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Members of 1st Battalion (Assault), 147th Aviation Regiment, 64th Troop Command, Wisconsin Army National Guard, at the Exeter helicopter bases Sept. 30, 2020, before a mission during the SQF Complex Fire in Tulare County, California. Left to right: Sgt. Jake Baranczyk, crew chief; Chief Warrant Officer 2 Trevor Clock, pilot; Sgt. Bryson Kamps, crew chief; and Chief Warrant Officer 3 Andrew Wickland, pilot in command.

Oct. 2, 2020

Wisconsin Guard 'Badgers' help fight California fires

FRESNO, Calif. – It took almost four days for two flight teams from the Wisconsin Army National Guard's 1st Battalion (Assault), 147th Aviation Regiment, 64th Troop Command, to fly their UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters more than 1,700 miles to California to help fight wildfires. Since that early-September trek, they haven't really stopped flying,

Wisconsin National Guard Sgt. Monica Miggins, with the 1158th Transportation Company out of Beloit, Wis., sanitizes a voter's hands before he enters a polling place in Fitchburg, Wis., April 7, 2020. Guard members will once again serve as poll workers during the state's Aug. 11 primary election.

Aug. 6, 2020

Wisconsin National Guard to support Aug. 11 election

MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin National Guard will assist local election officials as poll workers for the Aug. 11 primary elections across Wisconsin, Gov. Tony Evers announced Wednesday. The Guard is needed due to a critical shortage of poll workers stemming from concerns over COVID-19. Members of the Wisconsin National Guard reside in all 72

Soldiers with the 2nd Battalion, 127th Infantry, 32nd Division, deplane at the Dubadura Airstrip south of Buna, New Guinea, Dec. 15, 1942.

July 20, 2020

Wisconsin Guard, Papua New Guinea begin state partnership

MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin National Guard was selected to begin a new state partnership with Papua New Guinea as part of the National Guard’s State Partnership Program. The Wisconsin National Guard maintains an existing state partnership with Nicaragua, which began in 2003. The State Partnership Program links individual states with armed forces

Wisconsin National Guard members prepare to collect a specimen from a member of the community in Alma May 1, 2020. Nearly a dozen Wisconsin National Guard teams are supporting specimen collection missions at mobile COVID-19 testing sites around Wisconsin.

May 5, 2020

Wisconsin Guard conducts mobile testing around state

MADISON, Wis. – Eleven specimen collection teams from the Wisconsin National Guard are supporting state and local health departments to increase COVID-19 testing across Wisconsin. The teams, comprised of more than 300 Soldiers and Airmen, established mobile testing sites at correctional facilities and health clinics, private businesses and

Wisconsin National Guard Soldiers and Airmen are briefed before testing staff and residents at Sunny Ridge Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Sheboygan, Wis., April 5, 2020.

April 20, 2020

Wisconsin Guard team testing inmates, staff at county prison

FRANKLIN, Wis. – Nearly 30 Wisconsin National Guard troops established a mobile COVID-19 testing site at the Milwaukee County House of Corrections to collect specimens from staff and inmates. Milwaukee County asked the Wisconsin National Guard to assist after multiple cases of the coronavirus were reported at the facility. Guard members reported to

Spc. Edgar Mendez, an automated logistical specialist, loads personal protective equipment while on State Active Duty as part of the Wisconsin National Guard’s response to COVID-19.

April 11, 2020

Wisconsin Guard getting critical equipment to the right places

MADISON, Wis. – A team of Citizen-Soldiers continues to work every day behind-the-scenes to ensure critical personal protective equipment (PPE) is received, repackaged, and distributed to entities in need across Wisconsin. Nearly 25 Soldiers are on duty in a warehouse supporting the Wisconsin Department of Health Services receiving PPE shipments,

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