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Wisconsin-Nicaragua SPP helps Nicaraguans despite tensions
August 20, 2020
Community-based learning centers in Nicaragua use sewing machines provided via a shipment of humanitarian cargo from Wisconsin/Nicaragua Partners of the Americas Inc., with help from the Wisconsin National Guard as part of the National Guard’s State Partnership Program.
2/104th Cavalry conducts demolition, claymore mine training
August 19, 2020
A Pennsylvania National Guard Soldier from 2nd Squadron, 104th Cavalry Regiment, 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, uses an initiator to ignite detonation cord during demolition familiarization training Aug. 14, 2020, at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pa.
NY, California, Texas wings compete in load off training
August 19, 2020
Weapons crews from Texas and California traveled to the 174th Attack Wing at Hancock Field Air National Guard Base in New York for a training competition with New York Air National Guard Airmen Aug. 10-13, 2020.
Tribes, Nevada Guard combine efforts for COVID-19 testing
August 19, 2020
Senior Airman Kayla Warner, 152nd Airlift Wing, Nevada Air National Guard, collects COVID-19 test samples at a community-based collection site (CBCS) at the Reno-Sparks Indian Colony in Reno, Nevada, July 24, 2020. The Nevada National Guard CBCS team staffed 27 mobile collection sites across Nevada in June and July, including 10 on tribal land.
124th ASOS ascends new heights during rescue training
August 19, 2020
Special warfare tactical air control party Airmen from the 124th Air Support Operations Squadron along with two A-10 Thunderbolt II’s from the 190th Fighter Squadron conduct cliffside search and rescue training with members of the Idaho Mountain Search and Rescue team and the Navy’s Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron Four from North Island Naval Air Station, California, in McCall, Idaho, Aug. 13, 2020.
Despite pandemic, mission changes, 829th soldiers on overseas
August 19, 2020
Sgt. Douglas King of the Wisconsin Army National Guard's 829th Engineer Company assesses a road repair project in Afghanistan with a Romanian soldier in April 2020. Approximately 150 Soldiers from the 829th Engineer Company are deployed across the Middle East and Southwest Asia.
NY Army Guard Soldiers win NE Best Warrior 3rd straight year
August 19, 2020
New York Army National Guard Staff Sgt. Matthew Ortiz, right, who finished first in the noncommissioned officer division at the Army Guard Northeast Best Warrior Competition at Camp Ethan Allen in Jericho, Vermont, receives his award from Vermont Army National Guard Command Sgt. Maj. Nathan Chipman, Aug. 16, 2020. Ortiz is the third New York Army National Guard NCO in a row to win this award.
Oregon Airman is ANG’s Outstanding NCO of 2020
August 19, 2020
U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Benjamin Schultz, a water and fuels systems maintenance craftsmen from the 142nd Fighter Wing, Oregon Air National Guard, flushes a hydrant on Portland Air National Guard Base, Ore., July 2, 2020. Schultz was selected as the Air National Guard 2020 Outstanding Noncommissioned Officer of the Year.
Iowa National Guard members clear debris in wake of derecho
August 19, 2020
Staff Sgt. Jerad Keegan, 185th Air Refueling Wing Civil Engineering Squadron, Iowa Air National Guard, uses a chain saw to clear downed trees in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Aug. 18, 2020. Extremely high winds uprooted trees and caused widespread structural damage and power outages throughout Southeast Iowa.
Two Early-American war veterans honored in Michigan
August 19, 2020
A member of the Sons of the American Revolution fires off three cannon volleys during the grave-marking ceremony honoring Claudius Britton II and III at the Pinckney Cemetery Aug. 8, 2020.
NY Army Guard aviators modernize with new high-tech aircraft
August 19, 2020
A new UH-60M Black Hawk helicopter assigned to the New York Army National Guard's 3rd Battalion, 142nd Aviation Regiment, comes in to land at their flight facility in Ronkonkoma, N.Y., Aug. 18, 2020. The UH-60M is the most current version of the Black Hawk and offers more efficient rotor blades, glass cockpit, improved engines, flight controls and aircraft navigation.
ANG’s Outstanding Airman of 2020 is from Rhode Island Guard
August 18, 2020
U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Christiana D. Bardsley, an intelligence analyst with the the 143rd Airlift Wing, Rhode Island Air National Guard, was selected as the Air National Guard 2020 Outstanding Airman of the Year.
Michigan National Guard conducts COVID-19 testing, training
August 18, 2020
The Michigan National Guard helped the Allegann County Health Department at a free COVID-19 testing event Aug. 8, 2020, by performing the nasal swabs that are part of the tests.
Command teams learn about resilience training at horse park
August 18, 2020
Kentucky National Guard 1st Lt. Sarah Drerup, commander of the 299th Chemical Company, leads a horse during resiliency training at Central Kentucky Riding for Hope inside the Kentucky Horse Park, Lexington, Ky., Aug. 4, 2020.
Wisconsin Guard endures desert training, COVID adjustments
August 18, 2020
Members of the Wisconsin Army National Guard’s 1158th Transportation Company at the National Training Center, Fort Irwin, Calif., in early August 2020. The Soldiers supported the Minnesota Army National Guard’s 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, part of the 34th Division.
NY Guard's 109th firefighters ready for fast-water rescues
August 18, 2020
Airmen from the 109th Airlift Wing Fire Department are part of the Flood Incident Response Strike Team, Task Force 2, New York.
Iowa National Guard helps with derecho cleanup
August 18, 2020
Iowa National Guard Soldiers with the 831st Engineer Company worked Aug. 15-16, 2020, to clear downed trees to reach a substation that supplies power to parts of Cedar Rapids. An Aug. 10 derecho caused widespread damage in the area.
New Hampshire National Guard helps state fight COVID-19
August 17, 2020
New Hampshire National Guard Spc. David Ricard of the 160th Engineer Detachment, shown Aug. 5, 2020, and other Guard members help the Department of Health and Human Services in Concord pack thousands of COVID-19 testing kits for the state of New Hampshire each day.
Virginia National Guard Soldier marks cyber 1st
August 17, 2020
Maj. Gen. Timothy P. Williams, the adjutant general of Virginia, administers the oath of office to newly promoted Maj. Waldon W. Jue July 30, 2020, in Fairfax, Virginia. Jue is the first Army National Guard Soldier to direct commission as a cyber operations officer.
Fort Indiantown Gap hosts officer candidate field exercise
August 17, 2020
Candidates from Officer Candidate School stand outside the church at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pa., training grounds during their Field Leadership Exercise (FLX) Aug. 6. Candidates were securing the church as part of their final exercise during the FLX.