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Michigan Guard finding new ways to recruit in COVID-19 era
April 27, 2020
Sgt. First Class Jason Brautigam, left, and Staff Sgt. Michael Perry, recruiting and retention noncommissioned officers, Michigan Army National Guard, conduct a question-and-answer session via the internet due to social distancing restrictions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, Dowagiac, Michigan, April 24, 2020.

Colorado Guard Soldiers save a life while serving homeless
April 27, 2020
U.S. Army Pvt. Harold Taylor and Spc. Jo England, communications operators, 1st Battalion 157th Infantry Regiment, Colorado Army National Guard serve food to the guests at the Denver Rescue Mission, April 20, 2020. The Soldiers helped a man who was choking on food.

NY Guard runs 'virtual' 5k for sexual assault awareness
April 25, 2020
New York Army National Guard Capt. Stephanie Fernandez, Warrant Officer Zachary Smith and Sgt. Jose Meza participate in the "virtual" 5K Sexual Assault Awareness Run held by the New York National Guard Joint Force Headquarters sexual assault response coordinator April 15 to April 20, 2020. Since social distancing prohibited the normal  group event, people were encouraged to run on their own or with a small group and send a photo.

188th Wing Nurse serves on front line to battle COVID-19
April 24, 2020
Capt. Breeanna Howerton is an Arkansas Air National Guard clinical nurse with the 188th Wing, but also a registered nurse at the Veterans Health Care System of the Ozarks.

Polish military medical team joins Illinois' virus response
April 24, 2020
Nine members of the Polish military’s Medical Corps arrive in Chicago to support the state’s response to COVID-19 April 23, 2020. The Polish doctors, nurses, and emergency medical technicians recently treated COVID-19 patients in Italy and Poland. They are visiting Illinois as part of the Illinois National Guard’s State Partnership Program with the Polish military.

Once in the Guard, always ready to serve
April 22, 2020
U.S. Air Force Airmen from the 133rd Operation Support Squadron’s aircrew flight equipment shop, Minnesota National Guard, make masks for base personnel in St. Paul Apr. 8, 2020.

Mother, son serve at hospital as National Guard medics
April 22, 2020
Gen. Randall Simmons, commander, Georgia Army National Guard, recognized Spc. Leslie Davila, a medic with the 2nd Battalion, 121st Infantry Regiment, 48th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, for her contributions to the fight against COVID-19 during a tour of the Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital in Albany, Georgia, March 28, 2020. Davila and her son, also with the Guard, were both assigned as medics at the hospital.

Youth Challenge Academy cadets, staff mobilize for community
April 22, 2020
Michigan Youth Challenge Academy Cadets Jonathan Ciszczon and Jonathan Shapiro measure and cut fabric to make cloth masks to be donated to facilities in the Battle Creek community April 8, 2020.

Guard member supports COVID-19 response at her university
April 22, 2020
Connecticut Air National Guard Airman 1st Class Arielle Robles, 103rd Maintenance Group administration specialist, helps set up recovery center beds at Kaiser Hall at Central Connecticut State University in New Britain, Connecticut, April 21, 2020. Robles is an exercise science student at the university and is helping convert her usual classroom building into surge capacity space for local hospitals in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Guard members find Southeast Ohioans #InThisTogether
April 21, 2020
Devin Berry, left, and Ohio National Guard Pfc. Jayden Rutter, both lifelong Southeast Ohio residents, outside the Southeast Ohio Foodbank in Logan April 10, 2020. Berry, a laborer at the food bank for five years, has been working with Rutter and other Soldiers of the 237th Support Battalion to package and distribute food during the COVID-19 pandemic.