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  • Fresno Guard members help fight California wildfires

    RUMSEY, Calif. – The smell of smoke hangs heavy in the air as the Soldiers and Airmen make their way through the burnt and barren landscape. Forcing their way through charred branches and soft dirt, they meet up with the rest of the crew, who arrived by helicopter a few hours earlier and are already

  • Flags for the forgotten

    EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP, N.J. – Volunteers from the 177th Fighter Wing, the Egg Harbor Township Police Department and the Flags for Forgotten Soldiers organization placed 660 American flags outside the 177FW Aug. 31 to symbolize the number of veterans who commit suicide each month.Howard Berry started

  • 124th ASOS ascends new heights during rescue training

    Special warfare tactical air control party Airmen from the 124th Air Support Operations Squadron, 124th Fighter Wing, participated in high angle rescue training, Aug.13, near Payette Lake, Idaho.High angle is a broad field of rescue that includes extricating a person or equipment through vertical

  • Colorado Airman’s military training helps save a life

    AURORA, Colo. – It is every Airman’s responsibility to perform regular exercise routines to stay ‘fit to fight.’ Few have experienced a workout like U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Ronald Ebert, first sergeant, 140th Mission Support Group, 140th Wing, Colorado Air National Guard, did June 1. Ebert, an

  • Idaho Guard uses electric bike at Gowen Field

    BOISE, Idaho – The 124th Logistics Readiness Squadron is using an Elf Solo solar bicycle to make small deliveries to other organizations at Gowen Field. The bike, purchased with innovation funds, arrived Aug. 13. It provides savings in fuel and wear-and-tear on the squadron's delivery van while

  • Louisiana debris clearance teams go to work after hurricane

    LAKE CHARLES, La. – A debris clearance team from the Louisiana Air National Guard’s 159th Civil Engineering Squadron deployed to Lake Charles Aug. 29 following the landfall of Hurricane Laura. The Airmen arrived with debris removal equipment to clear the roadways of the hardest-hit areas in and

  • Psychological health director a lighthouse in storm

    JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – A single COVID cell is no more than 140 nanometers in diameter – about 1/500th the width of a human hair – but it has come to dominate daily life the world over. Beyond its physical health impact, Diann Richardson, 176th Wing director of psychological

  • Michigan National Guard helps test food workers for COVID-19

    HOLLAND, Mich. – Protecting all Michigan residents, including seasonal food workers, is a tall order. The Michigan National Guard is helping. At the beginning of August, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services put out an emergency order requiring all agricultural and food processing

  • Alaska National Guard Airmen rescue hunter at national park

    JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – Alaska Air National Guard members of the 176th Wing rescued a hunter in distress Aug. 30 at Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve.Alaska Air National Guard Capt. Daniel Dickman, Alaska Rescue Coordination Center controller, said the hunter used a

  • Nevada Guard brings COVID-19 testing to rural county

    GOLDFIELD, Nev. – The Nevada National Guard ran three COVID-19 testing sites Aug. 27-28 in Esmeralda County. The state's least populated county has no hospital or health clinic and is the only county in Nevada without a confirmed positive case of the coronavirus."It's important to test populations