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NY Army Guard conducts 'virtual drills' due to COVID-19
May 21, 2020
While conducting a "virtual drill" with Headquarters and Headquarters Company of the 27th Infantry Brigade Combat Team from her home in Syracuse, N.Y., April 18, 2020, New York Army National Guard Sgt. Heather Hiltbrand faced some unusual challenges. Her cat, Kevin, kept climbing on her keyboard. New York Army National Guard Soldiers have been drilling via computer and phone calls since Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo ordered a "pause" to prevent the spread of the COVID19 virus in mid-March.
How the legacy of a fallen Soldier reminds us to do our best
May 21, 2020
Texas National Guard Soldiers with Joint Task Force 176 – Col. Robert Crockem, commander; Maj. Peter Ammerman, operations officer; Capt. Brett Anderson, chaplain; and 1st Lt. Andrew Slack, liaison officer – honor Slack's brother, Spc. Wade Slack, on the 10th anniversary of his death at Camp Mabry in Austin, Texas, May 6, 2020.
Florida National Guard supports two new walk-up test sites
May 20, 2020
The Florida National Guard supports local authorities at the newest walk-up community-based testing sites in Miami-Dade and Broward counties. The FLNG is working closely with federal, state and local partners during the COVID-19 response.
West Virginia National Guard testing for COVID-19
May 20, 2020
Members of the West Virginia National Guard supported COVID-19 test lanes for minorities and vulnerable populations, May 15, 2020, in Martinsburg. Guard members are also testing at a correctional facility and Inter-State Hardwoods.
NGB chief promotes first Guard director of space operations
May 20, 2020
U.S. Air Force Gen. Joseph L. Lengyel, chief, National Guard Bureau, promotes U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Gregory T. White, director of space operations, National Guard Bureau, to major general May 20, 2020, at Buckley Air Force Base, Aurora, Colorado.
Michigan Guard helps evacuate flood victims
May 20, 2020
Michigan National Guard units from Bay City, Saginaw, Port Huron, and other nearby communities responded to a request for assistance May 20, 2020 following massive flooding in the Midland, Michigan, area resulting from the breach of the Edenville and Sanford Dams.
Georgia Guard helps feed school kids
May 20, 2020
Brig. Gen. John Gentry, commander of the Marietta-based, 78th Troop Command, and Command Sgt. Maj. Paul Locke, senior enlisted adviser, meet with Cpt. Athena Brown, officer in charge, 110th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, at Frederick Douglass High School in Atlanta, Georgia, May 18, 2020. Members of the Guard helped distribute food to children who normally would get two meals a day at school.
21st WMD-CST test PPE to protect Guard, medical staff
May 20, 2020
A New Jersey National Guard Soldier, 21st Weapons of Mass Destruction-Civil Support Team (WMD-CST), conducts a mask fitting test for an Airman at a long-term care facility, Andover N.J., May 8, 2020. The WMD-CST has been training Soldiers and Airmen on proper ways to wear personal protective equipment during the COVID-19 relief effort.
Army, Air officers bring different backgrounds to task force
May 20, 2020
Col. Scott Coradi, left, and Col. Jon Farr discuss operational plans while overlooking a map of the area of operations for Pennsylvania Task Force South at Horsham Air Guard Station, Pennsylvania, May 2, 2020.
Cal Guard slows the spread of COVID-19 with telework
May 20, 2020
A California National Guard full-time technician works from home May 20, 2020, at Huntington Beach, California. Many Cal Guard full-time staff members are teleworking during the COVID-19 pandemic as a way of protecting themselves, their coworkers and high-risk family members from the virus.
Maryland military police support COVID-19 test site
May 20, 2020
About 10 Soldiers from the Maryland Army National Guard’s 115th Military Police Battalion began supporting the first state-sponsored, community-based COVID-19 testing site May 14, 2020, at the Carroll County Agriculture Center in Westminster, Maryland.
Music provides support for Massachusetts National Guard
May 20, 2020
Soldiers from the 215th Army Band of the Massachusetts National Guard perform for a delighted crowd at Veterans Memorial Stadium in Quincy June 10, 2019, as part of their yearly Summer Concert Series.
Oregon Airmen use technology to complete training, mission
May 20, 2020
Col. Esther Sablan, commander of the 150th Special Operations Wing, participates in first virtual unit training assembly for April 2020 drill.
New Mexico Air Guard assisting with coronavirus testing
May 19, 2020
The 150th Medical Group, as part of the New Mexico National Guard Joint Task Force, is assisting the state’s COVID-19 response by supporting a coronavirus testing site at the Wellesley Health Center.
WADS Airman sews 150 masks for Alabama hospital workers
May 19, 2020
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Rachel Yandon, a radio frequency transmission systems apprentice assigned to the 225th Support Squadron, Washington Air National Guard, wears a face mask like the ones she donated to mission essential personnel of the Western Air Defense Sector May 7, 2020. Yandon also sewed and donated 150 masks to an Alabama hospital.
Joint innovation a hallmark of Michigan Guard's response
May 19, 2020
U.S. Air Force Capt. Brynt Ellis, medical readiness officer of the 127th Medical Group, Selfridge Air National Guard Base, Michigan,tests a prototype protective gown while working with Army Command Sgt. Maj. Kevin Palmatier, garrison command sergeant major of Camp Grayling, to procure products for clinicians combating the COVID-19 pandemic.
Wyoming National Guard helps increase state COVID-19 testing
May 19, 2020
U.S. Army Capt. Sarah Brewer, a nuclear medical science officer with the Wyoming National Guard’s 84th Civil Support Team (CST), works from the mobile laboratory parked at the Wyoming Public Health Laboratory in Cheyenne, Wyoming, May 4, 2020. The 84th CST is working in partnership with the Wyoming Department of Health state lab to support increased COVID-19 testing capacity.
NY Guard distributes 11 million meals, helps test 250,000
May 19, 2020
Army National Guard Spc. Matthew Porter, assigned to D Company, 427th Brigade Support Battalion, collects information from a member of the New York State Police at a COVID-19 antibody testing site in Williamsville, New York, May 5, 2020. Wedgwood and other members of the New York National Guard are supporting state agencies at antibody testing sties across New York.
Alaska Army National Guard rescues injured man near Noorvik
May 19, 2020
A UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter of 1st Battalion, 207th Aviation Regiment, in Nome after being flown by Alaska National Guard Chief Warrant Officer 3 Paul Jones on a May 16, 2020, rescue mission in Coffin Camp, where a man had injured himself by stepping on nails.
RING sends humanitarian aid to the Bahamas and Timor-Leste
May 19, 2020
U.S. Air National Guard Airmen from the 143d Airlift Wing Civil Engineering Squadron participate in a subject matter expert exchange with the Royal Bahamian Defence Force at Coral Harbour Base, Nassau, The Bahamas, March 11, 2019. The exchange takes place as part of the Rhode Island National Guard’s partnership with the Commonwealth of The Bahamas through the State Partnership Program. Rhode Island has been partnered with The Bahamas since 2005.