washington National Guard members are supporting the COVID-19 response, one unit is training for a different kind of fight. Deploying isn’t new...

Michigan Soldier invents Black Hawk door-gunnery simulator
May 7, 2020 — AUGUSTA, Mich. – Even as COVID-19 creates additional challenges for training and readiness, a Black Hawk door gunner from the Michigan National Guard figured out an innovative way to meet mission...

Nursing and the National Guard run in this family
May 7, 2020 — LAURENS, Iowa – John Fansega, Mikenzy Fansega and Noah Anderson, a father and two siblings from Laurens, have the unique opportunity to serve their community as a family. All three are in the Iowa...

Hokanson nominated as next National Guard Bureau chief
May 6, 2020 — ARLINGTON, Va. – Army Lt. Gen. Daniel R. Hokanson was nominated to serve as the next chief of the National Guard Bureau by President Donald J. Trump May 4. If confirmed by the Senate, Hokanson would...

Iowa National Guard transports COVID-19 tests by air
May 6, 2020 — SIOUX CITY, Iowa – Iowa Army National Guard pilots helped transport COVID-19 tests from a Test Iowa site in Sioux City to the State Hygienic Lab in Coralville May 4.The pilots, Chief Warrant Officer 4...

Wisconsin National Guard helps expand COVID-19 testing
May 6, 2020 — ALMA, Wis. – Approximately 30 Citizen-Soldiers from the Wisconsin National Guard helped the Wisconsin Department of Health Services at a drive-through COVID-19 testing site May 1, working with local...

Former MLB pitcher reflects on National Guard career
May 6, 2020 — CAMP MURRAY, Wash. – When Geoff Zahn was drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1968, he knew he wanted to play baseball professionally but felt the need to serve his country as well. Not sure what the...

WV Guard helps establish regional food distribution center
May 6, 2020 — POCA, W.Va. – The West Virginia National Guard (WVNG) is helping establish a regional food distribution center in the Greater Kanawha Valley as the need for food surges across the Mountain State...

NH National Guard Soldier makes mission happen with a smile
May 6, 2020 — PLYMOUTH, N.H. – When Spc. Jacob Barrington enlisted in the New Hampshire Army National Guard in 2018, he never thought he’d be called up for state active duty to support a worldwide pandemic. Despite...

Ohio National Guard provides medical aid at federal prison
May 6, 2020 — ELKTON, Ohio – From blizzards to hurricanes, from East Coast to West Coast and anything in between, members of the National Guard answer the call each time our nation is in need.Today, as COVID-19...

The faces behind masked service
May 6, 2020 — KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. – Members of the 150th Special Operations Wing fill in anywhere needed during the COVID-19 pandemic to ensure that all New Mexicans have what they need.With many jobs to...

NJ Guard, active-duty troops set up COVID-19 ops center
May 6, 2020 — LAWRENCEVILLE, N.J. – The New Jersey National Guard teamed with active-duty Air Force and Coast Guard members and U.S. Northern Command civilians to form a joint operations center coordinating nearly...

Michigan National Guard Soldiers helping first responders
May 6, 2020 — MARQUETTE, Mich. – First responders are on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the Michigan National Guard is helping in every way it can.In Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, Soldiers are...

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