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  • Hundreds of Oregon Guardsmen help overwhelmed hospitals

    MEDFORD, Ore. – Oregon National Guardsmen are assisting more than 40 hospitals across the state struggling with heavy patient loads and short staffing caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.Guardsmen handle critical, non-direct patient care roles, including COVID testing support, equipment sterilization

  • Papua New Guinea military leaders visit Wisconsin Guard

    MADISON, Wis. – Despite the many disruptions and plans canceled because of COVID-19, in-person exchanges between the Wisconsin National Guard and the Papua New Guinea Defense Force remain on track as the partnership between the two entities continues to grow.Three military leaders from the Papua New

  • Utah National Guard supports hospitals facing COVID surge

    ST. GEORGE, Utah – For the first time since the beginning of the pandemic, Utah National Guard members are providing direct hospital support in non-medical roles. Service members are transporting patients and performing food and housekeeping duties at St. George Regional Hospital. As part of the

  • Region 1 Field Advisory Council "Embraces Airmanship"

    PEASE AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, NH -- Approximately fifty Region 1 senior enlisted leaders from the Air National Guard Field Advisory Council held a meeting at 157th Air Refueling Wing, Pease Air National Guard Base, N.H., to discuss critical issues that affect Region 1 enlisted Air National Guard

  • ANG director visit emboldens Hawaii Airmen for accelerated change

    JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, HI -- The Director of the Air National Guard made his message clear while visiting Hawaii Air National Guard (ANG) Airmen Feb. 8, at JBPH-H – members at every step of the chain are to be heard, valued, and empowered to lead.“In an uncertain world, it doesn’t

  • 102nd Medical Group rebounds from nor’easter

    A fast-moving storm with snow, freezing temperatures, and high winds caused significant damage to the medical clinic at Otis Air National Guard Base, Massachusetts. Due to burst pipes, flooding was discovered in the majority of offices, hallways, and patient care areas on the morning of January

  • Shifting the focus: training for the near-peer conflict

    Boise, ID -- The 124th Fighter Wing conducted a wing focus exercise at Gowen Field, Boise, Idaho, Feb. 4-6, 2022, to prepare for a near-peer combat conflict.The exercise included operations at a simulated main operating base, forward operating base, a field unit, and featured simulated ground and

  • What does the...MOC do?

    BOISE, ID -- The flightline of the Idaho Air National Guard at Gowen Field, Boise, Idaho, can be a busy place, especially on drill weekends, but there is one shop – the 124th Maintenance Operation Center – that has a pulse on everything that’s happening to ensure the A-10 Thunderbolt II is ready to

  • NORAD protects skies over SoFi Stadium during Super Bowl LVI

    TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE, FL -- North American Aerospace Defense Command’s Continental U.S. Region fighters along with interagency partners will be securing the skies around the SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California on Super Bowl Sunday, February 13.Continental U.S. NORAD Region aircraft will be

  • Georgia Air National Guard officially retires first of 16 JSTARS aircraft

    ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE, GA -- The Georgia Air National Guard’s 116th Air Control Wing, in cooperation with the 461st Air Control Wing, officially retired the first E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System aircraft here on Thursday.Aircraft serial number 92-3289, the first E-8C JSTARS to