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Texas National Guard is putting Soldiers back to work
April 29, 2020
Army National Guard Pfc. Tori Stricklin, a human resource specialist with the 176th Engineer Brigade, updates the Joint Task Force 176 personnel status roster at Camp Mabry in Austin, Texas, April 17, 2020. Stricklin is one of several service members who normally serve on a part-time basis, but were activated to full-time duty after the COVID-19 pandemic impacted their full-time employment.
Alaska National Guard responds to COVID-19 threat
April 29, 2020
Alaska National Guard Soldiers and Airmen, Alaska State Defense Force Soldiers and Naval Militiamen assigned to a joint task force supported the Food Bank of Alaska by establishing an efficient food distribution area in Muldoon April 20, 2020.
Massachusetts Guard, Army Reserve join forces at hospital
April 29, 2020
A Soldier from the Massachusetts Army National Guard Region I CBRN (Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear) Task Force show a member of the Army Reserve how to use personal protective equipment at Tewksbury Hospital, April 21, 2020.
Oklahoma National Guard supporting local food banks
April 29, 2020
Members of the Oklahoma Air National Guard with the 137th Special Operations Wing pack and sort boxes of food for transport in support of the Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma in Oklahoma City, April 24, 2020. Gov. Kevin Stitt activated 25 additional Guardsmen in Oklahoma City and another 25 in Tulsa to assist the regional food banks.
Massachusetts National Guard supports law enforcement
April 28, 2020
Security Forces and Military Police from the Massachusetts National Guard patrol a COVID-19 testing site for the homeless to protect supplies, patients and medical staff, Springfield, Massachusetts, April 21, 2020. Security Forces Airmen of the 104th Fighter Wing and Military Police Soldiers of the 211th Military Police Battalion, 747th Military Police Company, are working jointly as a quick reaction force in response to COVID-19.
Georgia National Guard ramps up COVID-19 testing
April 28, 2020
A mobile testing strike team comprised of Georgia Army National Guard Soldiers of the 48th Infantry Brigade Combat Team administer more than 100 COVID-19 tests to staff of Central State Hospital in Milledgeville April 21, 2020.
Colorado National Guard testing residents for COVID-19
April 28, 2020
Colorado National Guard members conduct COVID-19 testing at a drive-up site in Greeley, Colorado, April 23, 2020. Nearly 70 Colorado National Guard members from the Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and high-yield (CBRNE) Enhanced Response Force Package (CERFP) tested residents in the Greeley area.
North Carolina National Guard assists local food banks
April 28, 2020
North Carolina National Guard Spc. Dena Arnold of Delta Company, 1-130th Attack Reconnaissance Battalion, 449th Theater Aviation Brigade, sorts produce for distribution to local food banks at the Food Bank of Central and Eastern North Carolina in Raleigh, N.C., April 27, 2020.
Oklahoma Guard helps long-term care facilities fight virus
April 28, 2020
A member of the Oklahoma National Guard disinfects a bathroom sink at a long-term health care facility in McAlester, Oklahoma, April 22, 2020. The Guard disinfected floors, walls and commonly touched surfaces to help prevent the spread of COVID-19.
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.