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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.
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.
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.
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.
Guard members use innovative ways to train, keep distance
April 9, 2020
A member of the Maryland National Guard Joint Task Force Cyber April 3, 2020, at the 175th Wing at Warfield Air National Guard Base, Middle River, Md. The MDNG JTF-Cyber team is protecting and evaluating Maryland government websites to ensure they are functioning properly and the information presented is accurate.
167th Airlift Wing sustaining operations during pandemic
April 9, 2020
Chief Master Sgt. Tracie Darby, 167th Medical Group superintendent, demonstrates how to make cloth face masks from T-shirts to 167th personnel, April 7, 2020.
How to stay resilient during the coronavirus pandemic
April 9, 2020
Spc. Tyler Harris of the 47th Combat Support Hospital, 62nd Medical Brigade, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., sets up medical equipment in the Army-mobilized hospital inside CenturyLink Field Event Center, Seattle, March 31, 2020. It's important to build and maintain resiliency during difficult times.
Hawaii Guard airlifts premature twins from Korea for care
April 9, 2020
A 15th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chief marshals a C-17 Globemaster III March 31, 2020, at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii. The aircraft returned to Oahu after transporting prematurely born twins from Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, to Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, for care at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. The C-17 was operated by a Hawaii Air National Guard aircrew from the 204th Airlift Squadron, augmented with a 15th Wing pilot from the 535th Airlift Squadron.
Delaware National Guard helps set up alternate care site
April 9, 2020
Delaware National Guard Citizen-Airmen and medical staff from Nemours/Alfred I. DuPont Hospital for Children, Christiana Care, and St. Francis Healthcare check vital signs during a training exercise at an alternate care site at A.I. DuPont Hospital, Wilmington, Del., April 7, 2020. Adults who do not have COVID-19 will be treated at the facility if hospitals reach capacity.
NJ Guard Task Force sets up medical station in Meadowlands
April 8, 2020
New Jersey Air National Guard Capt. Sara Kucharski, a physician assistant with the 108th Medical Group, briefs civilian volunteers arriving at the field medical station (FMS) at the Meadowlands Exposition Center, Secaucus, N.J., April 6, 2020. The New Jersey National Guard medical staff is helping state and local officials operate the FMS in a COVID-19 relief effort.
104th Medical Group administers COVID-19 tests in community
April 8, 2020
A group of aerospace medical technicians and a medical administrator from the 104th Medical Group, Massachusetts National Guard, spent a week moving throughout Massachusetts administering tests for COVID-19, sometimes at four locations per day.
Indiana National Guard provides critical food bank support
April 8, 2020
Indiana National Guard troops from the 381st Military Police Company, Plymouth, load groceries into cars of local families at a drive-thru food drive at the Food Bank of Northwest Indiana, Merrillville, Indiana, April 3, 2020.
Colorado National Guard helps shelter homeless in Denver area
April 8, 2020
Members of the Colorado National Guard transition to state active duty at Joint Force Headquarters, Centennial, Colorado, April 6, 2020. More than 250 Colorado National Guard members are helping the State Emergency Operations Center and the city and county of Denver shelter homeless people during the COVID-19 response.