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Delaware National Guard helps food bank feed families
May 1, 2020
Spc. Vassindou Kamagate, left, and Sgt. 1st Class Brian Turner, horizontal construction engineers with the Delaware Army National Guard's 160th Engineer Company, distribute canned goods at a drive-thru mobile pantry in Newark, Delaware, April 20, 2020.

Cal Guard assists rapid assessment clinic for COVID-19
May 1, 2020
U.S. Army Spc. Jason Prieto, a combat medic with the California Army National Guard’s 315th Vertical Construction Company, assesses a patient at the walk-up medical clinic at Long Beach City College’s Pacific Coast Campus, Long Beach, California, April 17, 2020.

Arkansas Army Guard exceeds environmental impact goals
May 1, 2020
Arkansas Army National Guard Environmental Team receives the Environmental Quality Award for Non-industrial Installations.

Maryland Army Guard members ensure residents receive food
May 1, 2020
Army Staff Sgt. Bryant East, a squad leader with the Maryland Army National Guard’s Company A, 1st Battalion, 175th Infantry Regiment, helps organize food and toiletries at a parking lot in Frederick, Maryland, April 23, 2020, while distributing food to those who need it as part of COVID-19 response efforts. East, along with approximately 30 other Soldiers from the unit, were augmenting food bank volunteers and staff members.

Polish medical team, Illinois Guard side-by-side in COVID-19 response
May 1, 2020
Air Force Tech. Sgt. Adam Dyer, left, and Senior Airman Koami Kunakey, both assigned to the Illinois Air National Guard’s 182nd Airlift Wing, place beds in treatment cubicles at the McCormick Place Convention Center in Chicago while taking part in COVID-19 response efforts, April 11, 2020. Illinois National Guard members were assisted by a nine-person medical team from the Polish military. Since 1993, the Illinois Guard and the Polish military have been partners in the Department of Defense’s State Partnership Program.

Guard helps ensure seniors stay healthy in COVID-19 pandemic
May 1, 2020
In a White House ceremony April 30, 2020, Air Force Gen. Joseph Lengyel, chief of the National Guard Bureau, says the National Guard has helped ensure older Americans remain healthy during the COVID-19 pandemic.  Guard members have disinfected and sanitized nursing homes and senior care facilities across the nation.

North Carolina Guard pitches in on the farm to help needy
April 30, 2020
North Carolina National Guard Soldiers assist volunteers at the Inter-Faith Food Shuttle farm to ensure crops are planted and tended to for future harvests and distribution to the needy.

NY National Guard Soldiers delivering meals to rural seniors
April 30, 2020
NORWICH, NY – New York Army National Guard Soldiers assigned to Delta Company, 2nd Battalion, 108th Infantry Regiment, distribute food in rural Chenango County April 23, 2020.

Indiana National Guard helps collect COVID-19 data
April 30, 2020
The Indiana National Guard, local law enforcement and civilian personnel conduct COVID-19 testing throughout north east Indiana April 27, 2020, as part of an initiative to conduct widespread testing to better combat the coronavirus.

Wisconsin Guard conducting mobile testing around state
April 30, 2020
Wisconsin National Guard Soldiers and Airmen talk with a staff member of the Orchard Manor long-term care facility in Lancaster April 25, 2020, about the importance of safely collecting specimens to test residents and staff  for COVID-19.