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SDNG supports vaccination events on Pine Ridge Reservation
April 27, 2021 — KYLE, S.D. – The South Dakota Army National Guard supported Indian Health Services and the Oglala Sioux Tribe during two COVID-19 vaccination events on the Pine Ridge Reservation April 16-17. IHS and... MORE

Sgt. Hien Nguyen, 730th Area Support Medical Company, South Dakota Army National Guard, vaccinates an Oglala Sioux Tribe member during a COVID-19 vaccination and health fair event in in Kyle, S.D., April 16, 2021. The 730th provided medical personnel to assist with administering COVID-19 vaccinations for members of the OST and to provide administrative support.

Virginia Guard supports community vaccination clinic
April 23, 2021 — BLACKSTONE, Va. – The Virginia National Guard is supporting a community COVID-19 vaccination clinic opened April 19 by the Virginia Department of Health at the VNG armory in Blackstone.Virginia Army... MORE

Virginia National Guard Soldiers and Airmen support a community COVID-19 vaccination clinic opened April 19, 2021, by the Virginia Department of Health and the Virginia Department of Emergency Management at the VNG armory in Blackstone, Virginia. VNG medics trained and certified by VDH are administering the vaccines, and additional Soldiers are assisting with logistics.

Oregon National Guard supports COVID vaccinations statewide
April 20, 2021 — SALEM, Ore. - Oregon National Guard Citizen-Soldiers and -Airmen have vaccinated almost 300,000 people since Jan. 8, helping the Oregon Health Authority (OHA) and regional medical partners distribute... MORE

Oregon National Guard Airman 1st Class Yvette Rascon, assigned to the 173rd Fighter Wing, administers the COVID-19 vaccine during a mass vaccination clinic at the Oregon Convention Center, Portland, Ore., April 19, 2021. Oregon Guardsmen have administered almost 300,000 vaccinations.

Kansas Guard offers auditorium for COVID-19 vaccinations
April 19, 2021 — SALINA, Kan. – The auditorium at the Kansas Army National Guard’s regional training institute in Salina buzzed with activity April 15 as the Salina Family Healthcare Center’s COVID-19 vaccination... MORE

Maj. Michael Billings, Kansas Training Center battalion executive officer, and Hayley Samford, marketing and community outreach associate with the Salina Family Healthcare Center, advertise the COVID-19 vaccine clinic held at the Kansas National Guard Training Center April 15, 2021. The clinic teamed with the Kansas Guard because of the ideal location of its facilities to serve the west side of town.

NYNG helps vaccinate 10,000 people in a day at New York site
April 16, 2021 — NEW YORK – The New York National Guard helped vaccinate 10,367 people in a single day at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York City April 11. The team topped that achievement with 10,463... MORE

New York Air National Guard Lt. Col. John Reynolds, a registered nurse assigned to the 105th Airlift Wing, vaccinates John Giarratano at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York City April 12, 2021. The convention center serves as a mass vaccination site with more than 600 National Guard personnel assisting the state health department.

167th Airmen are force multipliers in fight against COVID-19
April 16, 2021 — MARTINSBURG, W.Va. – Approximately 60 Airmen from the 167th Airlift Wing are supporting COVID-19 relief efforts throughout West Virginia, a key component in the fight against the pandemic.Since the... MORE

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Katie Farrell, an aerospace medical technician with the 167th Medical Group assigned to the West Virginia National Guard’s Task Force Medical – East, administers a Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine to an Airman in the 167th Airlift Wing dining facility, Martinsburg, West Virginia, April 11, 2021. The vaccine is administered in two shots, with the second shot administered no more than six weeks after the first.

Connecticut Guard members vaccinate nursing home residents
April 16, 2021 — NEW HAVEN, Conn. – As the sun peeks through the clouds on an early spring day, Mary Wade Home resident Marilyn Degnan reflects on the previous year and the shot of hope she felt hearing that the... MORE

Spc. Andres Salgado, 142nd Medical Company combat medic, vaccinates Marilyn Degnan, a resident at the Mary Wade Home in New Haven, Connecticut, April 9, 2021. The Connecticut National Guard assisted the Connecticut Department of Public Health in providing COVID-19 vaccinations to nursing home residents and staff through “Operation Matchmaker.”

Hundreds of Pennsylvania Guard members support vaccinations
April 16, 2021 — FORT INDIANTOWN GAP, Pa. – More than 300 Pennsylvania National Guard members are supporting COVID-19 vaccination centers across the commonwealth.Five teams, totaling about 313 Soldiers and Airmen, are... MORE

Spc. Adom Yaa, a combat medic with the 103rd Brigade Engineer Battalion, 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 28th Infantry Division, Pennsylvania Army National Guard, vaccinates Brittany Gill April 14, 2021, in Lancaster, Pa. Hundreds of members of the Pennsylvania National Guard are supporting vaccination centers across the commonwealth. U.S. Northern Command, through U.S. Army North, remain committed to providing continued, flexible Department of Defense support to local agencies as part of the whole-of-government response to COVID-19.

Georgia Air Guard vaccinates 3rd Infantry Division Soldiers
April 15, 2021 — ATLANTA – Georgia Air National Guard Airmen gave a shot in the arm to the active component, administering the COVID-19 vaccine to U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 3rd... MORE

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Tiffany Sneeze, a medical technician with the Savannah-based 165th Medical Group, 165th Airlift Wing, vaccinates an U.S. Army Soldier assigned to 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division April 10, 2021, in Atlanta. The Georgia Air National Guard vaccinated active-duty Soldiers who are in Atlanta assisting state and federal agencies at a COVID-19 vaccination site.

California Guardsman honors mother with vaccination mission
April 15, 2021 — LOS ANGELES – As deaths due to COVID-19 surpass half a million in the United States, it’s difficult to find someone not personally affected by the pervasive contagion. Daughters lost fathers, brothers... MORE

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Larry Guillen, a fire support specialist with Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion, 40th Infantry Division, California National Guard, supports the COVID-19 vaccination effort at California State University Los Angeles April 6, 2021. Guillen's mother died of the coronavirus in January.

Guard helps vaccinate thousands of Detroit residents
April 14, 2021 — DETROIT – The city of Detroit’s effort to vaccinate all residents who want the COVID-19 vaccine requires an all-hands-on-deck approach. At the mass vaccination clinic at TCF Center, the Michigan... MORE

Michigan National Guard Soldiers with Michigan’s Task Force Red Lion COVID-19 Vaccination/Testing Team help the Detroit Health Department vaccinate residents during a vaccination clinic at TCF Center, Detroit, Michigan, April 6, 2021.

NVNG mobile vaccination units facilitate access to vaccines
April 13, 2021 — LAS VEGAS – Nevada National Guard Soldiers and multiple partners helped launch mobile vaccination units to support equitable distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine for the Las Vegas Paiute Indian Tribe... MORE

Nevada National Guard Spc. Exequiel Pascual with Joint Task Force 17 measures a dose of the Janssen vaccine at a mobile vaccination unit site in Pahrump, Nevada, April 8, 2021. The Guard and partners and helping facilitate access to the COVID-19 vaccine in rural Nevada.

KYNG supports site capable of 4,000 daily COVID vaccinations
April 13, 2021 — LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The largest drive-through clinic for COVID-19 vaccinations in Kentucky officially opened at Cardinal Stadium April 12 with the help of 35 Kentucky National Guard Airmen and Soldiers... MORE

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Morgan Thomas of the Kentucky Air National Guard directs traffic at Kentucky’s largest drive-through COVID-19 vaccination clinic, at Cardinal Stadium in Louisville, Ky., April 12, 2021. More than 30 Soldiers and Airmen from the Kentucky Army and Air National Guard are supporting the clinic, where as many as 4,000 patients a day can be vaccinated.

National Guard tops 6 million people vaccinated
April 9, 2021 — ARLINGTON, Va. – As the National Guard surpassed 6 million COVID-19 vaccinations administered to the public this week, Soldiers and Airmen reflected on their contributions to the pandemic fight and... MORE

Spc. Isiah Bingham, a health care specialist with the Maryland Army National Guard’s Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 175th Infantry Regiment, administers a COVID-19 vaccine at a mass vaccination site in Hagerstown, Maryland, March 26, 2021. The site was the sixth COVID-19 mass vaccination site set up in Maryland.

Cal Guard 146th Medical Group vaccinates military dependents
April 7, 2021 — PORT HUENEME, Calif. – California National Guard medical facilities across the state are scheduling military dependents for COVID-19 vaccinations. Dependents over the age of 18 registered in the... MORE

U.S. Air National Guard Tech. Sgt. Abraham Virata, a medical technician with the 146th Medical Group, vaccinates a military dependent at the Channel Islands Air National Guard Station, Port Hueneme, California, March 31, 2021.

Illinois National Guard tackles COVID at community level
April 6, 2021 — ROCK ISLAND ARSENAL, Ill. – Members of the Illinois National Guard are used to deployments. Many have seen multiple combat tours during the past 20 years, taking them to overseas theaters far from... MORE

Illinois Army National Guard Spc. Emily Salmon, 2123 Forward Support Company combat medic, administers the COVID-19 vaccine in the South Suburban College gym, South Holland, Illinois, Feb. 25, 2021. Guard members were called on to support COVID-19 relief efforts.

Ohio National Guard helps vaccinate Ohioans at mass clinic
April 6, 2021 — CLEVELAND – The Ohio National Guard is helping vaccinate Cleveland residents at Ohio’s Community Vaccination Center at Cleveland State University to protect lives by stopping the spread of... MORE

Ohio National Guard Brig. Gen. Rebecca O’Connor is interviewed by a television reporter at the state-run, federally supported Community Vaccination Center at Cleveland State University, March 16, 2021, in Cleveland. O’Connor is the dual-status commander in charge of the CVC, which is staffed by about 540 Ohio National Guard and active-duty service members and local, state and federal agencies.

Connecticut Guard, naval sub base team up for vaccinations
April 2, 2021 — HARTFORD, Conn. – The Connecticut National Guard helped Naval Submarine Base New London vaccinate about 1,000 Sailors and eligible Navy personnel April 1.Maj. Gen. Francis Evon, adjutant general and... MORE

Sgt. 1st Class Sara Landon, Connecticut Army National Guard Medical Detachment readiness noncommissioned officer, prepares vials of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine during a vaccination clinic at Naval Submarine Base New London in Groton, Connecticut, April 1, 2021. The Connecticut National Guard partnered with the base to distribute vaccines to approximately 1,000 Sailors and eligible Navy personnel.

Michigan Guard vaccinates more than 323,000 in 90 days
April 1, 2021 — LANSING, Mich. – The first 90 days of 2021, the Michigan National Guard administered more than 323,000 COVID-19 vaccinations in the fight against the virus.The Michigan Department of Health and Human... MORE

U.S. Army Spc. Shaquondre Berry, combat medic, Michigan Medical Detachment, Michigan Army National Guard, draws a COVID-19 vaccine during a vaccination clinic March 24, 2021, at Joint Forces Headquarters in Lansing, Michigan. The clinic provided vaccines to approximately 250 Department of Defense personnel and other Tricare eligible recipients.

Wisconsin National Guard troops support COVID vaccinations
April 1, 2021 — MADISON, Wis. – Citizen-Soldiers and -Airmen from the Wisconsin National Guard have helped local health departments administer more than 60,000 vaccines across Wisconsin since establishing the first... MORE

Wisconsin National Guard members assist with mobile vaccination team operations March 10, 2021, in Greendale, Wis. Citizen-Soldiers and -Airmen from the Wisconsin National Guard have helped local health departments administer more than 60,000 vaccinations across Wisconsin since establishing the first mobile vaccination teams in late January.

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