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North Carolina National Guard (NCNG) Adjutant General Maj. Gen. Maj. Gen. Todd Hunt, right, gives a command coin to North Carolina Army National Guard Sgt. Michael Gibbs during Cyber Shield 2020 held at the NCNG’s Fort Fisher Training Center, Kure Beach, North Carolina, Sept. 24, 2020. Cyber Shield 2020 is a virtual national exercise where NCNG participants join their National Guard peers across the country, testing their response to real world cyber threats to government and private industry networks and information technology infrastructure. Erik A. Hooks, secretary of the North Carolina Department of Public Safety, seated far left, also met with the NCNG and North Carolina state government participants (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Robert Jordan, North Carolina National Guard Public Affairs)