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Maryland Guard helping with Strategic National Stockpile push
March 23, 2020
Members of the Maryland Air National Guard 175th Logistics Readiness Squadron work with members of the Maryland Office of Preparedness and Response March 19, 2020, to prepare and load medical supplies and equipment at the Maryland Strategic National Stockpile. All assets provided were prioritized for health care workers and hospitals in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Wisconsin National Guard ready to support state
March 20, 2020
Brig. Gen. Joane Mathews, Wisconsin’s deputy adjutant general for Army, speaks March 12, 2020, to troops mobilizing for state active duty in response to the Wisconsin Department of Health Service’s request for assistance. Approximately 300 troops have been mobilized to state active duty to posture the Guard for state support if needed.
New Jersey Guard's 108th Wing supports COVID-19 response
March 20, 2020
New Jersey Air National Guard Tech. Sgt. Emilio E. Gonzalez, a 108th Medical Group public health technician, checks the temperature of a Security Forces Airman at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., March 19, 2020. The medical group screened members for possible fever, a common symptom of COVID-19, before being put on state active duty orders
Fort Drum supports MD Guard with training due to COVID-19
March 20, 2020
A team from Fort Drum's Townsend Mission Training Complex in New York provides real-world training scenarios to Soldiers with the 58th Expeditionary Military Intelligence Brigade, Maryland Army National Guard, at their home station in Towson, Maryland.
La. Guard assists New Orleans drive-through testing sites
March 20, 2020
Louisiana National Guard Soldiers and Airmen test first responders for COVID-19 infections at Louis Armstrong Park, New Orleans, Louisiana, March 20, 2020. The testing site is one of three across New Orleans and Jefferson Parishes and will soon open to the general public.
National Guard Ramping Up COVID-19 Response
March 19, 2020
Air Force Gen. Joseph L. Lengyel, chief of the National Guard Bureau, briefs Pentagon reporters on the National Guard's response to the coronavirus March 19, 2020. The general said 2,050 National Guard Soldiers and Airmen in 27 states have been activated to support COVID-19 response efforts, with the number expected to double by the weekend and eventually reach the tens of thousands.
Michigan National Guard helping distribute COVID-19 supplies
March 19, 2020
Soldiers from the Michigan National Guard assist Michigan Department of Health and Human Services with assembling and loading critical personal protective gear, such as gloves, gowns and face shields, March 18, 2020. Once packaged, MDHHS will deliver the supplies to local public health departments.
Guard has long supported local officials in health emergencies
March 18, 2020
Soldiers at Camp Funston, Kansas, are quarantined while recovering from the Spanish flu in 1918. The flu infected about 500 million people around the world.
2nd CST partners with community leaders for vital training
March 18, 2020
Airmen and Soldiers of the 2nd Civil Support Team, New York National Guard based at Stratton Air National Guard Base, Schenectady, N.Y., decontaminate themselves after searching a six-story warehouse for weapons of mass destruction during a training exercise in Amsterdam, N.Y., Feb. 25, 2020. The training prepares the Guard members for certification required every 18 months.
Hundreds of New York National Guard members respond to COVID-19
March 18, 2020
Spc.Sherman Bristol, left, a member of the New York Army National Guard's 4th Finance Detachment, and Airman 1st Class Nieves with the New York Air National Guard’s 106th Rescue Wing, help clean City Hall in New Rochelle, New York, March 14, 2020. New York Army and Air National Guard members are supporting the multi-agency response to COVID-19.
Puerto Rico Guard screening airport passengers for COVID-19
March 18, 2020
Citizen-Soldiers of the Puerto Rico National Guard along with the Department of Health and other state and federal agencies have begun evaluating and giving orientation to all passengers arriving at Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport in Carolina, Puerto Rico, through screenings to detect any suspected case of COVID-19 and avoid more infections, March 17, 2020.
W.Va. Guard experts train first responders in PPE safety
March 18, 2020
Members of the West Virginia National Guard provide hands-on personal protective equipment instruction to first responders from Kentucky and West Virginia, March 16, 2020, in Huntington, W.Va.
WWII 30th Infantry Division awarded Presidential Unit Citation
March 17, 2020
Some 117th Infantry Regiment, 30th Infantry Division and 2nd Armored Division Soldiers with captured German troops near the Siegfried Line - Palenburg, Germany, October 1944.
Space Force Counter Communications System achieves IOC
March 17, 2020
Lt. Col William Sanders, left, 4th Space Control Squadron commander, receives the Counter Communications System Block 10.2 from Lt. Col. Stephen Brogan, right, combat systems branch materiel leader at the Space and Missile Systems Center at Los Angeles Air Force Base, Calif., March 12 on Peterson Air Force Base, Colo. Once handed over, the B10.2 became the first offensive weapon system assigned to the United States Space Force.
FLNG helps with drive-through virus testing in South Florida
March 17, 2020
Denise Reynolds, left, the chief nursing officer at Memorial Hospital West, discusses tactics for the coronavirus drive-through testing facility with Maj. Mark Sullivan, with the Florida National Guard’s medical detachment, March 16, 2020. The Florida National Guard is mobilizing up to 500 Citizen-Soldiers and Airmen in support of the Florida Department of Health's response in Broward County.
Guard members continue to assist in COVID-19 response
March 17, 2020
Army Spc. Reagan Long, left, a horizontal construction engineer with the New York Army National Guard’s 827th Engineer Company, and Army Pfc. Naomi Velez, a horizontal construction engineer with the New York Army Guard’s 152nd Engineer Support Company, register people at a COVID-19 mobile screening center in New Rochelle, New York, March 14, 2020. More than 1,500 National Guard members in 22 states have been activated in support of state and local authorities responding to the COVID-19 outbreak.
PRNG turns from earthquake to COVID-19 response
March 17, 2020
The Puerto Rico National Guard is supporting the Puerto Rico Department of Health by screening passengers at the Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport to detect suspected cases of coronavirus. Citizen-Soldiers received medical evaluations and guidance from Dr. Kendra Caraballo, an epidemiologist, and general instructions from Staff Sgt. Marimar Rivera.
Wisconsin National Guard helps bring cruise passengers home
March 16, 2020
An aircraft carrying Wisconsin citizens returning from the Grand Princess cruise ship with confirmed cases of the COVID-19 virus arrives at Volk Field Combat Readiness Training Center at Camp Douglas, Wisconsin, March 15, 2020. Wisconsin National Guard Soldiers and Airmen transported the residents to their homes for self-quarantine.
Health of force key to COVID response, says Guard’s top leader
March 16, 2020
U.S. Army Spc. Rudy Santos, a unit supply specialist assigned to the Headquarters & Headquarters Company, 3rd Battalion, 42nd Combat Aviation Brigade, 42nd Infantry Division, hands out food to members of the community during Operation COVID-19 at the Martin Luther King Community Center, New Rochelle, New York, March 13, 2020. Members of the Army and Air National Guard from numerous states have been activated under Operation COVID-19 to support federal, state and local efforts.
Alaska National Guard’s exercise Arctic Eagle 2020 wraps up
March 13, 2020
Members of a search-and-extraction team of national, state and local agencies assessed, decontaminated and prepared to treat "casualties" of a simulated helicopter crash during exercise Arctic Eagle 2020 on Fort Wainwright, Alaska, Feb. 24. The training is designed to improve interoperability while conducting sustained operations in extreme cold.