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Kansas National Guard medic comes to child's aid
June 3, 2020 — DODGE CITY, Kan. – The day began just as any other for Spc. Kristyn Harding, a combat medic with the 1077th Ground Ambulance Company, Kansas Army National Guard.Harding, along with her teammates from... MORE

New York National Guard pararescuemen aid Queens hospital
June 3, 2020 — NEW YORK – When Elmhurst Hospital Center, the public hospital that became the epicenter of New York’s COVID-19 crisis, needed help, the pararescuemen of the New York Air National Guard’s 106th Rescue... MORE

Cal Guard helps treat COVID-19 patients
June 3, 2020 — EL CENTRO, Calif. – A California Air National Guard medical team is helping provide care at Pioneer Memorial Hospital, which has had a surge of COVID-19 patients. The Guard members, who had conducted... MORE

West Virginia Guard tests 10,000 people for COVID-19
June 2, 2020 — CHARLESTON, W.Va. – The West Virginia National Guard has boxed and delivered more than 320,000 meals for West Virginians, moved more than 2.5 million items of critical personal protective equipment... MORE

Wisconsin National Guard conducting mobile testing statewide
June 2, 2020 — MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin National Guard has tested more than 92,000 people across the state for COVID-19 in support of local health departments and the Wisconsin Department of Health Services. A... MORE

Delaware National Guard expands COVID-19 testing
June 2, 2020 — NEW CASTLE, Del. – The Delaware National Guard continues its community-based testing mission this month, which has already enabled thousands of Delawareans to get checked for COVID-19. About 25... MORE

NH Guard helps community navigate employment assistance
June 1, 2020 — ARLINGTON, Va. – Army Staff Sgt. Alexandria Tichy said that when she enlisted in the New Hampshire Army National Guard seven years ago, she knew her military career wouldn’t be what many people... MORE

Father, son work together during pandemic
June 1, 2020 — STROUDSBURG, Pa. – Joseph Sapienza, director of maintenance/life safety for Pleasant Valley Manor nursing home, recently received word that someone very familiar to him would be coming to work at the... MORE

NC National Guard helps conduct COVID-19 testing
June 1, 2020 — SANFORD, N.C. – North Carolina National Guard Soldiers and Airmen assigned to the 42nd Civil Support Team supported a drive-thru COVID-19 test site at Deep River Elementary School May 27-28.The test... MORE

Georgia Guard members deployed in 2019 respond to COVID in 2020
June 1, 2020 — MARIETTA, Ga. – The Georgia National Guard deployed more than 2,600 Soldiers and Airmen in support of military operations and training around the world in 2019. Now in 2020, many of these service... MORE

Pa. National Guard launches COVID-19 testing task force
May 29, 2020 — FORT INDIANTOWN GAP, Pa. – The Pennsylvania National Guard has assembled a task force to conduct point prevalence sampling at nursing homes and long-term care facilities across the Commonwealth.The... MORE

178th Wing Airmen serve their community at local food bank
May 29, 2020 — SPRINGFIELD, Ohio – More than two months after Gov. Mike DeWine activated members of the Ohio National Guard to help distribute food at food banks statewide, the need in the community is still... MORE

Puerto Rico National Guard Airmen conduct virtual training
May 29, 2020 — CAROLINA, Puerto Rico – Social distancing to reduce the spread of COVID-19 is critical, but training and readiness remain priorities for the Puerto Rico Air National Guard. Most Guard units are... MORE

National Guard members share test results in many languages
May 29, 2020 — MADISON, Wis. – The National Guard is made up of people from different backgrounds with varied skills gained inside and outside their military careers are often brought to enhance the fight.The... MORE

Missouri National Guard delivers school lunches
May 29, 2020 — JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Nearly 200 Soldiers and Airmen with the Missouri National Guard are delivering school lunches in communities across the state as part of the Guard’s response to the COVID-19... MORE

New York National Guard delivers 16.6 million meals
May 29, 2020 — LATHAM, N.Y. – Eighty-two days into the COVID-19 pandemic response mission, New York National Guard Soldiers and Airmen have helped test 285,659 New Yorkers for the coronavirus, delivered 16,643,740... MORE

Oklahoma Guard supports statewide COVID-19 contact tracing
May 28, 2020 — OKLAHOMA CITY – The Oklahoma National Guard is assisting the Oklahoma State Department of Health with COVID-19 contact tracing to help slow the spread of the coronavirus.In this latest push, members... MORE

Iowa National Guard helps set up COVID-19 test site
May 28, 2020 — SIOUX CENTER, Iowa – Members of the Iowa Air and Army National Guard, working with the Iowa Department of Public Health, helped set up a COVID-19 test site in Northwest Iowa.The site in the hamlet of... MORE

Oklahoma National Guard Airmen support food bank
May 28, 2020 — TULSA, Okla. – The Oklahoma National Guard delivered more than 300,000 pounds of food and 65,000 meals in a month-long mission supporting the Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma.Throughout the... MORE

Kansas National Guard serves up millions of meals
May 28, 2020 — LEAWOOD, Kan. – Citizen-Soldiers are sworn to protect and serve their communities. While many Kansas National Guard members are accustomed to responding to natural disasters such as tornadoes, floods... MORE

Kansas National Guard medic comes to child's aid

New York National Guard pararescuemen aid Queens hospital

Ohio Army Guard assists during unrest in Cleveland, Columbus

Cal Guard helps treat COVID-19 patients

National Guard force surpasses Hurricane Katrina response