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Ohio National Guard a lifeline for assisted living facility
June 30, 2020
Staff Sgt. Kathryn Dobbs, an aerospace medical technician assigned to the 180th Fighter Wing, takes the temperature of an asymptomatic COVID-19 positive resident May 27, 2020, at the Carlin House in Logan, Ohio. Dobbs was part of a 20-person tOhio National Guard team that helped at the assisted living facility after over half the staff and residents tested positive for COVID-19.
Resilience is key for new psychological health director
June 30, 2020
Resilience is the focus of Rico Brown, the new director of psychological health for the South Carolina Air National Guard at McEntire Joint National Guard Base, June 24, 2020.
Indiana National Guard conducts search-and-rescue training
June 30, 2020
An Indiana National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk pilot conducts preflight checks before a combat search-and-rescue training exercise in Miami County, Indiana, June 18, 2020. The mock scenario utilized a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter from the Gary Army Aviation Support Facility and multiple A-10C Thunderbolt II fighter jets from the 122nd Fighter Wing, Fort Wayne, to retrieve personnel from a downed aircraft inside hostile territory.
Michigan Guard members assist car accident victims
June 30, 2020
U.S. Army Spc. August Chaffee, a medic for the 119th Field Artillery, Michigan National Guard, helped save the lives of two people in a car accident June 19, 2020.
Michigan Guard staffs COVID-19 drive-thru testing site
June 29, 2020
Soldiers from the Michigan Army National Guard conduct free drive-thru COVID-19 testing in Alpena, Michigan, June 19, 2020. The Guard has 20 three-person teams supporting community testing throughout Michigan.
Guard Airman walks across Iowa for mental health awareness
June 29, 2020
Technical Sgt. Jeff Campbell a survival, evasion, resistance, escape specialist with the Iowa Air National Guard’s 185th Air Refueling Wing in Sioux City, Iowa, is walking across the state to raise awareness about mental health.
Idaho Guard members earn Red Card to fight wildland fires
June 29, 2020
About 40 Idaho Citizen-Solders attended the Idaho National Guard's first wildland firefighting training course at Gowen Field, Idaho, June 15-19 and June 22-26, 2020. It was the first time the five-day courses were offered to non-firefighter members of the Guard.
Ohio Guard members build bridges with language at food bank
June 29, 2020
Spcs. Gabriel Kirk, left, and Javier Roman, assigned to the Ohio National Guard’s 1st Battalion, 134th Field Artillery Regiment, at the Mid-Ohio Foodbank in Grove City, Ohio. Kirk, a chaplain assistant, and Roman, a fire control specialist, have been serving as interpreters for the many Spanish-speaking families relying on the food bank during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Journey to National Guard worth the wait for this specialist
June 26, 2020
Spc. Nicole Ridley, an aviation operations specialist with 96th Aviation Troop Command, talks with a volunteer at the Nourish Food Bank in Lakewood, Wash., June 24, 2020. Ridley is one of 1,100 Washington National Guard members supporting the state's response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
NC National Guard deploys cybersecurity response force
June 26, 2020
Spc. Carlos Cirano, a security analyst assigned to the North Carolina National Guard Cyber Security Response Force (CSRF), conducts cyber operations at a city of Roxboro facility in Roxboro, North Carolina, June 18, 2020. The CSRF helped restore city and county computer networks after a cyberattack in late May.
Kentucky National Guard staffs drive-thru COVID-19 test sites
June 25, 2020
Kentucky National Guard Spc. Robert Acosta, a musician assigned to 202nd Army Band, and Pfc. Jacob Sharp, aircraft mechanic with the 351st Aviation Support Battalion, 63rd Theater Aviation Brigade, direct traffic at a COVID-19 testing facility in Shelbyville, Ky., June 24, 2020.
Northern Strike remains Guard’s premier joint fires exercise
June 25, 2020
U.S. Air Force Tactical Air Control Party Airmen point out targets during tactical training at the Camp Grayling Joint Maneuver Training Center in Michigan during Northern Strike 19, July 24, 2019. The National Guard Bureau-sponsored exercise will continue in 2020, uniting service members from more than 20 states, multiple service branches and numerous coalition countries at the Camp Grayling Joint Maneuver Training Center and the Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center in northern Michigan.
Immigrant Guard member helps community at home and abroad
June 25, 2020
U.S. Army Spc. Juan Herrera, 142nd Area Support Medical Company combat medic, at the Veterans Memorial Armed Forces Reserve Center in Danbury, Connecticut, June 24, 2020. In addition to providing care to COVID-19 patients and distributing medical equipment in his role as a Connecticut National Guardsman, Herrera has delivered food to local families in need during the pandemic. Herrera has also helped 30 families in Colombia, his home country.
Massachusetts Guard helps process unemployment claims
June 25, 2020
Spc. Lionel Courturier and Spc. William Casey, combat engineers with the 182nd Engineer Company (SAPPER), Massachusetts National Guard, take a quick break to brief the plans for the unit patch and T-shirt they designed while assigned to Task Force Steel Dragon June 18, 2020. TF Steel Dragon is helping process a surge in unemployment cases submitted during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Wisconsin Guard's Civil Support Team among nation’s best
June 25, 2020
Lt. Col. Joseph Davison, left, and 1st Sgt. Kenneth Prieur, commander and first sergeant of the Wisconsin National Guard's 54th Civil Support Team, attach the 2020 Maj. Gen. William L. Sibert Award streamer to the unit's guidon during a June 23, 2020, virtual U.S. Army Chemical Corps ceremony. The U.S. Army Chemical Biological Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) School annually presents the Sibert Award to the top CBRN units in the active component, Army Reserve, and Army National Guard.
Colorado National Guard grows expertise in extreme weather
June 25, 2020
U.S. Army Spc. Dane Kastl, a search-and-extraction team member with the Colorado National Guard’s Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and high-yield explosive Enhanced Response Force Package, performs an extraction by removing the door of an overturned vehicle during Exercise Arctic Eagle 2020, Fort Wainwright, Alaska, Feb. 26, 2020.
Former Alaska National Guard TAG is NGB inspector general
June 25, 2020
Army Maj. Gen. Laurie Hummel makes remarks during her January 2019 retirement ceremony as the adjutant general of the Alaska National Guard. Hummel came out of retirement to become the National Guard Bureau inspector general in May 2020.
Wisconsin Guard tops 150,000 COVID-19 specimens collected
June 24, 2020
Wisconsin National Guard Soldiers and Airmen collect specimens for COVID-19 testing May 5, 2020, at the Resch Center in Green Bay, Wis. The Guard has collected more than 154,000 specimens across the state.
West Virginia Task Force Medical in thick of COVID-19 fight
June 24, 2020
The West Virginia National Guard's Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and Explosive (CBRNE) Battalion, the 35th Civil Support Team (CST), and the 35th Enhanced Response Force Package (CERFP), which make up Task Force CRE, collaborated with Task Force Medical to help state agencies with COVID-19 testing May 22, 2020, in Charleston.
National Guard ready for hurricane season
June 24, 2020
Texas Army National Guard Soldiers rescue Houston residents from floodwaters caused by Hurricane Harvey in 2017. As the 2020 hurricane season ramps up, National Guard members throughout the country stand ready to respond if needed.