Guard News - The National Guard

NY Guard teammates ready for National Guard sniper challenge
December 3, 2020 — NEW YORK, New York – Sgt. 1st Class Matthew Melendez and Sgt. Andreas Diaz went to Afghanistan together, took the New York Police Department test together, graduated from the police academy together... MORE

New York Army National Guard's Sgt 1st Class Matthew Melendez ( left) and Sgt. Andreas Diaz, both members of the 1st Battalion, 69th Infantry, pose for a photograph in the unit's historic Lexington Avenue Armory in New York City on Nov. 25, 2020.

NG leader highlights missions during ‘unprecedented year’
December 3, 2020 — ARLINGTON, Va. – The Army National Guard’s senior enlisted leader has dubbed 2020 the “year of the Guard” after states frequently called on units to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, civil unrest and... MORE

Pfc. Kathryn Ratliff works at the Nissan Stadium COVID-19 testing site in downtown Nashville, Aug. 21.

Hawaii medical Airmen conduct drive-thru flu vaccinations
December 3, 2020 — JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii – It's not your average drive-thru. There are no cheeseburgers or servings of fries. You can't order any milkshakes and you can't request a super-sized beverage... MORE

Tech. Sgt. Alvin Turla, 154th Medical Group aerospace medical service specialist, administers the flu shot to Master Sgt. Bradley Tabron 154th Logistics Readiness Squadron vehicle operations specialist during a Hawaii Air National Guard drive-thru vaccination operation held Oct. 3, 2020, at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam.

South Carolina National Guard conducts SUAS RAVEN training
December 2, 2020 — EASTOVER, S.C. – The South Carolina National Guard conducted the Small Unmanned Aircraft System (SUAS), RAVEN, at McCrady Training Center Oct. 20-30 to train U.S. Army National Guard Soldiers to... MORE

U.S. Army National Guard Soldiers from Hawaii, Nebraska, Virginia and South Carolina train on the Small Unmanned Aircraft System RAVEN during a 10-day class conducted by South Carolina National Guard instructors at the Regional Training Institute (RTI) Oct. 20-30, 2020, at McCrady Training Center in Eastover, South Carolina.

Guard members help spread socially distant holiday cheer
December 1, 2020 — BALLSTON SPA, N.Y. – More than 20 volunteers from the New York Army and Air National Guard joined area veterans and fellow service members at Ellms Tree Farm to load 125 Christmas trees in support of... MORE

Volunteers pass a tree up to FedEx driver Don Pelletier during the Trees for Troops loadout on Nov. 30, 2020, at Ellms Tree Farm in Ballston Spa, N.Y. More than 20 volunteers from the New York Army and Air National Guard joined with Capital District area veterans to help load about 125 Christmas trees being donated and sent to military bases around the country to support troops and military families this holiday season.

Colorado Guard First Sgt. honors father's service
December 1, 2020 — COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Eugene Patton Jr. grew up in the shadow of a man whose Army career he always admired but has ultimately surpassed.Patton recently pinned on the diamond as the first sergeant... MORE

Retired Sgt. 1st Class Eugene Patton Sr. affixes the insignia on his son 1st Sgt. Eugene Patton Jr. patrol cap during a promotion ceremony on October 20, 2020.

Retired pararescueman partners with Guardian Angels for rescue
December 1, 2020 — JBER, Alaska – Few would know from looking at retired Alaska Air National Guard Senior Master Sgt. Michael Wayt served 21 years on active duty between the regular Air Force and the Alaska Air National... MORE

Wayt's team rescued a family of four on Aug. 15, 2020, at Beluga Point off the Seward Highway. When one of his team members was injured during the rescue, a 176th Wing HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter carrying pararescuemen launched from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson and extracted the injured firefighter.

Alaska National Guard rescues two hikers near Cooper Landing
December 1, 2020 — JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Alaska Air National Guardsmen of the 176th Wing rescued two distressed hikers Nov. 29 near Cooper Landing about 60 miles south of Anchorage. Alaska Air... MORE

An Alaska Air National Guard HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter and aircrew assigned to the 210th Rescue Squadron, with pararescuemen aboard from the 212th Rescue Squadron, saved a distressed hiker on July 26, 2020, at Mount Williwaw east of Anchorage

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Oregon Guard Responds to Multiple Search and Rescue Missions

Idaho Guard Conducts Two Rescues in Nine Days

Connecticut Guard Soldier Aids Rollover Crash Victim in Dramatic Highway Rescue