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Arizona National Guard service members prepare and collect COVID-19 test samples Aug. 13, 2020, in Santa Rosa, Ariz. on the Tohono O’odham Nation before transporting them to a state lab. The Arizona National Guard has activated more than 800 Arizona Citizen-Soldiers and -Airmen to support community needs during this emergency response state. Video by Staff Sgt. Dillon Davis.
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Soldiers and Airmen from the Connecticut National Guard load cases of water onto trucks at Camp Hartell in Windsor Locks, Connecticut, Aug. 8, 2020. Connecticut Guardsmen delivered 21,000 cases of water from FEMA to towns throughout the state in response to Tropical Storm Isaias. Video by Staff Sgt. Steven Tucker.
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North Carolina National Guard Soldiers with the 105 Engineer Battalion, 130th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade support North Carolina Emergency Management during Hurricane Isaias recovery efforts Aug. 3-4, 2020, including assisting search and rescue teams near Windsor, North Carolina where a tornado touched down. Video by Staff Sgt. Mary Junell.
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Aircrew members from the 28th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade expanded their abilities to respond to fire emergencies from the air during water bucket training in August, 2020. This capability of the National Guard allows units to assist and protect members of their communities from natural and man-made fire disasters. Video by Warrant Officer Joanna Bradshaw.
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National Guard Bureau Promotion and Change of Responsibility Ceremony, 11 a.m. EDT, Aug. 3, at Conmy Hall Fort Myer, VA. Video by Courtesy.
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2nd LT Jesse Pieper, the officer in charge, shares about how the Texas National Guard is assisting south Texas after Hurricane Hanna July 29, 2020 in Raymondville, Texas by distributing water, ice and other supplies.. Video by 2nd Lt. Daniel Martinez.
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The 1-119th Field Artillery Regiment conducted direct fire training during Northern Strike 20 at Camp Grayling, Mich., July 25, 2020. The National All Domain Warfighting center in Northern Michigan, of which Camp Graying is a part, is designed to replicate the future operating environment, benefiting military readiness. Video by Senior Airman Tristan Viglianco.
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Pararescue specialists from the 103rd Rescue Squadron, conducted pararescue drills during Northern Strike 20 on July 21, 2020. Video by Staff Sgt. Jacob Cessna.
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The Mississippi National Guard is assisting the Mississippi Department of Health with processing COVID-19 tests. Interviews with MSDH Lab Director Daphne Ware and Senior Mast Sgt. Tony McMahan, Senior Airman Kila Wheeler, and Tech Sgt. Christopher Reed from Key Field Meridian, MS. Video by 1st Sgt. Bill Valentine.
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Texas Military Department Citizen Soldiers and Airmen instated a new COVID-19 testing method on June 30, 2020. The TMD members replaced the nasal swab test with an oral swab civilians can conduct personally. Video by Staff Sgt. Sean Kornegay.
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Texas Air National Guard Airman 1st Class Jyoti KC, a 136th Medical Group medic, takes a moment out of COVID-19 testing to talk about her drive to become an aerospace engineer, following a lifelong passion. Our Citizen Airmen and Soldiers proudly continue to serve their communities while pursuing personal growth and innovation across the Guard. Video by Tech. Sgt. Lynn M. Means.
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Members of the Arizona National Guard conduct exposure notifications from a call center at the Arizona Department of Heath Services June 30, 2020 in Phoenix. The Arizona National Guard was activated by Governor Doug Ducey to assist with exposure notifications by contacting Arizona residents who have tested positive for COVID-19. Video by Staff Sgt. Dillon Davis.
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Oregon Army National Guard 234th Army Band performs corale of "For the Beauty of the Earth." Video by Sgt. 1st Class Zachary Holden.
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Campbell works as a “Survival, Evasion, Resistance, Escape” specialist for the Iowa Air National Guard’s 185th Air Refueling Wing in Sioux City, Iowa. According to Campbell the main part of survival on the battle field is mustering up the mental strength or will to survive in extremely difficult situations.Mental health is a particular concern during these times of social distancing and isolation because of covid-19. Campbell says issues concerning mental health affect everyone. He said it affects people in urban and rural areas, and he adds that members of the military are not immune. Video by Senior Master Sgt. Vincent De Groot.
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Members of the North Dakota National Guard ensure quality control of COVID-19 mobile testing at a site in Fargo, ND on June 25, 2020. Captain Dustin Czapiewski, a nurse practitioner from the 119th Medical Group describes the process. Video by Master Sgt. michael knodle.
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The West Virginia National Guard has been on duty for the people of the state now for 100 days, here is a recap of all the missions and support we have provided to the mountain state. Video by Master Sgt. Eugene Crist.
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North Carolina National Guard's 403rd Rigger Support Team conduct their airborne training at North Carolina Air Force's 118th Air Support Operation Squadron flight-line on June 18, 2020 in New London, North Carolina. Video by Spc. Alonzo Clark.
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Alaska Army National Guard Soldiers assigned to 1st Battalion, 207th Aviation Regiment execute an extraction mission via a CH-47 Chinook helicopter over Healy, Alaska, June 18, 2020. As part of a combined effort with the Department of Natural Resources, the Guardsmen rigged and airlifted “Bus 142”,, an historic icon from book and film, “Into the Wild”, out of its location on Stampede Road in light of public safety concerns. The bus will be stored at a secure site while the DNR considers all options and alternatives for its permanent disposition. Video by Alaska National Guard.
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This has been a busy spring for the Green Mountain Boys, from reaching new milestones to participating in Operation America Strong flyovers. Take a look at what we've been up to this month! Video by Tech. Sgt. Ryan Campbell, Master Sgt. Michael Davis and Julie Shea.
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Members of the 181st Intelligence Wing Base Honor Guard perform a flag folding ceremony in honor of Flag Day at Hulman Field Air National Guard Base, Indiana, June 11, 2020. Video by Staff Sgt. Lonnie Wiram.
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Texas Air National Guardsmen from the 136th Airlift Wing pack boxes of food for distribution, on June 3, 2020, in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metro Area. Their mission includes sorting dry goods, packing food boxes, and helping support families in need during the COVID-19 pandemic. Video by Airman 1st Class Charissa Menken.
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Soldiers from the Michigan Army National Guard conduct free COVID-19 testing for residents in Sturgis and Battle Creek Michigan, June 6, 2020. The Michigan National Guard has more than 50 trained testing teams ready to assist, of which 21 are currently assigned to support the community testing mission. These teams include a certified medic to conduct the testing and two members to assist with paperwork, logistics, and non- medical tasks. All team members from the Michigan National Guard have tested negative for COVID-19 and have been following strict medical protocols to ensure health and safety and to protect Michigan communities. Video by Master Sgt. David Eichaker.
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North Carolina Army National Guard Soldiers load boxes of Personal Protective Equipment into a vehicle while working alongside Civil Air Patrol Cadets, North Carolina Emergency Management, and the Red Oak Fire Department during a PPE distribution in Central N.C., June 03, 2020. The NCNG is working with NCEM, N.C. Department of Health and Human Services and local food banks to help support COVID-19 relief efforts. Video by Sgt. Marcel Pugh.
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Senior Airman Ledarius Carpenter is a Mississippi National Guardsman traveling around the state helping to facilitate community-based COVID-19 testing sites with his team from the 186th Air Refueling Wing of Meridian. Video by Spc. Christopher Shannon.
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Members of the Pennsylvania National Guard test residents and staff of the Kendal-Crosslands Communities, Kennet Square, for COVID-19. Video by Master Sgt. George Roach.
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A Memorial Day message from Lt. Gen. Daniel R. Hokanson, Director of the Army National Guard. Video by Sgt. 1st Class Peter Morrison.
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About 130 National Guard Soldiers and more than 40 specialized vehicles that can traverse high water arrived in the Midland area early May 20 to help evacuate people and assist emergency planners. Video by Master Sgt. Scott Thompson.
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The New York Army National Guard partners with the Connecticut Army National Guard to jointly prepare UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter crews for the 2020 wildfire season by conducting water bucket training on the Hudson River on Tuesday May 19. Video by Staff Sgt. Jonathan Pietrantoni.
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The National Guard responds to COVID-19. Always ready, always there! Video by TSgt Steven Schwach & SFC Whitney Hughes.
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The Florida National Guard partners with Feeding South Florida, Christ Fellowship, Boynton Beach Mall and the city of Boynton Beach in order to support a Mega Food Drive. Boynton Beach, Florida, May 8th, 2020. Soldiers of the 53rd BSB are providing logistical support. Video by Sgt. Jacob Cherena.
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The Missouri National Guard is committed to ensuring that students who rely on school meals do not go hungry as a result of COVID-19. As part of our statewide response, Citizen-Soldiers from the 3175th Chemical Company are assisting school lunch programs in the St. Louis region. Video by Tech. Sgt. Colton Elliott.
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Col. Michael T. Bice, New York Army National Guard, Incident Commander of Javits New York Medical Station, talks about overseeing operations for the multiagency Unified Command, New York, N.Y., May 3, 2020. The Javits New York Medical Station, Unified Command, is ongoing and will facilitate operations of the medical station until ordered by the governor of New York to dissolve. Video by Sgt. Michael Bezares.
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The last remaining patients treated at the Javits Medical Station for COVID-19 were discharged, and received a sendoff from Soldiers, medical personnel and other COVID-19 responders, New York, N.Y., May 1, 2020. The Dual Status Command is supporting 2,700 military and civilian medical staff working at Javits and in New York City hospitals. U.S. Army Soldiers of the 44th MedicalBrigade are providing staffing at the Javits New York Medical Station. Video by Sgt. Michael Bezares.
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Sgt. 1st Class Jonathan Morrison, a combat medic specialist from Brooklyn, N.Y., assigned to 24 Civil Support Team-Weapons of Mass Destruction, 53rd Troop Command, New York Army National Guard, processes a COVID-19 test at a rapid mobile testing site located at the Jacob Javits Center field hospital in New York, N.Y., April 27, 2020. New York National Guard members continue to manage the Javits site as the unified command post for the multi-agency response. As of April 27, 1,093 patients have been treated at the Javits New York Medical Station. Video by Sgt. Michael Bezares.
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B-roll: Air Force Gen. Joseph Lengyel, chief, National Guard Bureau, visits Louisiana National Guard troops responding to the COVID-19 pandemic by helping meet extra demand at a food bank, Greater Baton Rouge Food Bank, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, April 23, 2020. Video by Sgt. 1st Class Jim Greenhill.
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Sgt Kyle Sprague, a stryker vehicle commander with C Company, 1st Battalion, 161st Infantry Regiment, is one of the Washington guardsmen currently activated to assist local food banks throughout Washington. More than 230 Washington National Guard members are working with Food Lifeline in the South Seattle industrial district processing, packing and preparing food for distribution to more than 300 food banks across Washington. More than 1.7 million Washingtonians are utilizing food banks due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Video by Sara Morris
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The Delaware National Guard is assisting the Food Bank of Delaware to help address increased demands for food assistance a midst the coronavirus public health crisis. DE Food Bank is hosting an additional two drive-thru mobile pantries in each Delaware county for families struggling to afford food. The Food Bank of Delaware is prepared to serve up to 2,500 households at each pantry. Video by Capt. Bernie Kale and Capt. Brendan Mackie.
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Soldiers with the Vermont National Guard and medical personnel from the University of Vermont Medical Center run a temporary triage site outside of the emergency room where patients are evaluated before admission to the ER. Video by Master Sgt. Michael Davis.
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Face of the fight for Florida National Guard. Video by Pfc. Orion Oettel.
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California Army National Guardsmen present perishable and non-perishable food in a remote area of Napa County, California, assisting the Napa Food Bank and Community Action of Napa Valley organizations. Residents are unable to travel under the Stay at Home order, therefore Cal Guardsmen assisted in bringing food to them. Video by Staff Sgt. Edward Siguenza.
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Florida National Guard Soldiers in Orlando's Orange County community based testing site are ready for the mission presented to them. Video by Pfc. Orion Oettel.
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The 101ST Air Refueling Wing has found a unique way to mitigate the COVID-19 outbreak while still completing the mission. Video by Master Sgt. Andrew Sinclair.
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On March 23, 2020, members of the West Virginia National Guard answered quickly to conduct COVID-19 testing on staff and residence at a Nursing home in Morgantown, WV. Soldiers and Airmen from the Civil Support Team, and AITEC, were given instruction on testing procedures through West Virginia University Medicine, and Flight Surgeon for the 77th Troop Command, COL Kermit Huebner. The five man team conducted testing for 18 staff members, and 51 residents. Video by Sgt. Davis Rohrer.
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Blake Young, president and chief executive officer of Sacramento Food Bank and Family Services, and Melanie Flood, development and communications director, commend the California National Guard for its recent assistance to the Sacramento, California outlet. The food bank serves hundreds of thousand recipients a month but the COVID-19 outbreak diminished the facility’s volunteers. Cal Guardsmen stepped forward to assist operations. Video by Staff Sgt. Edward Siguenza.
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In the face of an emergency on the highway, Airmen Christopher May, a command post Airman from the 118th Wing, Tennessee Air National Guard, did not hesitate to help. Video by Staff Sgt. Anthony Agosti.
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A Department of Health employee trains New York Army National Guard Soldiers to register civilians on iPads at a drive-through COVID-19 Mobile Testing Center in Glenn Island Park, New Rochelle, Mar. 14, 2020. Members of the Army and Air National Guard from across several states have been activated under Operation COVID-19 to support federal, state and local efforts. Video by Sgt. Michael Bezares and Spc. Michael Kerr.
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The 109th Airlift Wing participates in Exercise Arctic Eagle 2020. Video by Staff Sgt. Jamie Spaulding.
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California National Guard's 129th Rescue Wing delivers Covid-19 test-kits to the Grand Princess Cruise liner currently off the coast of California. Video by Chief Master Sgt. Jimmy Ford.
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Members of the 1st Battalion, 207th Aviation Regiment, and the 2-211th General Aviation Support Battalion work with the Survive Evade Resist Escape specialists and Pararescuemen with the 212th Rescue Squadron to conduct operations in support of exercise Arctic Eagle near Deadhorse, AK. Video by Tech. Sgt. Amy Picard.
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A Lakota hoists simulated victims during PATRIOT South 2020. Video by Staff Sgt. Kenneth Brown.
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The 176th Wing Air National Guard deployed its Arctic Sustainment Package to the Beaufort Sea, February 25th, 2020. Arctic Sustainment Packages are deployable, air-dropped packages, which provide shelter, heat and food for 28 people for approximately 6.5 days in extreme arctic weather conditions. Shown are the various personnel and components of the 176th Wing that make this mission possible. Video by Senior Airman Kelly Willett.
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Members of multiple different civilian, U.S. military and foreign military components participated in a search and extraction training mission as part of exercise Arctic Eagle 2020 at Fort Wainwright, Alaska, Feb. 23. During the mission, multiple teams were sent out to assess damage in a helicopter crash scenario, safely search and extract throughout the site, and complete decontamination. Video by 2nd Lt. Balinda Dresel.
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Washington National Guard Chinook conducts Sling Load training. Video by Joseph Siemandel.
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Indiana Guardsmen joined forces with Ohio, Illinois, and Idaho to conduct static-line non‐tactical airborne operations from a C-130 Hercules at Columbus Airfield Feb. 18-19, 2020. This exercise provided the opportunity to conduct a currency jump and execute joint training with members of Scott Air Force Base, Idaho National Guard, and the Ohio Army Reserve. Video by Sgt. Tackora Hand.
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New Jersey Army National Guard Soldiers with Det. 1, D Co., 104th Brigade Engineer Battalion "Skydevils" provide a critical link with their RQ-7B Shadow unmanned aerial systems, supporting ground troops with persistent surveillance and communication relay systems. The Skydevils, who operate out of Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., spoke about their mission on Feb. 10, 2020. Video by Master Sgt. Matt Hecht and Spc. Michael Schwenk.
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Soldiers from Company D, 1st Battalion, 185th Aviation Regiment are performing helicopter maintenance at the Combat Readiness Training Center in Gulfport, Miss. during Southern Strike 2020. Sgt. Ricky Stutts talks about how the exercise helps Soldiers get prepared for similar work conditions during deployments. Video by A. Danielle Thomas.
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Over 5,000 service members from over 16 countries began training exercise Combined Resolve XIII at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center in Hohenfels, Germany, Jan. 24, 2020. The exercise began with many personnel traveling to the field to get ready for field operations. Video by Staff Sgt. Austin Pearce.
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The Washington Army National Guard AASF #1's CH-47 "Chinook" helicopter performed a HELOCAST at American Lake. The crew provided multiple turns, and performed a caving ladder and boat drop. Video by Sara Morris.
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Meet Beau, the 158th Fighter Wing therapy dog, and Trish Dempsey, the Director of Psychological Health (DPH), Beau’s owner and handler. Video by Julie Shea.
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Airmen from the Ohio Air National Guard 200th Red Horse Squadron deployed to San Juan, Puerto Rico to assist in setting up two campsites to accommodate relief and rescue agencies responding to the destruction caused by the recent earthquakes. Video by 1st Lt. Lou Burton.
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A U.S. Air Force F-15C Eagle fighter aircraft assigned to the 144th Fighter Wing out of Fresno Air National Guard Base in California, participate in Sentry Aloha 20-1 at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam Jan. 8, 2020. Video by Tech. Sgt. Christian Jadot.
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Members of the 134th Air Refueling Wing, McGhee Tyson Air National Guard Base Tennessee, conduct a domestic operation capability display to local military leaders and guardsmen. The demonstration highlighted their ability to assist and lead the way during contingency operations and statewide emergencies and disasters. Video by Airman 1st Class Kaylee Patterson.
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51C Sept. 15, 2019
Staff Sgt. Michael Juan is a Contract Specialist Indiana National Guard.contract specialists, also known as 51C's perform a wide variety of duties supporting key missions both over seas and in the home land. Video by Sgt. Tackora Hand.
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U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Marcee Lettinga, a services technician with the 110th Force Support Squadron, Battle Creek, Air National Guard Base, Michigan, discusses her core values and how they shaped her decision to join the Michigan Air National Guard, Jan. 4, 2020. Video by Master Sgt. Scott Thompson.
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Cpt. Shanti Simon is a public affairs officer with the 137th Special Operations Wing who also works full time as the director of bands at the University of Oklahoma in Norman, Okla. Video by Staff Sgt. Jordan Martin.