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West Virginia Task Force Medical in thick of COVID-19 fight
June 24, 2020
The West Virginia National Guard's Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and Explosive (CBRNE) Battalion, the 35th Civil Support Team (CST), and the 35th Enhanced Response Force Package (CERFP), which make up Task Force CRE, collaborated with Task Force Medical to help state agencies with COVID-19 testing May 22, 2020, in Charleston.
National Guard ready for hurricane season
June 24, 2020
Texas Army National Guard Soldiers rescue Houston residents from floodwaters caused by Hurricane Harvey in 2017. As the 2020 hurricane season ramps up, National Guard members throughout the country stand ready to respond if needed.
Oregon National Guard completes PPE mission
June 24, 2020
Oregon Army National Guard Soldiers check their trucks and load of personal protective equipment (PPE) before departing for deliveries throughout the state of Oregon. Approximately 200 Soldiers and Airmen were activated in the Oregon National Guard in response to various COVID-19 missions.
West Virginia field artillery unit resumes normal training
June 23, 2020
A crew member of the West Virginia National Guard’s 1st Battalion, 201st Field Artillery (FA), in an M109 A6 Paladin Self-Propelled Howitzer at Camp Dawson, Kingwood, West Virginia, June 14, 2020. The 201st FA is conducting Field Artillery Tables 1-5 pre-certification qualifications.
Texas National Guard medics conduct COVID-19 antibody tests
June 22, 2020
U.S. Army Spc. Maritssa Quintanilla, a combat medic specialist assigned to Operation Guardian Support, draws blood from a Soldier at the Weslaco Armory in Weslaco, Texas, June 19, 2020. Service members who were exposed to someone who tested positive to coronavirus had the opportunity to get a COVID-19 antibody test.
NCNG provides food, hope to schoolkids
June 22, 2020
Spc. Amber Cohen, assigned to the 449th Theatre Aviation Brigade, distributes meals prepared at Elizabethtown Middle School, to schoolkids in Bladen County, N.C., May 26, 2020. The NCNG is working with North Carolina Emergency Management, N.C. Department of Health and Human Services and food banks to help support COVID-19 relief efforts.
Multiple services come together under dual-status command
June 22, 2020
U.S. Army Soldiers, assigned to Joint Task Force New York, are thanked by medical staff during a farewell ceremony at Elmhurst Medical Center in Brooklyn June 3, 2020.
West Virginia Guard completes 100 days of COVID-19 response
June 22, 2020
Col. Bill Annie, 167th Mission Support Group commander, is tested for COVID-19 by 167th Medical Group medical technician Tech. Sgt. Kristin Ganley, as Tech. Sgt. Taryn Burkhart, also a medical technician, waits to collect the sample at the 167th Airlift Wing, Martinsburg, West Virginia, June 11, 2020. Airmen returned to base for the first unit training assembly in two months, after training was canceled in April and May because of COVID-19 precautions.
Guard member helps family friend, pregnant COVID-19 patient
June 22, 2020
Pfc. Dal Sum, an infantryman with Company C, 1st Battalion, 148th Infantry Regiment, is recognized by Col. Matthew Woodruff, commander of the 37th Infantry Brigade Combat Team and Joint Task Force 37, May 8, 2020, at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center in Columbus. Sum answered the call when nurses needed a Burmese translator who speaks Zomi to communicate with a pregnant COVID-19 patient.
Indiana National Guard helps with COVID-19 study
June 19, 2020
Indiana National Guard members assist Indiana University researchers and the Indiana State Department of Health with the second wave of the IU Fairbanks COVID-19 study, Wednesday, June 3, 2020. The data gathered from the study is integral to Gov. Eric Holcomb's "Back on Track" initiative.
NY Guard resizes COVID-19 response for steady-state missions
June 18, 2020
U.S. Army Pfc. Kristoffshakur Larmond, assigned to the 1st Battalion, 258th Field Artillery, part of the 27th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, distributes produce and canned goods in the Bushwick neighborhood of Brooklyn, N.Y., May 27, 2020. Troops have helped deliver more than 16 million meals to New Yorkers during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Guam National Guard, ROTC train together despite COVID-19
June 18, 2020
Officer Candidate Steven Cruz, of the Guam National Guard's 203rd Regional Training Institute, leads his mixed squad of Guam National Guard officer candidates and University of Guam ROTC cadets through training exercises in Barrigada, Guam, June 17, 2020.
Michigan National Guard helps boost food bank distribution
June 18, 2020
Soldiers from the 1433rd and 1434th Engineer Companies, Michigan Army National Guard, package over 1,000 meal boxes a day at Gleaners Community Food Bank in Pontiac in response to COVID-19, May 20, 2020. Guard members are serving at six food distribution sites across the state.
Washington Guard trains for wildfire season amid COVID-19
June 17, 2020
Washington National Guard Pfc. Daria Aleshina digs a fire line during wildfire training on Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., June 13, 2020.
Pandemic won't slow Soldier training for overseas deployment
June 17, 2020
New York Army National Guard Soldiers assigned to the 466th Medical Company, Area Support, lift a simulated patient during a mass casualty exercise at pre-mobilization training at Camp Smith Training Site in Cortlandt Manor, N.Y. The company is deploying to the area of Central Command this summer.
Michigan Guard engineers balance COVID-19 risk, readiness
June 16, 2020
The Michigan National Guard’s 1432nd Engineer Company and the Department of National Resources have been upgrading infrastructure at Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park in Ontonagon County.
COVID-19: Guam National Guard mother, son in this together
June 16, 2020
Lt. Col. Marlene Tarusan-Legaspi and her son, Pfc. Nikolas Legaspi, both with the Guam Army National Guard, find time during their COVID-19 missions to spend a moment together in Tamuning, Guam, June 8, 2020. Tarusan-Legaspi and her son were activated to support the government of Guam’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Nevada Guard helps fight COVID-19 in historic response
June 16, 2020
Nevada National Guard Spc. Keith Davis with Task Force Med processes a test sample at the rural community based collection site, Friday, June 12, 2020 in Ely, Nevada. More than 900 Nevada Guard Soldiers and Airmen are on active duty.
Nurse joins Ohio National Guard amid COVID-19 pandemic
June 15, 2020
Capt. Brandi Purdy swore into the Air National Guard April 21, 2020, amid the global COVID-19 pandemic and the state of Ohio’s stay-at-home order. She is now a captain with the 121st Air Refueling Wing Medical Group.
Kentucky National Guard assisting with primary election
June 15, 2020
Kentucky National Guard Chief Warrant Officer 2 David Cureton directs traffic through a drive-through voting station in Lawrenceburg June 12, 2020. Guard members serving in civilian clothes are helping fill in for volunteers for the June 23 primary, setting up and cleaning poll locations and assisting with traffic, parking and crowd control.