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West Virginia National Guard testing at Pilgrim’s Pride
May 13, 2020
West Virginia National Guard Soldiers and Airmen assigned to Task Force Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) Response Enterprise (CRE) East, sanitize the Children’s Home Society in Romney, West Virginia, May 1, 2020. Task Force CRE has conducted sanitization and decontamination, COVID-19 swabbing, and personal protective equipment training across the state.
KY Guard members balance civilian jobs, COVID-19 mission
May 13, 2020
Kentucky National Guard Spc. Robert Acosta directs traffic at Lexington’s drive-through testing site. The site is part of Kentucky’s efforts to increase COVID-19 testing rates throughout the state.
Kentucky National Guard helps distribute food to needy
May 12, 2020
Kentucky National Guard Soldiers from the 138th Field Artillery Brigade Headquarters and Headquarters Battery support the God's Pantry Food Bank in Danville while they supply the local community with food during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Wisconsin Guard conducting mobile testing around state
May 12, 2020
Wisconsin National Guard Soldiers and Airmen work at a mobile testing site at the Resch Center in Green Bay May 5, 2020. Twenty-five Wisconsin National Guard specimen collection teams are supporting communities across Wisconsin to increase the state's COVID-19 testing capacity.
New Jersey Airman connects residents to families at vet home
May 12, 2020
U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Bernabe Aguero, from the 177th Fighter Wing, New Jersey National Guard, shows the challenge coin presented to him by New Jersey State Command Chief Master Sgt. Michael Rakauckas at the New Jersey Veterans Home at Paramus, N.J., May 7, 2020.
Oklahoma National Guard medics support COVID-19 testing
May 12, 2020
Oklahoma Army National Guard Spc. Kennedy Perez, a medic with the 3120th Engineer Support Company, 120th Engineer Battalion, 90th Troop Command, prepares to administer COVID-19 tests at the Pawnee Indian Health Center in Pawnee, Oklahoma, April 29-30. Guard members across the state have been activated in support of the governor's response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Alaska Air National Guard rescues 2 people
May 12, 2020
An Alaska Air National Guard HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter, assigned to the 210th Rescue Squadron, takes off from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, July 23, 2015. The 210th Rescue Squadron provides emergency rescue services for the citizens of Alaska in addition to training for wartime combat search and rescue missions.
America’s only missile defense brigade 'deployed in place'
May 12, 2020
Members of a 100th Missile Defense Brigade crew exit the secure area at Schriever Air Force Base following their shift April 30, 2020. Since the onset of the pandemic, the 100th Brigade has implemented measures to ensure the continued execution of its mission including sequestering crew members away from their homes and families.
Task Force Med leads fight against COVID-19 in Las Vegas
May 12, 2020
Nevada National Guard Senior Airman Fallon Quino with Task Force Med controls a traffic entry point at the voluntary COVID-19 mapping site April 28, 2020, in Las Vegas.
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.
NY National Guard continues missions with 3,500 troops
May 11, 2020
Staff Sgt. Zachary Heberlein, assigned to the 107th Attack Wing of the New York Air National Guard, holds up a sign he uses to communicate with residents at a drive-thru COVID-19 testing site in Buffalo, New York, May 5, 2020.
Kansas National Guard helps extend the life of N95 masks
May 11, 2020
Christian Cook, a contractor with TRAX International, uses a handheld Smoke Pencil to test the Battelle Critical Care Decontamination System™for broken seals in Topeka, Kansas, May 3, 2020. The system can decontaminate used N95 respirator masks so they can be reused.
NY Army Guard helicopter crews conduct water bucket training
May 11, 2020
A New York Army National Guard CH-47 Chinook helicopter hauls 2,000 gallons of water out of Lake Ontario in a bucket near Hamlin, New York, May 6, 2020. The Chinook's pilots and crew were practicing scooping and dumping water in preparation for firefighting missions.
New Jersey National Guard members help feed veterans
May 11, 2020
U.S. Army Spc. David Siegel, an infantryman with Charlie Company, 2nd Battalion, 113th Infantry Regiment, New Jersey Army National Guard, prepares utensils for residents at the New Jersey Veterans Home at Paramus in Paramus, N.J., May 1, 2020. More than 120 New Jersey National Guard Soldiers and Airmen are assisting the home’s staff in caring for the residents during the COVID-19 crisis.
NY National Guard preparing for Lake Ontario flooding
May 11, 2020
New York Army National Guard Staff Sgt. Kevin Ward Ontario works a water pump on April 29, 2020. The New York National Guard has mobilized 46 members of the New York Army National Guard, the New York Naval Militia, and the New York Guard, the state defense force, to respond to flooding along the Lake Ontario shore.
Texas National Guard to sanitize nursing homes
May 11, 2020
Members of the Texas Military Department's Joint Task Force 176 – Texas State Guard Pfc. Jason Hunter, Texas National Guard Capt. Stephanie Enloe, the task force's medical operations officer, and Sgt. 1st Class Rajendran Kumaraswamy, the task force's medical noncommissioned officer – unload disinfecting kits for Soldiers preparing to support long-term care facility disinfection operations at Camp Mabry in Austin, Texas, May 7, 2020.
NH Guard Airman answers the call on unemployment hotline
May 11, 2020
Staff Sgt. Natalie Howes of the 260th Air Traffic Control Squadron, New Hampshire Air National Guard, helping answer calls about unemployment benefits with Task Force Call Center at the Edward Cross Training Center in Pembroke, New Hampshire, May 2020.
Green Mountain Boys reach F-35 milestone: 500 sorties
May 11, 2020
Airman 1st Class Isabel Murphy, a crew chief assigned to the Maintenance Group at the 158th Fighter Wing, launches an F-35 Lightning II at the Vermont Air National Guard Base, South Burlington, Vt., May 6, 2020. Maj. Michael Cady, chief of weapons and tactics for the 134th Fighter Squadron, Vermont Air National Guard, was piloting this F-35 Lightning II, Tail 5278, which achieved the 500th sortie for the Green Mountain Boys.
Virginia Guard strike teams boost COVID-19 testing capacity
May 11, 2020
Virginia National Guard Soldiers and Airmen assist with a drive-thru COVID-19 testing site run by the Virginia Department of Health Eastern Shore Health District May 8, 2020, at the Eastern Shore Community College in Melfa, Virginia. VNG sample strike teams are helping increase Virginia’s COVID-19 testing capacity at long-term care facilities and other locations.
Delaware National Guard supports coronavirus testing
May 11, 2020
Sgt. Zell Flamer, a Soldier with the Delaware National Guard’s 262nd Component Repair Company, at a coronavirus testing site on the grounds of the Sussex County VA Community-Based Outpatient Clinic in Georgetown, Delaware, May 6, 2020. The drive-thru side provided testing for essential employees, at-risk populations, and individuals likely exposed to someone with COVID-19.