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NC National Guard helps conduct COVID-19 testing
June 1, 2020
A North Carolina Army National Guard Soldier assigned to the 42nd Civil Support Team gathers test samples while supporting local health and emergency officials at a drive-thru COVID-19 test site in Sanford, North Carolina, May 28, 2020. More than 900 NCNG Soldiers and Airmen have been activated in response to COVID-19 relief efforts.
Georgia Guard members deployed in 2019 respond to COVID in 2020
June 1, 2020
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Diane Piedrahita, an emergency management specialist for the 165th Airlift Wing, updates a spreadsheet tracking personnel devoted to COVID-19 relief efforts in the state of Georgia. Piedrahita recently returned from a deployment overseas and is pursuing a master’s degree in public health.
Guard members in 23 states, D.C. called up in response to civil unrest
May 31, 2020
Minnesota Guardsmen took some time while they were on duty today to assist with cleaning up in the community. The Minnesota National Guard is committed to protecting lives, preserving property and restoring order.
Pa. National Guard launches COVID-19 testing task force
May 29, 2020
Pennsylvania National Guard Staff Sgt. Kursty Campbell, left, and Pfc. Ryan Whispell, center, test a staff member at Kendal-Crosslands Nursing Home in Kennett Square, Pa., May 26, 2020.
178th Wing Airmen serve their community at local food bank
May 29, 2020
Staff Sgt. Lucas Williams, a radar technician assigned to the 123rd Air Control Squadron, Ohio National Guard, unwraps a pallet of boxes of food during the drive-thru food distribution May 22, 2020, at the Second Harvest Food Bank in Springfield, Ohio.
National Guard members share test results in many languages
May 29, 2020
Wisconsin National Guard Spc. Erick Carranza informs people of COVID-19 test results in English or Spanish from a call center in Madison in May 2020. Thirty Guard Airmen and Soldiers are staffing the call center, with 16 of them bilingual in Spanish, Hmong, Portuguese, French, Mandarin Chinese, or German.
Missouri National Guard delivers school lunches
May 29, 2020
Spc. Ross Schlichting, left, and Staff Sgt. Vernon Long, with the 1221st Transport Company, Missouri National Guard, pack school lunches for delivery April 27, 2020, at Osage County R-II School, Linn, Missouri. Nearly 200 Guardsmen are assisting schools with distribution and delivery of food to students in communities across the state as part of the state’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
New York National Guard delivers 16.6 million meals
May 29, 2020
New York Army National Guard Pvt. Mathew Burke, left, from Mechanicville and Pfc. Janelle McKoy from New Windsor, both assigned to the 104th Military Police Battalion, deliver COVID-19 test kits to a nursing facility in The Bronx May 26, 2020.
Oklahoma Guard supports statewide COVID-19 contact tracing
May 28, 2020
A member of the Oklahoma Army National Guard checks his list of contacts before making a phone call as part of contact tracing operations at the Texas County Health Department in Guymon, Oklahoma, May 15, 2020, in a multi-agency effort to slow the spread of COVID-19 in the state.
Iowa National Guard helps set up COVID-19 test site
May 28, 2020
Iowa Air National Guard Senior Airman Manuel Zertuche, a 185th Air Refueling Wing medical technician, works with medical staff to administer a COVID-19 test at the Sioux Center, Iowa, “TestIowa” site May 27, 2020.