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Wisconsin Guard conducting mobile testing around state
May 21, 2020 — MADISON, Wis. – More than 600 Citizen-Soldiers and -Airmen with the Wisconsin National Guard have tested 58,093 people for COVID-19 in a continuing statewide mission. The Guard’s 25 specimen...

National Guard expanding COVID-19 testing across Wisconsin
May 18, 2020 — MADISON, Wis. – Twenty-five specimen collection teams from the Wisconsin National Guard continue to help increase the state’s COVID-19 testing capacity. Four teams collected specimens Sunday and 19...

Wisconsin National Guard supports voters in special election
May 13, 2020 — MADISON, Wis. – Approximately 160 Wisconsin National Guard members supported the May 12 special congressional election in northern Wisconsin as poll workers.The Guard members were called to state...

Wisconsin Guard conducting mobile testing around state
May 12, 2020 — MADISON, Wis. – Twenty-five specimen collection teams from the Wisconsin National Guard are helping local and state health officials increase the state's COVID-19 testing capacity. More than 600...

Wisconsin aviator’s training innovation gaining attention
May 8, 2020 — MADISON, Wis. – Wisconsin Army National Guard 1st Lt. Nick Sinopoli, a pilot with the 1st Battalion, 147th Aviation Regiment in Madison, has created a training device he believes could help helicopter...

115th Fighter Wing team assists with mortuary operations
May 7, 2020 — MADISON, Wis. – Members of the Wisconsin Air National Guard’s 115th Fighter Wing Fatality Search and Recovery Team (FSRT) mobilized last month to assist the state’s medical examiners with mortuary...

Wisconsin National Guard helps expand COVID-19 testing
May 6, 2020 — ALMA, Wis. – Approximately 30 Citizen-Soldiers from the Wisconsin National Guard helped the Wisconsin Department of Health Services at a drive-through COVID-19 testing site May 1, working with local...

NJ Guard, active-duty troops set up COVID-19 ops center
May 6, 2020 — LAWRENCEVILLE, N.J. – The New Jersey National Guard teamed with active-duty Air Force and Coast Guard members and U.S. Northern Command civilians to form a joint operations center coordinating nearly...

Wisconsin Guard conducts mobile testing around state
May 5, 2020 — MADISON, Wis. – Eleven specimen collection teams from the Wisconsin National Guard are supporting state and local health departments to increase COVID-19 testing across Wisconsin. The teams, comprised...

Wisconsin Guard conducting mobile testing around state
April 30, 2020 — MADISON, Wis. – Eleven specimen collection teams from the Wisconsin National Guard are operating across Wisconsin to increase the state’s COVID-19 testing capacity. More than 300 Soldiers and Airmen...

Wisconsin National Guard helping at alternate care facility
April 27, 2020 — WEST ALLIS, Wis. — Multiple Wisconsin National Guard teams are at the new alternate care facility (ACF) at State Fair Park to lend a hand, part of a Guard force of more than 1,000 members supporting...

Joint Operations Center coordinates NJ COVID-19 response
April 27, 2020 — LAWRENCEVILLE, N.J. – The Joint Operations Center, known as the JOC, is the focal point for coordinating missions for nearly 700 members of the New Jersey National Guard operating across the state.The...

Wisconsin Guard team testing inmates, staff at county prison
April 20, 2020 — FRANKLIN, Wis. – Nearly 30 Wisconsin National Guard troops established a mobile COVID-19 testing site at the Milwaukee County House of Corrections to collect specimens from staff and inmates.Milwaukee...

Wisconsin National Guard provides poll workers statewide
April 8, 2020 — MADISON, Wis. — More than 2,400 Citizen-Soldiers and Airmen from the Wisconsin National Guard mobilized to state active duty to serve as poll workers across Wisconsin during the April 7 election. The...

Wisconsin Guard testing elderly at Sheboygan living facility
April 6, 2020 — SHEBOYGAN, Wis. — The Wisconsin National Guard dispatched a team April 5 to a senior living facility in Sheboygan to establish a mobile testing site and collect COVID-19 specimens. About 30...

Wisconsin Guard medic team helps at senior living facility
March 23, 2020 — GRAFTON, Wis. – A team of six Wisconsin National Guard medics reported to a senior living facility March 21 to augment staff there during the COVID-19 pandemic. The team of four Citizen-Soldiers and...

Wisconsin National Guard ready to support state
March 20, 2020 — MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin National Guard is posturing forces to ensure it is ready to respond to requests for assistance from other state agencies or communities. Approximately 300 troops have...

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