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Florida Guard opens walk-up testing site in North Miami
April 28, 2020
The Florida National Guard supports the Florida Department of Health at a walk-up community-based testing site in Miami-Dade County. The FLNG is working closely with federal, state and local partners during the COVID-19 response.
On the Road: Md. Army Guard Soldiers deliver food, supplies
April 28, 2020
Spc. Jason Schollenberger, a truck driver with the Maryland Army National Guard’s 1229th Transportation Company, loads a pallet of food onto a medium tactical vehicle at the Maryland Food Bank Warehouse in Linthicum Heights, Md., April 24, 2020. As part of COVID-19 response efforts, Soldiers were helping state and local officials distribute food to schools and recreation centers throughout Baltimore.
Wisconsin National Guard helping at alternate care facility
April 27, 2020
Wisconsin National Guard Soldiers unload equipment at an alternate care facility in Milwaukee April 20, 2020. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers constructed the facility at Wisconsin State Fair Park and state and local officials are coordinating resources to staff and support the facility.
WV Guard builds forecasting tools for COVID-19 response
April 27, 2020
Senior Airman Will Wagstaff, left, Maj. Ryan Coss, center, and Senior Airman Carly Farmer outside the West Virginia National Guard Joint Forces Headquarters in Charleston, W.Va. Coss, Wagstaff and Farmer are serving on Task Force Petersen, which is forecasting demand for medical supplies in the state during the COVID-19 pandemic.
National Guard helps feed Kansas in hard times
April 27, 2020
Soldiers and Airmen of the Kansas National Guard help pack food at Harvesters in Topeka, Kansas, April 22, 2020. The food will be shipped to families across the state.
Joint Operations Center coordinates NJ COVID-19 response
April 27, 2020
U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Kimberly Kaminski, with the 108th Wing, in the New Jersey National Guard’s Joint Operations Center in the Homeland Security Center of Excellence, Lawrenceville, N.J., April 22, 2020. New Jersey Soldiers and Airmen and active duty military members and civilians from U.S. Northern Command are working together in the center to support the state’s response efforts to COVID-19.
Virginia National Guard helps with COVID-19 response
April 27, 2020
Virginia National Guard Soldiers assigned to the 229th Brigade Engineer Battalion, 116th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, deliver food from the Fredericksburg Regional Food Bank to the food pantry at Massaponax Baptist Church April 22, 2020, in Fredericksburg. The VNG has more than 540 personnel actively working or ready to support the Commonwealth of Virginia’s COVID-19 response.
New York National Guard sustaining fight against COVID-19
April 27, 2020
Pfc. Gian Zimnis, a Combat Medic Specialist from Queens, N.Y., assigned to the New York Army National Guard, secures a swab used to test for COVID-19 infection in Brooklyn April 20, 2020. Drive-thru sample collection sites have been set up as part of New York’s multi-agency response to COVID-19.
NY Army Guard helps feed 1,000 in Amsterdam
April 27, 2020
Members of the New York National Guard help distribute food to residents of Amsterdam and surrounding areas adversely affected by the COVID-19 outbreak. Fifty Soldiers served 1,000 people at Veterans Field Park in Amsterdam April 24, 2020.
New Mexico National Guard helps expand medical capacity
April 27, 2020
The New Mexico National Guard helped set up this 50-bed alternate care facility in Gallup that began accepting patients April 25, 2020. Guard members also established a 200-bed temporary hospital in Gibson.
Florida Guard signal Soldiers press on during pandemic
April 25, 2020
Sgt. Cohen Berania, a team leader for Company C, 146th Expeditionary Signal Battalion, conducts signal proficiency training on a battalion Command Post Node (CPN). A CPN is used to provide classified and unclassified data and phones to users in remote environments.
La. Guard supports tornado, COVID-19 response in Ouachita
April 25, 2020
Louisiana National Guard members with the 225th Engineer Brigade help haul debris from tornadoes in Monroe, Louisiana, April 18, 2020, while also assisting with the COVID-19 response.
New York Air Guard protects the force to protect the nation
April 25, 2020
Maj. Robert Winston of the 224th Air Defense Group threads a needle during sewing "operations" at the Eastern Air Defense Sector in Rome.
Connecticut Guard provides mobile COVID-19 testing lab
April 25, 2020
U.S. Army Capt. Joyce Avedisian, 14th Civil Support Team nuclear medical science officer, prepares to test patient samples for COVID-19 in an analytical laboratory system vehicle parked outside Charter Oak Family Health Center in Hartford, Connecticut, April 24, 2020. The Connecticut National Guard’s 14th Civil Support Team is working in partnership with the Connecticut Department of Public Health state lab to test samples from 70 to 80 patients per day in locations throughout the state.
Washington Air National Guard keeps 'food stream' flowing
April 25, 2020
Washington Air National Guard Airman 1st Class Grace Tesch, 141st Medical Group, packs food boxes at the Food Lifeline Covid Response warehouse in Seattle April 23, 2020. More than 250 Air and Army National Guard members are assigned to the warehouse to prepare, on average, 268 boxes an hour.
PA Guard prioritizing safety at Wilkes-Barre COVID-19 test site
April 25, 2020
Pennsylvania National Guard 2nd Lt. Brianna Stetts, medical operations officer for the Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 109th Infantry Regiment, washes her hands after completing decontamination procedures at the COVID-19 testing site at Mohegan Sun Arena in Wilkes-Barre April 21, 2020.
Michigan National Guard supports COVID detection effort
April 24, 2020
Capt. Nicholas Buck, a medical operations officer and medical section leader with the Michigan Army National Guard's 51st Civil Support Team, tests for COVID-19 at the Michigan Bureau of Laboratories, Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, in Lansing April 17, 2020.
172nd Airlift Wing brings 90 Americans home
April 24, 2020
Americans onboard a C-17 Globemaster III assigned to the 172nd Airlift Wing, Mississippi Air National Guard, en route back to the United States. The aircrew returned 90 Americans from Panama and Bogota, Colombia, to Florida April 1-2, 2020.
West Virginia Guard conducts testing at state hospitals
April 24, 2020
Members of the West Virginia National Guard’s Task Force Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) Response Enterprise (CRE) (TF-CRE), sanitize workspaces for the West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission in Charleston, West Virginia, April 11, 2020.
Cal Guard helps run 2 homeless shelters in Long Beach
April 24, 2020
U.S. Army Spc. Courtney Casale of the California Army National Guard’s 250th Intelligence Battalion provides an extra set of eyes on residents' possessions at the Silverado Community Center temporary homeless shelter in Long Beach, California, April 16, 2020. Cal Guard Soldiers are helping staff two temporary shelters set up as part of the city’s COVID-19 response.