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Connecticut Air National Guard distributes food to needy
February 5, 2021
U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Ian McMahon, 103rd Security Forces Squadron, organizes bread trays for distribution at Rentschler Field in East Hartford, Connecticut, Feb. 4, 2021. Airmen from the Connecticut National Guard’s 103rd Airlift Wing are supporting logistics operations at Foodshare’s drive-thru emergency distribution site.

Blue and Green keep Camp Roberts ASP operational
February 4, 2021
Airman 1st Class Lauren Luttges and Tech Sgt. Roger Van Tassel, both from the California Air National Guard's 144th Fighter Wing in Fresno, inspect howitzer rounds at the Camp Roberts Ammunition Supply Point (ASP), Jan. 26, 2021. Van Tassel and Luttges are supporting the California Army National Guard after several Soldiers at the ASP were quarantined due to COVID-19.

Michigan National Guard expands COVID-19 efforts statewide
February 4, 2021
Army Capt. Ronald Smith, a physician’s assistant with the Michigan National Guard’s 1119th Field Artillery Regiment, administers a COVID-19 vaccination at the Lansing Mall clinic.

Washington National Guard supports 4 vaccination sites
February 2, 2021
Staff Sgt. Melinda Grounds, a medic with the 141st Medical Group and a registered nurse in Idaho, goes through a questionnaire with a visitor to the mass vaccination site at the Clark County Fairgrounds in Ridgefield, Wash., Jan. 28, 2021. The Washington National Guard is helping at four vaccination sites.

South Carolina National Guard tops 250,000 COVID-19 tests
February 2, 2021
U.S. Army Spc. Tyasia Cobb, 218th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade, South Carolina National Guard, places a number on a patient’s vehicle at a COVID-19 mobile testing site in Lexington, South Carolina, Jan. 26, 2021. The South Carolina National Guard remains ready to support counties, state and local agencies and first responders as long as needed in support of COVID-19 response efforts.

103rd Airlift Wing increases COVID-19 response
February 2, 2021
Airman 1st Class Crisbel Burgos, 103rd Force Support Squadron services specialist, collects a swab sample at a COVID-19 testing site at Yale New Haven Hospital Saint Raphael Campus in New Haven, Connecticut, Dec. 4, 2020. Over 100 Connecticut National Guard Soldiers and Airmen are supporting 25 COVID-19 testing sites at hospitals and federally qualified health centers around the state.

125th Fighter Wing Airmen assist with COVID-19 vaccinations
February 1, 2021
About half of the 60 Florida National Guard Airmen activated to support the COVID-19 vaccination mission at Regency Mall outprocess at the 125th Fighter Wing in Jacksonville, Florida, Feb. 1, 2021.

123rd Airlift Wing members receive COVID-19 vaccinations
February 1, 2021
Master Sgt. Natasha Perry, a medic with the 123rd Medical Group, prepares to administer a COVID-19 vaccination to members of the 123rd Airlift Wing at the Kentucky Air National Guard Base in Louisville Ky., Jan. 9, 2021.

Connecticut Guardsmen start receiving COVID-19 vaccine
January 29, 2021
U.S. Air Force Capt. Greg Flis, 103rd Medical Group nurse practitioner, draws Moderna COVID-19 vaccine from a vial into a syringe at Bradley Air National Guard Base in East Granby, Connecticut, Dec. 30, 2020. The Connecticut National Guard began administering the vaccine in accordance with the Department of Defense COVID-19 vaccine distribution plan, with doses voluntarily administered to Soldiers and Airmen on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic response.

Erbil Air Base among 1st in CENTCOM to receive COVID vaccine
January 29, 2021
U.S. Army Col. Scott Desormeaux, brigade commander of the Louisiana National Guard’s 256th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, receives the COVID-19 vaccine at Erbil Air Base, Iraq, Jan.18, 2021. Combined Joint Task Force-Operation Inherent Resolve (CJTF-OIR) received 300 vaccines for the Combined Joint Operations Area, 110 of those were administered at EAB.

WVNG helps state increase COVID-19 vaccinations
January 28, 2021
Members of the West Virginia National Guard conduct and participate in a COVID-19 vaccination clinic at Joint Forces Headquarters, Charleston, West Virginia, Jan. 13, 2021. West Virginia maintains one of the highest percentages of vaccine allocation use in the United States and is rapidly expanding capacity to inoculate the population.

173rd Fighter Wing helps vaccinate Oregonians
January 27, 2021
Oregon Air National Guard Tech. Sgt. Meghan Olson, 173rd Fighter Wing, administers a COVID-19 vaccine at a drive-thru vaccination clinic in Medford, Oregon, Jan. 22, 2021. Twelve Airmen from Kingsley Field are on state active duty as part of Task Force Guardian supporting COVID-19 vaccine clinics in Southern Oregon.

Alaska Army National Guardsmen get COVID-19 vaccine
January 27, 2021
Alaska Army National Guard Spc. Alexander Martin-Frank, a combat medic with the Alaska Army National Guard Medical Detachment, administers the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine Jan. 24, 2021, to Warrant Officer candidate Charles Hooper at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson. The detachment is administering the vaccine to Alaska National Guard members on a voluntary basis.

Nebraska National Guard assists with COVID-19 vaccinations
January 25, 2021
Nebraska National Guard Staff Sgt. Brad Wardyn, a flight medic with Company G, 2-104th General Support Aviation Battalion, administers the COVID-19 vaccine to Tom Kent, the resident and CEO for the Nebraska Public Power District, Jan. 21, 2021, in Columbus, Nebraska.

Michigan expands its COVID-19 response
January 25, 2021
Michigan National Guard Army Maj. Michelle Hill, a nurse with Michigan’s Task Force Spartan COVID-19 vaccination and testing team, vaccinates the elderly and frontline health providers in the Genesee County Health Department at Mt. Morris High School Jan. 21, 2021. MING COVID-19 vaccination testing teams are augmenting local health care organizations.

Michigan National Guard assists with COVID-19 vaccinations
January 22, 2021
U.S. Army Spc. Mustansir Husain with the Task Force Spartan COVID Vaccination Testing Team, Michigan Army National Guard, prepares a COVID-19 vaccination in Lake Ann, Michigan, Jan. 21, 2021. The state of Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) requested support for the COVID-19 vaccine inoculations statewide.

Maryland National Guard assisting with vaccinations
January 22, 2021
U.S. Army Col. Eric Allely, Maryland National Guard state surgeon, observes a MDNG medical Soldier draw a COVID-19 vaccine into a syringe Jan. 18, 2020, at the Maryland State House, Annapolis, Md. Members from the MDNG Medical Detachment and 224th Medical Company Area Support administered the vaccines to Gov. Larry Hogan, Lt. Gov. Boyd K. Rutherford, their wives, and Maryland Deputy Health Secretary Dr. Jinlene Chan.

Halfway through deployment, 28th ECAB remains focused
January 22, 2021
A CH-47 Chinook helicopter, operated by Soldiers with Bravo Company, 3-238th General Support Aviation Battalion, 28th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade, flies over the 28th ECAB's area of operations in the Middle East during a routine flight mission. Soldiers with the 28th ECAB recently passed the midway point of their deployment.

Utah National Guard broadens COVID-19 support across Utah
January 22, 2021
Sgt. Erica Benson, a senior heavy equipment operator assigned to the 116th Engineering Company, Utah National Guard, conducts a test for COVID-19 as part of a mobile testing team Nov. 7, 2020, in Wendover, Utah. The Utah Air and Army National Guard was activated in early 2020 to assist in COVID-19 testing throughout Utah.

Winter Strike military exercise returns to Northern Michigan
January 21, 2021
While participating in exercise Emerald Warrior 20, members of Squadron 721 of the Royal Danish Air Force prepare their C-130J Hercules for flight at Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center, Alpena, Michigan, Jan. 21, 2020.