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Michigan National Guard helps meet demand for food
December 7, 2020
A Soldier serving with Task Force Spartan, the Michigan National Guard’s COVID-19 response team assigned to Michigan food banks, repacks Pop-Tarts at Feeding America West Michigan, Comstock Park, Michigan, Nov. 17, 2020.
Tennessee Guardsman testing community for COVID-19
December 4, 2020
Sgt. Robert Neal, an infantryman with 2nd Squadron, 278th Armored Cavalry Regiment, conducts COVID-19 testing at a drive-thru rural assessment site in Montgomery County, Sept. 28.
NCNG Soldiers distribute food to needy before Thanksgiving
November 25, 2020
Sgt. Shaquille Ralls, assigned to the North Carolina Army National Guard’s G Company, 230th Brigade Support Battalion, places a frozen hen into a car during a mass food distribution sponsored by the Second Harvest Food Bank of Southeastern North Carolina at the Crown Coliseum in Fayetteville Nov. 24, 2020. A team of 27 Soldiers and Airmen supported the event.
N.Y. National Guard adds troops to airport screening mission
November 25, 2020
A New York Army National Guard Soldier guides a resident through a drive-through COVID-19 testing site in New Rochelle, N.Y., on Nov. 23, 2020. Across the state Guard Soldiers and Airmen have assisted in testing more than 832,000 people.
Nevada National Guard stays in fight against COVID-19
November 25, 2020
A Nevada Guard Airman conducts COVID-19 testing at the Reno-Sparks Indian-Colony in Hungry Valley, Nevada, Nov. 12, 2020. Since April, the Nevada National Guard has assisted at 10 tribal locations across Nevada, distributing food and providing medical and logistical support.
Georgia Medical Detachment shifts to serve public need
November 19, 2020
U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Kirsti Horton, a combat medic with the Marietta-based Georgia Medical Detachment, 78th Troop Command, Georgia Army National Guard, labels a patient's test vials on May 14, 2020, at Wellstar Atlanta Medical Center South in East Point, Georgia. The Georgia Army National Guard deployed Soldiers and Airmen to local hospitals to increase medical staffing.
N.C. Guard helps out at food banks, COVID-19 test sites
November 17, 2020
Pfc. Pedro Dominguez, assigned to the North Carolina Army National Guard’s 875th Engineer Company, enters a patient’s information at a drive-thru COVID-19 test site in High Point, North Carolina, on Nov. 13, 2020. More than 170 North Carolina National Guard Soldiers and Airmen are activated across the state to support N.C. Emergency Management’s response to the pandemic.
Michigan National Guard fills vital need for food delivery
November 17, 2020
Michigan National Guard Soldiers with Michigan’s Task Force Spartan work with Gleaners of Pontiac, Michigan, Community Food Bank on Nov. 4, 2020. Since March, Michigan National Guard teams have supported food banks across Michigan.
28th Infantry Division completes warfighter exercise
November 17, 2020
Lt. Col. Dorothy Watkins, left, a military information support operations officer, confers with OF-3 Aleksas Paulauskas, her Lithuanian Land Forces counterpart, during a two-week warfighter exercise Nov. 7, 2020, at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pennsylvania.
Colorado ANG builds readiness with Canadian partners
November 13, 2020
U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Teneyck Latourrette, a pilot, and Senior Master Sgt. Michael Horner, both from the 140th Wing, Colorado Air National Guard, Buckley Air Force Base, look over aircraft forms before takeoff during Operation Noble Defender, Sept. 21, 2020, 5 Wing Goose Bay, Newfoundland Labrador. North American Aerospace Defense Command conducted a dynamic force employment operation in the Arctic Sept. 20-23 to demonstrate NORAD’s air capability, readiness and will to defend the United States and Canada.
Wisconsin National Guard tops 800,000 COVID-19 tests
November 9, 2020
Citizen-Soldiers and Citizen-Airmen from the Wisconsin National Guard collect specimens for COVID-19 testing Oct. 26, 2020, at a community-based testing site at the Waukesha County Expo Center in Waukesha. The Wisconsin National Guard has collected more than 800,000 specimens across the state.
Tenn. National Guard surpasses half-million COVID-19 tests
November 6, 2020
Pfc. Kathryn Ratliff works at the Nissan Stadium COVID-19 testing site in downtown Nashville, Aug. 21.
New Mexico Air Guard help the state with CARES Act team
November 3, 2020
Over 136 days, 36 Air National Guard members worked as a part of the CARES Act team.
National Guard will support election in multiple states
November 2, 2020
U.S. Army Spc. Jordan Rivera, left, and Sgt. Evan M. Ruggiero, both with Charlie Battery, 3-112th Field Artillery Regiment, New Jersey Army National Guard, process ballots at the Atlantic County Board of Elections in Mays Landing, N.J., July 7, 2020. More than 100 New Jersey Army National Guard Soldiers assisted election officials in seven counties during the state’s primary.
Indiana Guard helps long-term care facilities fight COVID-19
October 30, 2020
Indiana National Guard Brig. Gen. Dale Lyles, the adjutant general, speaks to Citizen-Soldiers Oct. 30, 2020, on the importance of their mission supporting long-term care facilities throughout the state for the rest of the year. More than 1,300 members of the Guard will assist with COVID-19 testing and other measures at the facilities.
NY National Guard supports COVID-19 travel safety operations
October 28, 2020
Army Sgt. Benjamin Zawacki and Spc. Kevin Hamilton, Soldiers assigned to 105th Military Police Company, Buffalo, N.Y., sanitize their hands between flight arrivals at Buffalo-Niagara International Airport Oct. 23, 2020. The team meets arriving passengers to distribute the State Department of Health traveler form to people coming from restricted states.
Army National Guard exceeds strength goals for fiscal year
October 27, 2020
Sgt. 1st Class Edward Santiago, a drill sergeant with the New Jersey Army National Guard’s Recruit Sustainment Battalion, instructs New Jersey Army Guard recruits at the New Jersey National Guard Training Center in Sea Girt, N.J. More than 43,000 people enlisted in the Army National Guard in fiscal year 2020. That, combined with a 101% retention rate and more than 4,100 transitions from the active component to the Army Guard, allowed the Army Guard to meet its congressionally mandated end strength of 336,000 Soldiers.
No rest for Wisconsin National Guard medics
October 27, 2020
Sgt. Ethan Peterman, a combat medic with the 135th Medical Company, performs a needle decompression procedure on a simulated casualty during the unit's annual training at Fort McCoy, Wis., Aug. 12, 2020. Approximately three-quarters of the 135th Medical Company served on orders for five months, supporting the state's COVID-19 response, before transitioning to annual training.
Flour, eggs and milk: A recipe for pancakes (and resilience)
October 23, 2020
Capt. David Schlador scrambles an egg at the weekly pancake breakfast hosted at Joint Force Headquarters, Madison, Wis., Oct. 2, 2020. Schlador implemented the breakfast after seeing its success in other units. He said the eggs-to-order part was his idea and that it quickly became more popular than the pancakes.
NY National Guard continues statewide COVID-19 response
October 19, 2020
Members of the New York National Guard help state Department of Health officials screen travelers at JFK Airport in New York City Oct. 16. 2020. Travelers arriving from states with significant community spread are advised to quarantine for 14 days as a precaution.