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Specialist Nathan Nelson, a member of the West Virginia National Guard’s Task Force Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) Response Enterprise (CRE) (TF-CRE), registers an individual for a COVID-19 nasal swab test, West Virginia University Student Recreation Center, 30 Sept., 2020. TF-CRE members have assisted on COVID-19 testing lines with state health departments since March. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Timothy Sencindiver)

Mountaineer ChalleNGe Academy Mother Trisha Miller poses with her son, Alexander, and his siblings. Miller was so impressed with the experience her son is having in the MCA program, that she has become an employee at the newly opened Mountaineer ChalleNGe Academy - South located in Montgomery, West Virginia. (Courtesy Photo)

Mountaineer ChalleNGe Academy cadet Alexander Miller salutes the camera. Miller's Mother, Trisha, was so impressed with the experience her son is having in the MCA program, that she has become an employee at the newly opened Mountaineer ChalleNGe Academy - South located in Montgomery, West Virginia. (Courtesy Photo)

Mountaineer ChalleNGe Academy cadet Davey Hayes poses with West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin during MCA graduation ceremonies. Hayes has taken on a new role as Group Leader at the newly opened Mountaineer ChalleNGe Academy - South located in Montgomery, West Virginia, and hopes to use his personal experience with the program to help new cadets prosper in the program. (Courtesy Photo)

Sgt. 1st Class Laurie Janet Churchill Wentworth, Flight Operations NCOIC with Detachment 1, Company B, 1-224th Security and Support Aviation Battalion, selected as the West Virginia National Guard's Soldier Spotlight for October, 2020. (Courtesy photo)

Master Sgt. Matthew Stickley, Maj. Lori Wyatt, Master Sgt. Jordan Killebrew, and 1st Lt. Hannah Staubs prepare COVID-19 nasal swab testing kits at the West Virginia University Student Recreation Center, Morgantown, W. Va., Sept. 30, 2020. The Airmen are assigned to West Virginia National Guard’s task force medical team which has been assisting county health departments throughout the state during the pandemic.

Maj. Lori Wyatt is the assistant chief nurse for the 167th Medical Group and the 167th Airlift Wing’s Airman Spotlight for October 2020.

Maj. Lori Wyatt, 167th Medical Group assistant chief nurse, provides COVID-19 testing. Wyatt has been supporting community testing events throughout the pandemic and is the 167th Airlift Wing Airman Spotlight for the month of October 2020.

167th Medical Group Airmen assist with COVID-19 nasal swab testing for the local community at the West Virginia University Student Recreation Center, Morgantown, W Va., Sept. 30, 2020. The Airmen are assigned to West Virginia National Guard’s task force medical team which has been assisting county health departments throughout the state during the pandemic.

Staff Sgt. William Wood and Chief Master Sgt. Roland Shambaugh deliver personal protective equipment to the Morgan County Health Department, Berkeley Springs, W.Va., Sept. 29, 2020.

Chaplain (Capt.) Joshua Stevens passed out ice cream to Airmen while serving on temporary duty at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz. Stevens participated in a number of morale-building activities, counseling sessions and reintegration briefings during his month-long tour there in September 2020.

Chaplain (Capt.) Joshua Stevens, left, took part in a canine demonstration after he blessed military working dogs at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., during a temporary duty tour there in September 2020.

Students from the Master Resilience Training Level 1 course pose for a photo Sept. 25, 2020, at Ft. McCoy, Wisconsin. Six members of the West Virginia Army National Guard recently completed the course which teaches resiliency skills. (Courtesy photo)

James Blair, an IT Technician with Tate Communications, poses with Staff Sgt. Douglas Cooper and Steve Labelle, Telecommunications Specialists with the West Virginia National Guard, during the instillation of an outdoor WiFi booster on the Summersville Armory, September 15, 2020. The WiFi booster will allow students and parents to access free WiFi internet at WVNG armories at multiple locations around the state in support of Governor Jim Justice’s Kids Connect Initiative. The initiative is part of a statewide response effort to the COVID-19 pandemic and will provide internet access and availability at public spaces to students throughout areas of West Virginia where reliable internet is not always available. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Edwin L. Wriston)

Four members of the West Virginia National Guard’s Company C, 1-150th Assault Battalion are in California flying aerial wildland firefighting missions to help combat the massive North Complex and August Complex fires currently burning throughout nine counties in the northern part of the state. (Curtesy Photo Provided)

Four members of the West Virginia National Guard’s Company C, 1-150th Assault Battalion are in California flying aerial wildland firefighting missions to help combat the massive North Complex and August Complex fires currently burning throughout nine counties in the northern part of the state. (Curtesy Photo Provided)

Four members of the West Virginia National Guard’s Company C, 1-150th Assault Battalion are in California flying aerial wildland firefighting missions to help combat the massive North Complex and August Complex fires currently burning throughout nine counties in the northern part of the state. (Curtesy Photo Provided)

Members of the 130th Airlift Wing and West Virginia Army National Guard talk with members of the West Virginia National Guard’s (WVNG) State Partnership Program (SPP) counterparts on Sept. 24, 2020 at McLaughlin Air National Guard Base, Charleston, W.Va. The West Virginia/Peru SPP was formalized in 1996 and has generated more than 120 interactions between the forces. (U.S. Air National Guard Photo by Staff Sgt. Caleb Vance)

Members of the 167th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron explain their mission and capabilities to members of the West Virginia National Guard’s (WVNG) State Partnership Program (SPP) counterparts on Sept. 24, 2020 at McLaughlin Air National Guard Base, Charleston, W.Va. The West Virginia/Peru SPP was formalized in 1996 and has generated more than 120 interactions between the forces. (U.S. Air National Guard Photo by Staff Sgt. Caleb Vance)

Col. Patrick Chard, the 130th Airlift Wing Vice Commander, explains the 130th Maintenance Group’s mission to members of the West Virginia National Guard’s (WVNG) State Partnership Program (SPP) counterparts on Sept. 24, 2020 at McLaughlin Air National Guard Base, Charleston, W.Va. The West Virginia/Peru SPP was formalized in 1996 and has generated more than 120 interactions between the forces. (U.S. Air National Guard Photo by Staff Sgt. Caleb Vance)