Guard News - The National Guard - Year 2020

Cal Guard's 40th ID honors WWII veteran on 105th birthday
April 28, 2020 — LAKEWOOD, Calif. – World War II veteran Sam Sachs watches from the front porch of his home as a Humvee, a sheriff’s patrol car, and fire trucks roll through the usually quiet street. He smiles and...

On the Road: Md. Army Guard Soldiers deliver food, supplies
April 28, 2020 — BALTIMORE – Army Sgt. Ronnie Ricks has a small problem. About one-half an inch, to be exact. That’s all he needs to get the last pallet of food to fit on the back of his cargo truck.“Back it up,” he...

NY's 42nd Infantry Division liberated Dachau 75 years ago
April 27, 2020 — LATHAM, N.Y. – April 29, 1945, was a cold, sunny Sunday afternoon as Soldiers of the U.S. Army’s 42nd Infantry Division came face to face with the worst of Nazi Germany at the notorious Dachau...

Michigan Guard finding new ways to recruit in COVID-19 era
April 27, 2020 — LANSING, Mich. – Michigan Army and Air National Guard recruiting professionals are faced with a new and unique challenge – recruiting during the COVID-19 pandemic. They are using innovation to come up...

Wisconsin National Guard helping at alternate care facility
April 27, 2020 — WEST ALLIS, Wis. — Multiple Wisconsin National Guard teams are at the new alternate care facility (ACF) at State Fair Park to lend a hand, part of a Guard force of more than 1,000 members supporting...

WV Guard builds forecasting tools for COVID-19 response
April 27, 2020 — CHARLESTON, W.Va. – The West Virginia National Guard (WVNG) and West Virginia University (WVU) have joined forces as Task Force Petersen to develop key data systems to track critical medical supplies...

National Guard helps feed Kansas in hard times
April 27, 2020 — TOPEKA, Kan. – Soldiers and Airmen of the Kansas National Guard are bringing food to families across the state during the COVID-19 pandemic. Members of the Kansas National Guard started assisting...

Joint Operations Center coordinates NJ COVID-19 response
April 27, 2020 — LAWRENCEVILLE, N.J. – The Joint Operations Center, known as the JOC, is the focal point for coordinating missions for nearly 700 members of the New Jersey National Guard operating across the state.The...

Virginia National Guard helps with COVID-19 response
April 27, 2020 — RICHMOND, Va. — More than 540 members of the Virginia National Guard are ready to assist Virginia’s COVID-19 response with testing, distribution of food and key supplies and training people how to use...

New York National Guard sustaining fight against COVID-19
April 27, 2020 — LATHAM, N.Y. – On Sunday, April 26, 55 days after the first COVID-19 case was diagnosed in New York, the New York National Guard had more than 3,600 troops on duty as part of New York’s response. This...

NY Army Guard helps feed 1,000 in Amsterdam
April 27, 2020 — AMSTERDAM, N.Y. – Fifty New York Army National Guard Soldiers helped feed 1,000 people in Amsterdam April 24, as Montgomery County and the City of Amsterdam held a food drop. The Soldiers are among...

Colorado Guard Soldiers save a life while serving homeless
April 27, 2020 — DENVER – The coronavirus pandemic has changed the way of life for people worldwide and tested the skills of members of the Colorado National Guard beyond their military assignments and training. For...

New Mexico National Guard helps expand medical capacity
April 27, 2020 — ALBUQUERQUE, N.M - The New Mexico National Guard is helping support two alternate care facilities to keep New Mexico from exceeding its medical capacity during the COVID-19 public health crisis. NMNG...

Florida Guard signal Soldiers press on during pandemic
April 25, 2020 — FORT STEWART, Georgia – For more than a year, the Soldiers of the 146th Expeditionary Signal Battalion (ESB) have been preparing for their first overseas deployment since 2009. Their mission is to...

La. Guard supports tornado, COVID-19 response in Ouachita
April 25, 2020 — MONROE, La. – Soldiers with the Louisiana National Guard’s 527th and 528th Engineer Battalions, 225th Engineer Brigade, are supporting dual missions of COVID-19 response efforts in Monroe and clearing...

NY Guard runs 'virtual' 5k for sexual assault awareness
April 25, 2020 — LATHAM, N.Y. – A sure sign of spring for the New York National Guard is the annual Sexual Assault Awareness 5-kilometer run.Held along with other events that make April Sexual Assault Awareness and...

New York Air Guard protects the force to protect the nation
April 25, 2020 — ROME, N.Y. – While hundreds of their fellow New York Air National Guard members have deployed to the New York City metro area to support COVID-19 operations, Airmen at the 224th Air Defense Group in...

Connecticut Guard provides mobile COVID-19 testing lab
April 25, 2020 — HARTFORD, Conn. – The Connecticut National Guard has turned a vehicle designed to test for environmental chemical, biological, and radiological contamination into a mobile clinical laboratory to...

Washington Air National Guard keeps 'food stream' flowing
April 25, 2020 — SEATTLE – As a Washington Air National Guard member finishes building a cardboard box, an assembly line of other Airmen fill it with non-perishable food. The work is straightforward but essential to...

PA Guard prioritizing safety at Wilkes-Barre COVID-19 test site
April 25, 2020 — WILKES-BARRE, Pa. – While the goal of the COVID-19 testing site at Mohegan Sun Arena is to test members of the Luzerne County community, the safety of those running the site is a high priority. The...

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