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South Carolina National Guardsmen conduct site survey training to detect chemical threats and decontamination in Myrtle Beach, S.C., March 11, 2021.

Army Master Sgt. Brooks Young, a Louisiana National Guardsman, helps package and ship ventilator equipment to support the state and federal COVID-19 response in Baton Rouge, La., April 1, 2020.

Soldiers operate an M1A1 Abrams tank before a live-fire accuracy screening test near Fort Bliss, Texas, Sept. 16, 2019.

Army Spc. Logan Courtemanche and Sgt. Graham Goodridge lay cinder block in Cincu, Romania, July 19, 2019, during Resolute Castle, a multi-national joint exercise that strengthens partnerships and enhances training capabilities with NATO allies.

South Carolina National Guardsmen test a chemical agent detector prototype in Clemson, S.C., July 13, 2019.

North Carolina National Guardsmen move vehicles into position for combat arms training during Operation Hickory Sting at Fort Irwin, Calif., July 4, 2019.

An Alaska Army National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter helps fight a wildfire at Montana Creek near Talkeetna, Alaska, July 4, 2019.

Army National Guardsmen help fight a wildfire at Montana Creek near Talkeetna, Alaska, July 4, 2019.

Army National Guardsmen lay sandbags at a flooding site in East Cape Girardeau, Ill., June 26, 2019.

Army Spc. Marina Grage crawls under a barbed wire obstacle during the Region III Best Warrior competition at Camp Butner, N.C., May 15, 2019. Grage is assigned to the 890th Engineer Battalion, Mississippi National Guard.

Soldiers prepare for a field exercise at the Orchard Combat Training Center in Idaho, Feb. 8, 2019.

Soldiers participate in live-fire gunnery qualification training at the Orchard Combat Training Center in Idaho, Feb.14, 2019.

Soldiers participate in live-fire gunnery qualification training at the Orchard Combat Training Center in Idaho, Feb.14, 2019.

Soldiers participate in tank crew qualification training at the Orchard Combat Training Center, Idaho, Feb. 4, 2019.