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Cal Guard members use civilian driving skills to help community
April 1, 2020 — SACRAMENTO, Calif. – California Army National Guard members assisting the Sacramento Food Bank and Family Services have stretched their humanitarian support roles since being activated for almost two... MORE

U.S. Army Spc. Dylan Ney, a firefighter with the California Army National Guard’s 233rd Engineer Detachment, 340th Brigade Support Battalion, 115th Regional Support Group, is one of about a half-dozen Soldiers stepping up to help the Sacramento Food Bank & Family Services by utilizing his civilian truck driving skills.

Army leaders visit COVID-19 screening site in Maryland
April 1, 2020 — LANDOVER, Md. – U.S. Army leaders visited a COVID-19 screening site outside the nation's capital March 31 to learn how the National Guard can help civilian agencies fight the spread of the... MORE

Lt. Gen. Daniel Hokanson, director of the Army National Guard, washes his hands while touring a COVID-19 screening site at FedEx Field in Landover, Md., March 31, 2020, with Army Secretary Ryan D. McCarthy, Maryland Adjutant General Maj. Timothy Gowen and Rep. Anthony G. Brown.

California Guard provides critical support to food banks
April 1, 2020 — SANTA MARIA, Calif. – In March, when COVID-19 cases began rapidly increasing in California, food banks across the state experienced a surge in demand while volunteers and staff were unavailable to... MORE

Pvt. Ishmael Rodriguez from the California National Guard's Headquarters Support Company, 340th Brigade Support Battalion, packages produce for delivery to lower-income families and the elderly at the Food Bank for Monterey County in Salinas, California, March 25, 2020.

NY National Guard staffing call center to fight COVID-19
March 31, 2020 — LATHAM, N.Y. – Nearly 100 New York National Guard Airmen and Soldiers are staffing three telephone call centers as part of New York state's response to the COVID-19 outbreak.The Guard members are... MORE

Members of the New York Army National Guard discuss procedures at the Coronavirus Hotline call center in Hawthorne, N.Y., March 16, 2020. The New York State Department of Health established a toll-free Coronavirus Hotline (1-888-364-3065).

Iowa, Pa., Del. National Guard in thick of COVID-19 battle
March 31, 2020 — ARLINGTON, Va. – Dozens of members of the Pennsylvania, Delaware and Iowa National Guard are helping respond to the COVID-19 threat, delivering medical supplies and helping locate and set up sites... MORE

Soldiers from the 103rd Engineer Battalion, Pennsylvania National Guard, help the Federal Emergency Management Agency unload equipment at the a school in Glen Mills, Pa., to establish a federal medical station for non-COVID 19 patients should regional hospitals become full.

West Virginia Guard helps state fight spread of coronavirus
March 31, 2020 — CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Almost 350 members of the West Virginia National Guard (WVNG) are helping residents and local and state officials battle the COVID-19 pandemic in multiple ways throughout the... MORE

Members of the West Virginia National Guard help volunteers package and deliver meals for more than 3,600 school-age students throughout Greenbrier County during the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak, March 25, 2020, in Lewisburg, West Virginia.

Michigan National Guard staffs food banks in 4 communities
March 31, 2020 — LANSING, Mich. – About 40 members of the Michigan National Guard are helping food banks in Ann Arbor, Comstock Park, Flint and Pontiac get food to hundreds of needy families during the COVID-19... MORE

Michigan National Guard members support the distribution of food for families in need during the state’s response to COVID-19 at the Food Bank of Eastern Michigan, Flint, Mich., March 30, 2020. About 40 Michigan Guard members are helping at four Michigan food banks for several weeks.

178th Wing analysts serve Ohioans in response to COVID19
March 31, 2020 — COLUMBUS, Ohio — In a time of uncertainty, nearly 400 members of the Ohio National Guard have been called to state active duty to serve in their communities and aid people throughout Ohio during the... MORE

Senior Airman Elise, an analyst assigned to the 178th Wing, analyzes a map of counties throughout Ohio March 30, 2020, at the Defense Supply Center Columbus. Elise is serving on the Joint Task Force 37 collecting data on coronavirus cases, hospitalizations and available hospital resources across the state, as well as providing weather and route information for the JTF-37 task forces supporting local food banks.

MD Guard sets up medical station in COVID-19 response
March 31, 2020 — BALTIMORE – Army Staff Sgt. Julius Austin, an electronic systems repairer with the Maryland Army National Guard’s 1297th Support Battalion, paced across the darkened loading dock. The bright utility... MORE

Army Pfc. NDeye Diongue, assigned to the Maryland Army National Guard’s 1297th Support Battalion, assembles a cot and bedding as she and other Soldiers set up a federal medical station in the Baltimore Convention CenterMarch 28, 2020. The station was set up to alleviate possible overcrowding at area hospitals as a result of the COVID-19 outbreak.

146th Airlift Wing helps set up Los Angeles medical station
March 30, 2020 — LOS ANGELES – Airmen with the 146th Airlift Wing helped set up medical equipment and hospital beds for a federal medical station at the Los Angeles Convention Center to aid in COVID-19 response March... MORE

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jarrett Boyd, a structures supervisor with the California Air National Guard's 146th Airlift Wing, sets up power cords in support of a federal medical station for COVID-19 response at the Los Angeles Convention Center, March 29, 2020. The wing set up additional medical stations in the California cities of Indio and Santa Clara.

Connecticut National Guard helps distribute medical supplies
March 30, 2020 — NEW BRITAIN, Conn. – Connecticut National Guard Soldiers have helped turn a 175,000-square-foot warehouse into a primary distribution center for medical supplies in the state’s response to the... MORE

Sgt. Evan Dupree, 1048th Medium Truck Company transportation specialist, organizes boxes containing personal protective equipment at a warehouse in New Britain, Connecticut, March 30, 2020. The Connecticut National Guard is helping distribute personal protective equipment, medical supplies, and medical equipment in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

146th Airlift Wing helps distribute food to those in need
March 30, 2020 — SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – A team from the California Air National Guard’s 146th Airlift Wing (146 AW) is helping get food out to people in need during the COVID-19 pandemic.Projected as a 14-day... MORE

U.S. Air National Guard Lt. Col. Adam Goldstone from the 146th Airlift Wing’s Medical Group unloads donated food from the back of a Foodbank Santa Barbara County delivery truck at the West Boys and Girls Club in Santa Barbara, California. March 27, 2020. California Air National Guard members helped deliver food to distribution centers.

California Guard medical unit deep in the COVID-19 fight
March 30, 2020 — BURLINGAME, Calif. — In this facility, there's no social distancing due to COVID-19. Everything the California National Guard does is hands-on. These members of the California National Guard and... MORE

The California Army National Guard’s Pfc. Michael Daggi of the California National Guard Medical Detachment instructs California Emergency Medical Service Authority (EMSA) staff members on properly applying personal protective equipment March 27 at a San Mateo County, California, COVID-19 treatment facility.

Secretary Esper enhances National Guard’s rapid COVID-19 response
March 28, 2020 — ARLINGTON, Va. – As more than 13,880 National Guard members support the whole-of-America response to COVID-19 today, an authorization by the secretary of defense has boosted the Guard’s ability to... MORE

A nurse changes out gloves while New Jersey National Guard Airmen direct traffic at a COVID-19 Community-Based Testing Site at the PNC Bank Arts Center in Holmdel, N.J., March 23, 2020.

Ohio National Guard member serving a greater purpose
March 28, 2020 — COLUMBUS, Ohio – Nearly 400 members of the Ohio National Guard, go to work each day packaging, transporting and distributing food and other essential items to the state's most vulnerable populations... MORE

U.S. Air Force 1st Lt. Justin Rainier, a logistics readiness officer, assigned to the 178th Wing was called to State Active Duty and is currently serving on Joint Task Force-37 for Operation Steady Resolve, briefs commanders March 23, 2020, at the Defense Supply Center in Columbus, Ohio.

NY Governor praises National Guard members for dedication
March 27, 2020 — New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo praised the courage, skill and dedication of members of the New York Army and Air National Guard during a press conference at the Javits Convention Center in New York City on Friday, March 27... MORE

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo speaks at a press conference at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York City, March 27, 2020. The convention center will be an alternate care site as part of New York’s multi-agency response to COVID-19.

NY National Guard doubles force responding to COVID-19
March 27, 2020 — LATHAM, N.Y. – The New York National Guard has doubled the number of members helping to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 in the state to more than 2,200 troops on duty. From Niagara Falls to Long... MORE

The New York National Guard, working with the Federal Emergency Management Agency and local, state and federal partners bring in hospital supplies to the Jacob Javits Center in New York March 23, 2020, to handle expected patient overflow. The facility will start with 250 beds with the capability to expand to 1,000 beds.

Growing Louisiana Guard presence supports COVID-19 response
March 27, 2020 — ALEXANDRIA, La. – More than 660 members of the Louisiana National Guard are assisting with the COVID-19 response, providing medical, engineering and drive-thru testing support. “Many of our Soldiers... MORE

Pvt. Pat Dawsonhassell, a 20-year-old Lake Charles resident with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3rd Battalion,156th Infantry Regiment, 256th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, screens patients at a COVID-19 mobile testing site at Burton Coliseum in Lake Charles, Louisiana, March 26, 2020.

More Iowa National Guard members join COVID-19 fight
March 27, 2020 — JOHNSTON, Iowa – Approximately 40 Soldiers from the 67th Troop Command based in Iowa City were activated March 26 to augment the state’s COVID-19 response in eastern Iowa. Soldiers assigned to the... MORE

Staff Sgt. Mariah Klingenberg, a force support squadron Airman with the 132d Wing, Iowa Air National Guard, reads a Soldier’s temperature before they enter the Joint Emergency Operations Center March 26, 2020. Iowa National Guard Soldiers and Airmen who are on state active duty to support COVID-19 response efforts must have their temperature taken before reporting for work to slow the spread of COVID-19 and protect the health of Iowa National Guard members.

NJ Guard helps state, local officials with COVID-19 response
March 26, 2020 — JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST, N.J. – More than 150 New Jersey National Guard Soldiers and Airmen are helping screen people for COVID-19 at multiple drive-thru testing facilities in the state.Guard... MORE

New Jersey Air National Guard medics with the 108th Wing process specimens at a COVID-19 testing site at the PNC Bank Arts Center in Holmdel, N.J., March 23, 2020. The site, established with the Federal Emergency Management Agency, is staffed by the New Jersey Department of Health, the New Jersey State Police and the New Jersey National Guard.

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Oregon Army Guard Helps Design Future Medevac Technology

Alaska Air National Guard Rescues Five Distressed Boaters