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Delaware National Guard expands COVID-19 testing
June 2, 2020
Pfc. Kelly Buterbaugh, a combat medic with the Delaware Army National Guard, gives instructions to a motorist during a drive-thru coronavirus testing mission at the University of Delaware's Science, Technology and Advanced Research Campus in Newark, Delaware, May 29, 2020. About 25 Soldiers and Airmen with the Delaware National Guard supported the saliva-based testing of roughly 400 people at the STAR Campus location.
National Guard supports NASA launch, other space missions
June 1, 2020
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying NASA astronaut and retired Marine Corps Col. Douglas Hurley and fellow crew member Robert Behnken heads skyward during liftoff from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, Florida, May 30, 2020. The mission marks the resumption of human space flight from the United States. Air National Guard members in Alaska and Hawaii provided support to the launch mission.
NH Guard helps community navigate employment assistance
June 1, 2020
Sgt. Mary Tichy, a flutist with the 39th Army Band, New Hampshire Army National Guard, takes instructions from Kevin Myers, a supervisor at an unemployment call center in Concord, April 21, 2020. Tichy is one of 34 Soldiers screening calls at the makeshift center, which comprises 22 musicians from the 39th.
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.