Top photo: Soldiers of the 957th Engineer Company (Multi-role Bridge) step off of the C-12 Huron aircraft at the N.D. National Guard's Army Aviation Support Facility, Bismarck on May 20.
Bridge Engineers Return
A six Soldier-team of the Bismarck-based 957th Engineer Company (Multi-role Bridge) returned to North Dakota on May 20 after serving on an overseas deployment. One of the Soldiers was dropped off in Fargo, while the other five traveled to the N.D. National Guard's Army Aviation Support Facility in Bismarck. Gov. Doug Burgum, Maj. Gen. Al Dohrmann, family and fellow service members greeted them inside the C-12 hanger. The engineers, mobilized in June 2019, assisted in the training of Iraqi army bridge engineers. Among their major accomplishments was developing an Program of Instruction (POI) for the Harzone Panel Bridge.
1st Lt. Ryan Blumhagen hugs his wife Mckenzie after arriving at the at the N.D. National Guard's Army Aviation Support Facility in Bismarck on May 20. Blumhagen led a six Soldier-team of the Bismarck-based 957th Engineer Company (Multi-role Bridge) serving in Iraq assisting Iraqi army bridge engineers.
Sgt. Casey Drege steps off of the C-12 Huron in Fargo on May 20. Drege was one of six Soldiers from the 957th Engineer Company (Multi-role Bridge) who returned home to North Dakota on May 20 after serving overseas in Iraq. The aircraft later transported the remaining five Soldiers to Bismarck.
Memorial Day 2020 Ceremony
Due to COVID-19 restrictions our annual 2020 Memorial Day ceremony at the N.D. Veterans Cemetery will only be available online. Please join us for the broadcast of the ceremony live on our website NDGuard.nd.gov beginning at 12 noon on May 25.
This virtual broadcast will allow us to continue to with the tradition of the honoring all of our fallen heroes by sharing this beautiful ceremony with a larger audience than ever before. By viewing the ceremony online, we are protecting the health and safety of the thousands of spectators that normally attend our ceremony and thus further limit the spread of COVID-19.
Memorial Day 2020 Tribune Video
N.D. Guard Continues Deep Cleaning
N.D. National Guard Airmen teamed-up with a local contractor to perform a 'deep cleaning' at a Fargo congregate living facility on May 18 and 19. Facilities like this are taking additional sanitation precautions to help protect some of our state's most vulnerable populations. Thanks to the efforts of these Happy Hooligans, residents and their families will have improved confidence of the level of sanitation within their living areas.
N.D. National Guard Airmen wipe surfaces with sanitizing material and mop floors as they assist a contractor in ‘deep cleaning’ a Fargo congregate living facility on May 18.
N.D. Airmen Assist in Deep Cleaning
COVID-19 Testing Devils Lake
The N.D. National Guard help support mobile COVID-19 testing site in Devils Lake on May 17. The Guard partnered with the N.D. Department of Health and the Lake Region District Health Unit.
Capt. Justin Huber, 816th Military Police Company, puts data collection forms into a clipboard at the COVID-19 mobile testing site in Devils Lake on May 17.
The N.D. National Guard supported local public health to stage a COVID-19 mobile testing site in Devils Lake on May 17.
COVID-19 Mobile Testing Trenton, N.D.
Guard partners with Sisseton/Wahpeton Oyate for COVID-19 testing
The N.D. National Guard supported mobile COVID-19 testing site at the Dakota Magic Casino near Hankinson, N.D. The May 21 testing was in support of the Sisseton-Wahpeton-Oyate Nation.
May 19th Fargo Testing
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