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Kentucky Guard supports first state drive-thru testing site
April 14, 2020
Soldiers of the 63rd Theater Aviation Brigade, Kentucky National Guard, help direct traffic detail at Kentucky's first COVID-19 testing site at Lakeview Park in Frankfort Apr. 1, 2020.
Aircraft airflow tested in Nebraska to reduce COVID-19 spread
April 14, 2020
Members from the University of Nebraska’s National Strategic Research Institute, KC-46 Pegasus crew members and 155th Air Refueling Wing Airmen discuss airflow particle test results at the 155th ARW, Nebraska National Guard air base, Lincoln, Nebraska, April 10, 2020. The U.S. Air Force Air Mobility Command, the university's medical center and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency examined airflow to assess ways to eliminate virus transmission to aircrew when transporting COVID-19 patients.
FLNG Soldiers take over Jacksonville drive-thru test site
April 13, 2020
A Florida National Guard Soldier works alongside a nurse as he learns the processes at Jacksonville’s COVID-19 community-based testing site at TIAA Bank Field, April 13, 2020. The FLNG's 3rd Battalion of the 20th Special Forces Group (Airborne) is taking over operation of the site.
Illinois Air Guard C-130s join the fight against COVID-19
April 13, 2020
U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Evan Spotloe, foreground, a loadmaster, and Staff Sgt. Seth Johnson, a flight engineer, both with the 169th Airlift Squadron, Illinois Air National Guard, help load medical isolation pods into a C-130H Hercules in Eugene, Ore., April 8, 2020. Two 182nd Airlift Wing C-130 aircrews airlifted 250 isolation pods in a cross-country overnight homeland defense mission delivery to Chicago for use in an alternate medical facility.
West Virginia National Guard ramps up COVID-19 support
April 13, 2020
Members of the West Virginia National Guard’s Task Force Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) Response Enterprise (CRE) (TF-CRE) sanitize workspaces for the West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission in Charleston April 11, 2020.
Oklahoma National Guard medics train for COVID-19 response
April 13, 2020
Oklahoma Army National Guard Sgt. Douglas Engle, Comprehensive Medical Training instructor at the Oklahoma Regional Training Institute, demonstrates how to place an advanced airway as part of COVID-19 medical response training at the 90th Troop Command Headquarters in Oklahoma City April 10 - 11. The training will prepare Oklahoma Army and Air National Guard medical personnel to help respond to the outbreak of COVID-19 across the state.
Mass. Guard conducts COVID-19 testing at nursing homes
April 13, 2020
Soldiers and Airmen from the Massachusetts National Guard gather before testing residents for COVID-19 at the Alliance at West Acres nursing home, Brockton, Mass., April 10, 2020. Twelve medical teams are activated throughout the state to conduct testing at medical facilities and nursing homes with high-risk populations.
Looking back: 30 Days of Georgia DoD coronavirus response
April 13, 2020
Soldiers of the Atlanta-based Company C, 3rd Battalion 121st Infantry Regiment, Georgia National Guard, assist an infection control team of the Forsyth-based 2-121st who are disinfecting a nursing home in Plains, Georgia.
NY National Guard has 3,500 on duty to fight COVID-19
April 13, 2020
Spc. Gilliam-Gray Shawnese with the 101st Expeditionary Signal Battalion, 369th Sustainment Brigade, New York Army National Guard, gives instructions to people in their vehicle at the COVID-19 Mobile Testing Center in Glenn Island Park, New Rochelle, Apr. 8, 2020. The New York National Guard continues support at seven drive-thru testing sites.
Massachusetts National Guard helps test first responders
April 13, 2020
A Soldier from the 126th Aviation Battalion, Massachusetts Air National Guard, helps administer COVID-19 tests to first responders at a drive-thru testing facility, April 9, 2020, on the Big E fairgrounds in West Springfield, Massachusetts. The soldiers worked with other Massachusetts agencies at the site.