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Idaho National Guard helps staff food banks
April 7, 2020
Senior Airman Nicholas Christy from the 124th Fighter Wing, Idaho National Guard, and the other Airmen are helping out at Idaho food banks by unloading food from trucks, sorting the food into carts and helping load the donated food into people's cars April 3, 2020.
New York National Guard JOC tracks fight against COVID-19
April 7, 2020
New York Army National Guard Staff Sgt. Timothy Fogarty monitors the situation in the New York National Guard Joint Operations Center in Latham, March 18, 2020. The Joint Operations Center, or JOC, serves as the central clearing point for operational information to allow Maj. Gen. Ray Shields, the adjutant general of New York, to control the response as the force assists in New York State efforts to control the COVID-19 pandemic.
Maryland Guard sets stakes at Pimlico COVID-19 testing site
April 7, 2020
Members of the Maryland Army National Guard’s 1297th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion and 1729th Maintenance Company, both based in Havre de Grace, and the 1229th Transportation Company, based in Baltimore, set up shelters and medium tents at a COVID-19 test site in a parking lot outside of Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore April 3, 2020.
NYC emergency room doctor joins Guard as flight surgeon
April 6, 2020
Dr. Lorenzo Paladino, an emergency medicine physician in Brooklyn, enlists into the New York Air National Guard's 106th Rescue Wing, Francis S. Gabreski Air National Guard Base, Westhampton Beach, N.Y., March 18, 2020. Paladino, who has experience training Airmen assigned to the wing in medical techniques and procedures, is joining the 106th as a flight surgeon with the rank of major.
New Jersey Air National Guard supports COVID-19 test site
April 6, 2020
Medical staff process a patient sample at a COVID-19 testing site at the PNC Bank Arts Center in Holmdel, N.J., March 23, 2020. Airmen from the New Jersey Air National Guard’s 108th Wing and 177th Fighter Wing are providing security and traffic control at the site. This photo has been edited to remove personal information.
Michigan National Guard colonel protects those who serve
April 6, 2020
Col. Lavetta Bennet is the chief of staff of the Michigan Army National Guard, shown in Lansing, Mich., April 5, 2020.
FLNG Soldiers on 1st state active duty at screening site
April 6, 2020
U.S. Army Spc. Alexandra Townsend, a Soldier in Bravo Company of the 53rd Brigade Support Battalion, Florida National Guard, working on the COVID-19 community-based testing site in West Palm Beach, Fla., April 4, 2020. Townsend works as a uniformed technician and electronics mechanic while she’s a civilian.
Michigan National Guard expands support of food banks
April 6, 2020
Soldiers from the 1433rd Engineer Company, 507th Engineer Battalion, 177th Military Police Brigade, Michigan Army National Guard, assist the Feeding America West Michigan food bank as part of the Michigan National Guard's coronavirus response, Comstock Park, Michigan, March 31, 2020. The Michigan Guard is helping at five food banks across the state.
Delaware Airman uses civilian expertise in COVID-19 response
April 6, 2020
U.S. Air Force 1st Lt. Tyrell Hargrove with the Delaware National Guard inspects personal protective equipment inside Delaware Emergency Management Agency headquarters, Smyrna, Del., March 27, 2020. Hargrove is helping evaluate sites that can be used as acute care facilities should hospitals become overwhelmed with COVID-19 patients.
Wisconsin Guard testing elderly at Sheboygan living facility
April 6, 2020
Wisconsin National Guard Soldiers and Airmen are briefed before testing the staff and residents at Sunny Ridge Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Sheboygan, Wis., April 5, 2020. More than 300 Wisconsin National Guard troops are mobilized in the COVID-19 response.
Texas Guard mobilizes to respond to COVID-19
April 5, 2020
Texas Army National Guard troops set up a field hospital in response to COVID-19 April 1, 2020, at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center in Dallas. Service members across Texas worked to set up geographically separated units to support local communities.
177 FW conducts virtual unit training assembly
April 5, 2020
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Pierre J. Chaniz-Rico, an airfield management operations supervisor with the 177th Fighter Wing, utilizes the Blackboard Learning Management System to participate in the 177th FW's virtual Unit Training Assembly, April 4, 2020, in Egg Harbor Township, N.J.
MDNG serves real, virtual communities in COVID-19 response
April 4, 2020
U.S. Air Force Maj. Robert Duluca, Maryland National Guard Joint Task Force Cyber operations officer, poses for a photo April 3, 2020, at the 175th Wing at Warfield Air National Guard Base, Middle River, Md.
Cal Guard space operators support COVID-19 food bank mission
April 4, 2020
Staff Sgt. Travis Emery, front, and Airman 1st Class Soren Dietrichson, space operators for the California Air National Guard’s 216th Space Control Squadron, deliver food to residences in Orcutt, California, on April 2, 2020, as part of the Cal Guard’s COVID-19 humanitarian mission.
Two Memphians bring much-needed supplies home
April 3, 2020
1st Lt. Bryan Burns and 2nd Lt. James Conlan perform final shutdown checks at the Memphis Air National Guard Base April 2, 2020, after flying COVID-19 test kits and other products from Aviano, Italy, to the FedEx hub in Memphis, Tenn., to be distributed to medical facilities across the U.S.
NY National Guard COVID-19 response force grows to 2,850
April 3, 2020
New York Army National Guard Spc. Thalio Hinajosa, assigned to Battery B, 1st Battalion, 258th Field Artillery, part of the 27th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, packs meals for distribution to the community at the Thomas Jefferson Recreation Center in New York City March 30, 2020. Hinajosa is one of more than 2,700 New York Guard members helping mitigate the COVID 19 pandemic.
Massachusetts EOD Airman makes face shields with 3D printer
April 3, 2020
Massachusetts National Guard Senior Master Sgt. Jeremiah McClosky, explosive ordnance disposal superintendent, 104th Fighter Wing, prints a protective mask from a 3D printer for the 104th Fighter Wing Medical Group, Westfield, Mass.
Kentucky National Guard answers the call in COVID-19 response
April 3, 2020
Kentucky National Guard Soldiers and Airmen augment the COVID-19 Call Center to manage data collection and case management March 31, 2020.
Connecticut Guard Soldier helps set up field hospital
April 3, 2020
U.S. Army Sgt. Luk Silk, 1-102nd Infantry Regiment, in front of field hospital beds at the O’Neill Center at Western Connecticut State University in Danbury, Connecticut, April 2, 2020. Silk, 23, from Glastonbury, is one of many Connecticut Army and Air National Guard members who set up field hospital equipment at the gymnasium for potential patient use in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Georgia Guard disinfecting nursing homes across the state
April 3, 2020
Georgia Army National Guard Soldiers of the Cordele-based Company C, 2nd Battalion, 121st Infantry Regiment, disinfect common areas in a long-term care facility in Dawson, Ga., April 2, 2020.