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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.

Children personalize medals for Florida Guard and partners
May 1, 2020
Florida National Guard Spc. Zachary Snyder, 2-124th Regiment 53rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, receives a donated and decorated medal from a Memorial Healthcare Systems employee at C.B. Smith Park Community- Based Testing Site.

Polish medical team, Illinois Guard side-by-side in COVID-19 response
May 1, 2020
Air Force Tech. Sgt. Adam Dyer, left, and Senior Airman Koami Kunakey, both assigned to the Illinois Air National Guard’s 182nd Airlift Wing, place beds in treatment cubicles at the McCormick Place Convention Center in Chicago while taking part in COVID-19 response efforts, April 11, 2020. Illinois National Guard members were assisted by a nine-person medical team from the Polish military. Since 1993, the Illinois Guard and the Polish military have been partners in the Department of Defense’s State Partnership Program.

Guard helps ensure seniors stay healthy in COVID-19 pandemic
May 1, 2020
In a White House ceremony April 30, 2020, Air Force Gen. Joseph Lengyel, chief of the National Guard Bureau, says the National Guard has helped ensure older Americans remain healthy during the COVID-19 pandemic.  Guard members have disinfected and sanitized nursing homes and senior care facilities across the nation.

North Carolina Guard pitches in on the farm to help needy
April 30, 2020
North Carolina National Guard Soldiers assist volunteers at the Inter-Faith Food Shuttle farm to ensure crops are planted and tended to for future harvests and distribution to the needy.

NY National Guard Soldiers delivering meals to rural seniors
April 30, 2020
NORWICH, NY – New York Army National Guard Soldiers assigned to Delta Company, 2nd Battalion, 108th Infantry Regiment, distribute food in rural Chenango County April 23, 2020.

Chaplains reach out to Cal Guard members fighting COVID-19
April 30, 2020
U.S. Air Force Maj. Edward Ganigan, center, a chaplain from the 163d Attack Wing, California Air National Guard, prays for soldiers of the California Army National Guard’s 315th Vertical Construction Company and staff members of the FIND Desert Regional Food Bank in Indio, California, April 29, 2020.

Indiana National Guard helps collect COVID-19 data
April 30, 2020
The Indiana National Guard, local law enforcement and civilian personnel conduct COVID-19 testing throughout north east Indiana April 27, 2020, as part of an initiative to conduct widespread testing to better combat the coronavirus.

Wisconsin Guard conducting mobile testing around state
April 30, 2020
Wisconsin National Guard Soldiers and Airmen talk with a staff member of the Orchard Manor long-term care facility in Lancaster April 25, 2020, about the importance of safely collecting specimens to test residents and staff  for COVID-19.

New York Guard and South African chaplains share ideas
April 30, 2020
New York Air National Guard Chaplain (Lt. Col.) Jacob Marvel conducts Easter Mass for service members at the Javits Convention Center in New York City while following social distancing guidelines April 12, 2020. New York Army and Air National Guard chaplains, like their counterparts in the South African National Defence Force, are focused on providing religious opportunities and counseling to troops involved in efforts to contain the COVID-19 pandemic.

 

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Ohio National Guard wraps up COVID-19 hospital support mission
Ohio National Guard Public Affairs
May 11, 2022 | 1:40
The staffing support provided by members of the Ohio National Guard and State Defense Force was the helping hand that many hospitals and communities needed during the spike of COVID-19 cases around the state from December into early this year. More than 2,000 Soldiers and Airmen were activated by Gov. Mike DeWine during that timeframe to help relieve hospitals and health care facilities, which welcomed the assistance due to employee shortages and illnesses.
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