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Oklahoma National Guard Airmen support food bank
May 28, 2020
Staff Sgt. Nathan McElrath, a member of the 138th Fighter Wing, Oklahoma National Guard, loads food into a truck at a mobile food pantry May 13, 2020, in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Due to COVID-19, Guard members have been working at food banks to replace the vital volunteer force they rely on, until it is safe to have them return.
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.
Oregon Guard helps deliver masks for agricultural workers
May 28, 2020
Members of the Oregon Army National Guard delivered and helped distribute thousands of face coverings for agricultural workers at the Polk County fairgrounds in Rickreall May 27, 2020. The Guard collaborated with the Oregon Department of Agriculture and Oregon University Extension.
AER expands assistance eligibility for Guard, Reserve
May 28, 2020
Spc. Colton Fenton and Spc. Kellen Korf with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 248th Aviation Support Battalion, Iowa Army National Guard, operate a traffic control checkpoint at a pop-up COVID-19 testing site at West Middle School in Muscatine, Iowa, April 30, 2020. Almost 46,000 National Guard troops are assisting their states in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, and many are now eligible for financial assistance from Army Emergency Relief.
132d Wing Airmen provide COVID-19 screening
May 27, 2020
132d Medical Group Airmen with the Iowa National Guard conducted COVID-19 screening May 14, 2020, at a Joint Mobile Screening Center in Denison, Iowa. The Airmen worked with Army National Guard Soldiers to test Iowans in Crawford County.
PRNG works through disaster scenarios
May 27, 2020
The Puerto Rico National Guard is conducting tabletop exercises, beginning in Canóvanas and continuing across the island all summer, using lessons learned from recent disasters to better prepare for future emergencies.</p>
Puerto Rico Guard tests for COVID-19 in nursing homes
May 27, 2020
The Puerto Rico National Guard is helping test residents of nursing homes around the island for COVID-19 to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus.
Washington Guard partners with Quinault Indian Nation
May 27, 2020
Senior Airman Nathan Kepple, left, a medic assigned to the 141st Air Refueling Wing Medical Group, tests Lia Frenchman for COVID-19 as her children watch at a site established by the Washington National Guard on the Quinault Indian Nation Reservation, Taholah, Wash., May 20, 2020.
Guard assists state health officials in COVID-19 mapping
May 27, 2020
Washington Air National Guard Maj. Brian Banke, a chaplain with the Western Air Defense Sector, functions as the training manager for the COVID-19 mapping mission for the Washington National Guard at the Washington State Department of Health (DOH) offices in Tumwater, Washington, May 15, 2020. The Washington National Guard is supporting the DOH to prevent the spread of the coronavirus as Washington prepares to move to reopening parts of the state.
Cal Guard honors WWII veterans during birthday celebration
May 27, 2020
U.S. Army veteran Randy Zepeda Fernandez, left, and U.S. Coast Guard veteran Sal Guzman, right, listen to a mariachi band play ‘Happy Birthday’ during a social distancing double birthday celebration in Whittier, California, May 24, 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic. The event was coordinated by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department to honor the World War II veterans' 96th and 97th birthdays.
Florida Guard supports antibody testing in South Florida
May 27, 2020
A nurse at the Miami Beach Convention Center community- based testing site conducts a COVID-19 antibody test. The Florida Guard is providing support at the Miami Beach hybrid CBTS and Hard Rock Stadium CBTS to allow the state and local partners to conduct antibody testing for first responders.
Adopting the family business, answering the call to service
May 27, 2020
In this March 30, 2017 photo, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David L. Goldfein coins Tech. Sgt. Allen Nancarrow of the 102nd Security Forces Squadron, Massachusetts Air National Guard, at Otis Air National Guard Base. Goldfein served with Nancarrow's father, a retired master sergeant, in Italy. Allen Nancarrow is now a second lieutenant.
Mission Support Group key to wing's COVID-19 response
May 27, 2020
U.S. Air Force Senior Master Sgt. Stephanie Scott, 175th Wing Emergency Operations Center manager, sits at her computer in the Emergency Operations Center at Warfield Air National Guard Base, Middle River, Md., May 21, 2020. The 175th Wing established the EOC during the state's response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Virginia Guard Red Dragons evacuate flood victims in Roanoke
May 26, 2020
Virginia National Guard Soldiers help the Roanoke Police and Fire-EMS Swift Water Rescue Team evacuate more than 110 people from a hotel threatened by rising floodwaters May 21, 2020, in Roanoke, Virginia. Soldiers assigned to the Lynchburg-based 1st Battalion, 116th Infantry Regiment, 116th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, used medium tactical trucks capable of traveling through high water to transport the victims and pets to safety. (Photo courtesy Roanoke Fire-EMS)
Honor Guard Soldiers provide socially distanced final salute
May 26, 2020
Spc. Austin Dycha and Sgt. Nikole Clark, members of the New York National Guard Military Funeral Honors Team, remove the flag of the United States from the casket of U.S. Army Spc. Levelzo Lyles at his funeral in Lackawanna, New York, May 14, 2020. Dycha and Clark wore cloth face masks as part of precautions used during military funerals to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
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.
SPP spirit spurs Romania to help Alabama fight COVID-19
May 26, 2020
Col. Michael J. Rowland, Alabama state surgeon, commander Medical Detachment, Army National Guard, welcomes Col. Teodor Aurelian, SPÂNU, branch chief, National Military Command Bucuresti, May 25, 2020, at Montgomery Aviation, Montgomery, Alabama. Romania sent 15 military medical and other experts to assist the U.S. domestic COVID-19 response. Romania and Alabama are partners under the National Guard Bureau's State Partnership Program.
Cal Guard helps Los Angeles food bank hit milestone
May 26, 2020
U.S. Army Soldiers with Joint Task Force 224, California Army National Guard, build emergency food kits in response to the COVID-19 pandemic at the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank in Commerce, California, April 29, 2020. The food bank put together over 250,000 emergency kits – more than 5 million pounds of food products.
Despite virus, 28th ECAB completes pre-deployment training
May 26, 2020
U.S. Soldiers with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 28th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade, stand in formation while adhering to social distancing guidelines and COVID-19 mitigation directives. The Pennsylvania National Guard Soldiers completed pre-deployment training despite obstacles presented by the COVID-19 pandemic.
NY National Guard marks Memorial Day with special ceremony
May 23, 2020
Army Maj. Gen. Ray Shields, the Adjutant General for the New York National Guard, holds a Memorial Day weekend remembrance ceremony to honor fallen members of the New York Army and Air National Guard at the Joint Forces Headquarters in Latham, N.Y., May 22, 2020.