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Looking back: 30 Days of Georgia DoD coronavirus response
April 13, 2020
Soldiers of the Atlanta-based Company C, 3rd Battalion 121st Infantry Regiment, Georgia National Guard, assist an infection control team of the Forsyth-based 2-121st who are disinfecting a nursing home in Plains, Georgia.
Task Force Spartan works to protect Soldiers from COVID-19
April 13, 2020
Maj. Jean Kratzer of Task Force Spartan washes her hands at the entrance of a dining facility in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility. To help prevent the spread of COVID-19, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends washing your hands often with soap and water for at least 20 seconds. The CDC also recommends disinfecting frequently touched surfaces, avoiding close contact with those who are sick, covering coughs and sneezes with a tissue, cloth, or the inside of your elbow and observing social distancing.
NY National Guard has 3,500 on duty to fight COVID-19
April 13, 2020
Spc. Gilliam-Gray Shawnese with the 101st Expeditionary Signal Battalion, 369th Sustainment Brigade, New York Army National Guard, gives instructions to people in their vehicle at the COVID-19 Mobile Testing Center in Glenn Island Park, New Rochelle, Apr. 8, 2020. The New York National Guard continues support at seven drive-thru testing sites.
Massachusetts National Guard helps test first responders
April 13, 2020
A Soldier from the 126th Aviation Battalion, Massachusetts Air National Guard, helps administer COVID-19 tests to first responders at a drive-thru testing facility, April 9, 2020, on the Big E fairgrounds in West Springfield, Massachusetts. The soldiers worked with other Massachusetts agencies at the site.
NC Guard helps defend city from cyberattack
April 13, 2020
Members of the North Carolina National Guard’s Cyber Security Response Force deploy to Shelby March 19, 2020, to defend the city’s computer networkand help recover lost, stolen or compromised data. Since 2018, NCNG’s Cyber Team has executed 35 missions in North Carolina and the region.
Massachusetts Guard helps protect homeless
April 12, 2020
Airmen and Soldiers of the Massachusetts National Guard take a photo as they respond together to help their communities during the COVID-19 pandemic. Security Forces Airmen from the 104th Fighter Wing, Barnes Air National Guard Base, and Soldiers with the 747th Military Police Company, Massachusetts Army National Guard, are providing security for testing sites and shelters for the homeless who may have contracted the coronavirus.
Community giving comes full circle for Ohio National Guard
April 12, 2020
Soldiers from the Ohio National Guard’s 2nd Squadron, 107th Cavalry Regiment — on state active duty supporting the Freestore Foodbank in Cincinnati during the COVID-19 pandemic — help deliver meals and Easter baskets to the Friars Club, a nonprofit social service organization, for families. Just last year, community businesses and organizations helped sponsor the unit’s holiday brunch, an egg hunt and Easter baskets for children of unit members.
Wisconsin Guard getting critical equipment to the right places
April 11, 2020
Spc. Edgar Mendez, an automated logistical specialist, loads personal protective equipment while on State Active Duty as part of the Wisconsin National Guard’s response to COVID-19.
Indiana Guard supports first state drive-thru testing site
April 10, 2020
An Indiana National Guard Soldier from the 381st Military Police Company, Plymouth, Indiana, directs traffic at a drive-thru COVID-19 testing site at Merrillville High School, Merrillville, Indiana, April 8, 2020.
California Air National Guard flies ventilators to 4 states
April 10, 2020
Staff Sgt Adrianne Rigez, left, and Airman 1st Class Casey Rodriguez, loadmasters with the 129th Rescue Wing, California Air National Guard, load the first pallet of ventilators heading to various states, April 7, 2020, at Mather Airport, Sacramento, California. The state loaned 500 ventilators for treatment of COVID-19 patients in New York, New Jersey, Illinois and Nevada.
NJ National Guard helps set up 3rd field medical station
April 10, 2020
New Jersey Air National Guard Airmen put together wheelchairs during the buildup of a field medical station at the Atlantic City Convention Center in Atlantic City April 9, 2020. Atlantic City is one of three stations that will offer overflow from local hospitals focused on COVID-19 patients.
National Guard chief: More Guard members to be called up
April 10, 2020
Louisiana National Guard Soldiers and Airmen collect nasal swabs from patients during a drive-through, community-based COVID-19 testing site in New Orleans March 20, 2020. More than 28,000 National Guard members have been mobilized throughout the country as part of COVID-19 response efforts, with additional Soldiers and Airmen expected to come on duty in the coming weeks.
NC National Guard sibling Soldiers reunite on deployment
April 10, 2020
U.S. Army Spc. Jacqueline Herzog stands next to her brother, Pfc. Jeremiah Herzog, in the Middle East while supporting Operation Spartan Shield, April 9, 2020. The North Carolina National Guard Soldiers were reunited after eight months of separation, just in time for Siblings Day, which is recognized on April 10.
177th FW sews face masks for mission-essential personnel
April 10, 2020
U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Michael R. Ottaviano, 177th Fighter Wing, volunteers to prepare fabric for face masks April 8, 2020, in the Aircrew Flight Equipment shop at the New Jersey Air National Guard Base. The 177th AFE shop is sewing and distributing face masks for mission-essential personnel.
Florida Guard chaplain supports Soldiers, first responders
April 10, 2020
Maj. Jaime Villacorta, chaplain of the 50th Regional Support Group, Florida National Guard, prays with Miami-Dade police at a COVID-19 test site at Hard Rock Stadium, Miami Gardens, Fla., April 5, 2020. Villacorta has provided spiritual support to Soldiers and first responders in South Florida.
Illinois Guard helps build care facility at McCormick Place
April 10, 2020
Members of the Illinois Air National Guard assemble an alternate care facility at the McCormick Place Convention Center in Chicago April 8, 2020. Sixty Guard members were activated to support the US Army Corps of Engineers and the Federal Emergency Management Agency to set up the facility for COVID-19 patients with mild symptoms who do not require intensive care.
La. Guard increases response force, mission support
April 10, 2020
Members of the Louisiana National Guard, 205th Engineer Battalion, help distribute food for the Great Baton Rouge Food Bank in Walker, Louisiana, April 9, 2020. Guard members have helped package and distribute over 580,540 pounds of food while assisting five food banks throughout the state.
KFOR RC-E commander delivers PPE to North and South Mitrovica
April 10, 2020
US-led Kosovo Force Regional-Command East Commander Col. Eric Riley, 41st Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Oregon Army National Guard, delivered personal protective equipment April 7, 2020, to North and South Mitrovica to help prevent the spread of COVID-19.
Pilots maintain flying hours during pandemic
April 9, 2020
An F-16 Fighting Falcon from the 115th Fighter Wing, Wisconsin Air National Guard, takes off at Dane County Regional Airport, Madison, Wisconsin, April 7, 2020. The jet took off as part of a practice scramble for the Aerospace Control Alert mission.
New Hampshire National Guard Airmen answer the call
April 9, 2020
Airmen from the 157th Air Refueling Wing, New Hampshire Air National Guard, work a makeshift call center in the basement of the state fire academy in Concord, April 7, 2020. Guardsmen help field thousands of unemployment benefit applications made through the center per day.