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Kansas National Guard serves up millions of meals
May 28, 2020
Spc. Dondi Jones, Company A, 2nd Combined Arms Battalion, 137th Infantry Regiment, measures out food in a boxed-meal assembly line operation in Leawood, Kansas, May 1, 2020. Kansas National Guard Soldiers, through The Outreach Program, packaged more than 2 million meals to be distributed to food banks across Kansas.

Nevada Guard helps distribute food at Palace Station Casino
May 26, 2020
Nevadans line up in their vehicles to receive food donations  at the Palace Station Casino, Thursday, May 21, 2020, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Eighteen members of the Nevada National Guard helped distribute food.

Georgia Guard helps feed school kids
May 20, 2020
Brig. Gen. John Gentry, commander of the Marietta-based, 78th Troop Command, and Command Sgt. Maj. Paul Locke, senior enlisted adviser, meet with Cpt. Athena Brown, officer in charge, 110th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, at Frederick Douglass High School in Atlanta, Georgia, May 18, 2020. Members of the Guard helped distribute food to children who normally would get two meals a day at school.

NY Guard distributes 11 million meals, helps test 250,000
May 19, 2020
Army National Guard Spc. Matthew Porter, assigned to D Company, 427th Brigade Support Battalion, collects information from a member of the New York State Police at a COVID-19 antibody testing site in Williamsville, New York, May 5, 2020. Wedgwood and other members of the New York National Guard are supporting state agencies at antibody testing sties across New York.

California National Guard Soldiers assist Napa food bank
May 18, 2020
U.S. Army Sgt. Gregg Hierholzer, a motor transport operator with the 1113th Transportation Company, California Army National Guard, prepares food for distribution, May 6, 2020, at The Napa Storehouse, in Napa, California.

Cal National Guard aids Los Angeles-area food banks
May 15, 2020
U.S. Army Pfc. Erik Pereida, a motor transport operator with the 756th Transportation Company Detachment, 746th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, California Army National Guard, unloads frozen chicken intended for food kits at the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank in Vernon, California, May 11, 2020. Fifteen Soldiers were reassigned to the Vernon facility to help build frozen-food kits in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

NCARNG assists Spanish-speaking citizens during COVID-19
May 15, 2020
Sgt. Alondra Morales, assigned to the 1452nd HET Transportation Company, uses her bilingual capabilities to help communicate with fellow citizens during food distribution at the Second Harvest Food Bank in Winston-Salem, N.C., May 9, 2020. The NCNG has helped deliver about 1 million meals and 73,000 school lunches across the state.

Cal Guard member's civilian skills get troops to missions
May 14, 2020
U.S. Army Spc. Koby Riggan, a radio technician with the California Army National Guard’s 270th Military Police Company, works on a Humvee, April 28, 2020, at the Cal Guard's Field Maintenance Shop 22, in Sacramento. The Cal Guard has been using these vehicles to support humanitarian missions throughout the state.

Guard's COVID-19 response is largest since Hurricane Katrina
May 12, 2020
Nearly 47,000 National Guard Soldiers and Airmen are activated in all 50 states, three territories and the District of Columbia supporting COVID-19 response efforts. That is the Guard's largest response since Hurricane Katrina in 2005, when more than 51,000 Guard members responded.

Ohio National Guard assists with mass food distribution
May 8, 2020
U.S. Army Spc. Rose Minton, a vehicle operator assigned to the Ohio National Guard's 237th Brigade Support Battalion, unpacks pallets of food April 21, 2020, at Wright State University's Nutter Center in Fairborn, Ohio. More than 400 members of the Ohio National Guard were activated March 18, 2020 to support food distribution efforts at 12 locations across Ohio serving more than 11 million Ohioans in all 88 counties.

WV Guard helps establish regional food distribution center
May 6, 2020
Employees and volunteers with the Mountaineer Food Bank help distribute supplies to volunteers with a local food bank from a newly created food distribution center at the West Virginia National Guard's Rock Branch facility in Poca, West Virignia, May 05, 2020.

Kansas National Guard stands up Joint Task Force
May 4, 2020
Maj. James Marshall, health services human resource officer, Kansas Medical Detachment, prepares for an interview with Guard media to discuss the Joint Task Force in Topeka, Kansas, April 30, 2020.

WADS Airmen support Food Lifeline COVID-19 response center
May 4, 2020
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Matthew Bradley, left, and U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Jeremiah Jensen, right, both assigned to the 225th Air Defense Squadron, prepare food boxes at the Food Lifeline COVID Response warehouse April 23, 2020, in Seattle. More than 250 members of the Washington National Guard are assigned to the warehouse to prepare, on average, 268 boxes an hour per line.

NY Guard delivers 4.5 million meals, half-million test kits
May 4, 2020
New York Army National Guard Soldiers, from left, Spc. Davier Weste, Spc. Cody Roche and Staff Sgt. Andre Hayden, assigned to the 1st Battalion, 258th Field Artillery, part of the 27th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, load cars with meals at the Queens Food Distribution Site May 2, 2020. The meals will be delivered to people who are quarantined and unable to go shopping.

Delaware National Guard helps food bank feed families
May 1, 2020
Spc. Vassindou Kamagate, left, and Sgt. 1st Class Brian Turner, horizontal construction engineers with the Delaware Army National Guard's 160th Engineer Company, distribute canned goods at a drive-thru mobile pantry in Newark, Delaware, April 20, 2020.

Maryland Army Guard members ensure residents receive food
May 1, 2020
Army Staff Sgt. Bryant East, a squad leader with the Maryland Army National Guard’s Company A, 1st Battalion, 175th Infantry Regiment, helps organize food and toiletries at a parking lot in Frederick, Maryland, April 23, 2020, while distributing food to those who need it as part of COVID-19 response efforts. East, along with approximately 30 other Soldiers from the unit, were augmenting food bank volunteers and staff members.

Kentucky Guard helps food banks continue serving the needy
April 30, 2020
Soldiers with the Kentucky Army National Guard's 149th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade assist Feeding America, Kentucky's Heartland by packaging food amid the COVID-19 crisis April 7, 2020. Soldiers helped at four food banks across the Commonwealth.

KC-135 boom operator supports Washington food banks
April 29, 2020
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. David Stefaniak, a boom operator with the Washington Air National Guard's 116th Air Refueling Squadron, sorts food at the Issaquah Food Bank April 15, 2020. Stefaniak is supporting multiple food banks in the Puget Sound area as part of the state's COVID-19 response.

Alaska National Guard responds to COVID-19 threat
April 29, 2020
Alaska National Guard Soldiers and Airmen, Alaska State Defense Force Soldiers and Naval Militiamen assigned to a joint task force supported the Food Bank of Alaska by establishing an efficient food distribution area in Muldoon April 20, 2020.

Oklahoma National Guard supporting local food banks
April 29, 2020
Members of the Oklahoma Air National Guard with the 137th Special Operations Wing pack and sort boxes of food for transport in support of the Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma in Oklahoma City, April 24, 2020. Gov. Kevin Stitt activated 25 additional Guardsmen in Oklahoma City and another 25 in Tulsa to assist the regional food banks.