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NJ Guard's 177th Fighter Wing still flying during pandemic
April 6, 2020
A U.S. Air Force F-16C Fighting Falcon takes off April 1, 2020, at the 177th Fighter Wing, Egg Harbor Township, N.J. The 177th FW continued flying to maintain worldwide combat-readiness and homeland defense during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Wisconsin Guard testing elderly at Sheboygan living facility
April 6, 2020
Wisconsin National Guard Soldiers and Airmen are briefed before testing the staff and residents at Sunny Ridge Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Sheboygan, Wis., April 5, 2020. More than 300 Wisconsin National Guard troops are mobilized in the COVID-19 response.
Texas Guard mobilizes to respond to COVID-19
April 5, 2020
Texas Army National Guard troops set up a field hospital in response to COVID-19 April 1, 2020, at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center in Dallas. Service members across Texas worked to set up geographically separated units to support local communities.
177 FW conducts virtual unit training assembly
April 5, 2020
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Pierre J. Chaniz-Rico, an airfield management operations supervisor with the 177th Fighter Wing, utilizes the Blackboard Learning Management System to participate in the 177th FW's virtual Unit Training Assembly, April 4, 2020, in Egg Harbor Township, N.J.
MDNG serves real, virtual communities in COVID-19 response
April 4, 2020
U.S. Air Force Maj. Robert Duluca, Maryland National Guard Joint Task Force Cyber operations officer, poses for a photo April 3, 2020, at the 175th Wing at Warfield Air National Guard Base, Middle River, Md.
Cal Guard space operators support COVID-19 food bank mission
April 4, 2020
Staff Sgt. Travis Emery, front, and Airman 1st Class Soren Dietrichson, space operators for the California Air National Guard’s 216th Space Control Squadron, deliver food to residences in Orcutt, California, on April 2, 2020, as part of the Cal Guard’s COVID-19 humanitarian mission.
Two Memphians bring much-needed supplies home
April 3, 2020
1st Lt. Bryan Burns and 2nd Lt. James Conlan perform final shutdown checks at the Memphis Air National Guard Base April 2, 2020, after flying COVID-19 test kits and other products from Aviano, Italy, to the FedEx hub in Memphis, Tenn., to be distributed to medical facilities across the U.S.
NY National Guard COVID-19 response force grows to 2,850
April 3, 2020
New York Army National Guard Spc. Thalio Hinajosa, assigned to Battery B, 1st Battalion, 258th Field Artillery, part of the 27th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, packs meals for distribution to the community at the Thomas Jefferson Recreation Center in New York City March 30, 2020. Hinajosa is one of more than 2,700 New York Guard members helping mitigate the COVID 19 pandemic.
Massachusetts EOD Airman makes face shields with 3D printer
April 3, 2020
Massachusetts National Guard Senior Master Sgt. Jeremiah McClosky, explosive ordnance disposal superintendent, 104th Fighter Wing, prints a protective mask from a 3D printer for the 104th Fighter Wing Medical Group, Westfield, Mass.
Kentucky National Guard answers the call in COVID-19 response
April 3, 2020
Kentucky National Guard Soldiers and Airmen augment the COVID-19 Call Center to manage data collection and case management March 31, 2020.
Georgia Guard disinfecting nursing homes across the state
April 3, 2020
Georgia Army National Guard Soldiers of the Cordele-based Company C, 2nd Battalion, 121st Infantry Regiment, disinfect common areas in a long-term care facility in Dawson, Ga., April 2, 2020.
Guard supports local food banks as part of COVID-19 response
April 3, 2020
Master Sgt. Dustin McClure, Washington Army National Guard Recruiting and Retention Battalion, inventories canned food at the Issaquah Food Bank in Issaquah, Wash., April 2, 2020. Members of the Washington Air and Army National Guard are supporting food banks around the state during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Mass. National Guard moves critical medical supplies
April 3, 2020
Medical supplies are unloaded from the New England Patriots team plane and onto Massachusetts National Guard tactical vehicles for transportation from Logan Airport in Boston, April 2, 2020. The Mass.National Guard is providing logistical support to civil authorities throughout the Commonwealth as part of the battle against COVID-19.
West Virginia Airmen use 3D printing to produce face shields
April 3, 2020
Tech. Sgt. Alan Pasel, an aircraft metals technology specialist assigned to the 130th Maintenance Squadron, with a LulzBot TAZ 6 Dual Platinum 3D printer at McLaughlin Air National Guard Base, Charleston, W.Va., March 27, 2020. Pasel used the printer to design a face shield prototype for production to fulfill a statewide shortage caused by the COVID-19 outbreak.
Michigan Guard helps food banks during COVID-19 response
April 2, 2020
Michigan Army National Guard Soldiers assist the Feeding America West Michigan food bank, which feeds people in 40 of 83 Michigan counties but was struggling to operate because its volunteers were sent home to protect them from the COVID-19 pandemic, Comstock Park, Michigan, March 31, 2020.
Hawaii National Guard ready for COVID-19 response
April 2, 2020
Airman 1st Class Jolene Chun loads the equipment to screen Hawaii National Guard Soldiers and Airmen preparing to assist in the COVID-19 pandemic March 30, 2020, Honolulu.
Wisconsin National Guard takes on 2 new COVID-19 missions
April 2, 2020
Pfc. Katrina McMartin assembles a side table at Clare Hall on the Saint Francis de Sales Seminary grounds in St. Francis, Wis. Wisconsin National Guard troops helped set up rooms in the building, which serves as an isolation facility for Milwaukee County’s homeless during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Maryland Guard distributes more than 1 million medical items
April 2, 2020
U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Bradly Tuthill, left, and U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Richard Malloy, ground transportation specialists with the 175th Logistics Readiness Squadron, Maryland Air National Guard, prepare and load boxes of medical supplies and equipment March 19, 2020, at the Maryland Strategic National Stockpile. The Maryland Guard has shipped more than 1 million items to health care workers and hospitals across the state.
Michigan National Guard helps set up FEMA medical station
April 1, 2020
Members of the Michigan National Guard assist the Federal Emergency Management Agency with logistics support to establish a federal medical station at Detroit’s TCF Center, March 31, 2020. The site can be used for patients if hospitals become overwhelmed with COVID-19 patients.
TN Guard shifts from tornado cleanup to COVID-19 response
April 1, 2020
(Left to right) Sgt. Jacob Winton, Cpl. Justin Chambers, Spc. Austin Barnett, Spc. Jason Bahr, at a COVID-19 remote testing site in Putnam County, Tennessee, March 27. At the request of Bill Lee, 250 Soldiers and Airmen from the Tennessee National Guard have volunteered to provide support in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.