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Nevada National Guard stays in fight against COVID-19
November 25, 2020
A Nevada Guard Airman conducts COVID-19 testing at the Reno-Sparks Indian-Colony in Hungry Valley, Nevada, Nov. 12, 2020. Since April, the Nevada National Guard has assisted at 10 tribal locations across Nevada, distributing food and providing medical and logistical support.
N.C. Guard helps out at food banks, COVID-19 test sites
November 17, 2020
Pfc. Pedro Dominguez, assigned to the North Carolina Army National Guard’s 875th Engineer Company, enters a patient’s information at a drive-thru COVID-19 test site in High Point, North Carolina, on Nov. 13, 2020. More than 170 North Carolina National Guard Soldiers and Airmen are activated across the state to support N.C. Emergency Management’s response to the pandemic.
Wisconsin National Guard tops 800,000 COVID-19 tests
November 9, 2020
Citizen-Soldiers and Citizen-Airmen from the Wisconsin National Guard collect specimens for COVID-19 testing Oct. 26, 2020, at a community-based testing site at the Waukesha County Expo Center in Waukesha. The Wisconsin National Guard has collected more than 800,000 specimens across the state.
Indiana Guard helps long-term care facilities fight COVID-19
October 30, 2020
Indiana National Guard Brig. Gen. Dale Lyles, the adjutant general, speaks to Citizen-Soldiers Oct. 30, 2020, on the importance of their mission supporting long-term care facilities throughout the state for the rest of the year. More than 1,300 members of the Guard will assist with COVID-19 testing and other measures at the facilities.
Wisconsin National Guard testing in nearly 40 counties
October 19, 2020
Soldiers and Airmen from the Wisconsin National Guard collect specimens for COVID-19 testing Oct. 7, 2020, at a community-based testing site in Milwaukee. The Wisconsin National Guard has multiple COVID-19 specimen collection teams operating throughout the state.
Tennessee Guard reaches another COVID-19 testing milestone
October 9, 2020
Tennessee National Guard Soldiers assigned to Task Force Medical conduct COVID-19 testing at the drive-thru testing site in Coffee County on April 19, 2020. The Guard has worked with state and local agencies to test more than 400,000 Tennesseans.
W.Va. Guard assists with COVID-19 testing innovation
October 9, 2020
Spc. Kelton Miller, of the West Virginia National Guard’s Task Force Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) Response Enterprise (CRE) (TF-CRE), helps roll out a new COVID-19 data entry computer application, West Virginia University Student Recreation Center, Sept. 30, 2020. TF-CRE members have assisted state health departments with COVID-19 testing since March.
Indiana National Guard contributes to COVID-19 research
October 8, 2020
An Indiana National Guard medic preps a COVID testing station in Indianapolis Oct. 5, 2020. Medical teams deployed to 15 testing locations throughout Indiana to support Indiana State Department of Health and Fairbanks School of Public Health in an ongoing study to better understand COVID-19.
Michigan National Guard tests prison inmates, staff
October 7, 2020
Private 1st. Class Silvester Hughes, assigned to the 156th Expeditionary Signal Battalion, labels a COVID-19 sample during a testing event Sept. 23, 2020, at Ionia, Mich. The Michigan Army and Air National Guard have established an extensive COVID testing program for prisons across the state.
167th Airmen provide COVID-19 testing and other support
October 6, 2020
Master Sgt. Matthew Stickley, Maj. Lori Wyatt, Master Sgt. Jordan Killebrew, and 1st Lt. Hannah Staubs prepare COVID-19 nasal swab testing kits at the West Virginia University Student Recreation Center, Morgantown, W. Va., Sept. 30, 2020. The Airmen are assigned to West Virginia National Guard’s task force medical team, which has been assisting county health departments throughout the state during the pandemic.
Ohio National Guard food bank support extends to December
September 24, 2020
Joint Task Force members load food into civilian vehicles in Springfield, Ohio, Aug. 5, 2020. Since March members of the Ohio National Guard have been assisting at food banks across Ohio.
Tennessee Guard tests Hurricane Sally first responders
September 15, 2020
Mississippi National Guard Spc. Jan Lao and Pfc. Mckenzie Smith of the 890th Engineer Battalion load supplies onto a Light Medium Tactical Vehicle in Gulfport, Miss., Sep. 14, 2020. The Soldiers will be part of a 10-person team on standby to rescue residents from flooded areas due to Hurricane Sally.
COVID-19 precautions helps keep Noble Partner 20 on track
September 11, 2020
U.S. Army Sgt. Carlos Mayfield, combat medic, 557th MCAS, 30th Medical Brigade, performs a nose swab test on Lt. Col. Jerry Wood Jr., squadron commander, assigned to the 4th Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment, during the Noble Partner 20 exercise at the Vaziani Training Area, Georgia, Sept. 10, 2020.
Hawaii Guard recon COVID testing conducted on freeway
September 10, 2020
A member of Hawaii National Guard assigned to Joint Task Force Oahu supporting surge COVID-19 test registration at the Interstate H-3 Sept. 1, 2020, Honolulu, Hawaii.
Michigan Guard conducts free COVID tests on Mackinac Island
September 4, 2020
A Michigan National Guard medic tests a Mackinac Island worker for COVID-19. The Guard and the county health department provided free walk-thru testing for all residents and seasonal workers on the island Aug. 26, 2020.
Michigan National Guard helps test food workers for COVID-19
September 1, 2020
A physician’s assistant with the Michigan Air National Guard gives an Ottawa County resident a COVID-19 test in Holland, Mich., Aug. 16, 2020.
Nevada Guard brings COVID-19 testing to rural county
August 31, 2020
Carl Brownfield of Goldfield, Nevada, drives through a Nevada National Guard community-based collection site for COVID-19 testing at the Silver Peak Emergency Services building in Silver Peak, Nevada, Aug. 27, 2020. The Nevada National Guard ran three COVID-19 test sites in Esmerelda County, the only county in Nevada without a confirmed positive case of the virus.
Tennessee National Guard keeps fighting COVID-19
August 25, 2020
Tennessee National Guard Cpl. Samuel Ross performs a COVID-19 nasal swab at a drive-thru testing site in Cheatham County, April 3, 2020. The Guard has assisted the Department of Health in fighting COVID-19 since March.
Tribes, Nevada Guard combine efforts for COVID-19 testing
August 19, 2020
Senior Airman Kayla Warner, 152nd Airlift Wing, Nevada Air National Guard, collects COVID-19 test samples at a community-based collection site (CBCS) at the Reno-Sparks Indian Colony in Reno, Nevada, July 24, 2020. The Nevada National Guard CBCS team staffed 27 mobile collection sites across Nevada in June and July, including 10 on tribal land.
Michigan National Guard conducts COVID-19 testing, training
August 18, 2020
The Michigan National Guard helped the Allegann County Health Department at a free COVID-19 testing event Aug. 8, 2020, by performing the nasal swabs that are part of the tests.