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COVID response prompts 1st Idaho Guard dual-status commander
October 5, 2021 — BOISE, Idaho – In September, after a second wave of COVID-19 cases spread across Idaho, Gov. Brad Little authorized the mobilization of up to 150 Idaho National Guard Soldiers and Airmen. He also... MORE

Brig. Gen. Russ Johnson, Idaho National Guard director of joint staff, visits Idaho National Guard Soldiers and Airmen at medical facilities in Idaho, Oct. 1, 2021, after being appointed the state's first dual-status commander of its COVID-19 response.

Multiple services come together under dual-status command
June 22, 2020 — NEW YORK – When Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo decided New York City needed federal troops to help cope with the COVID-19 pandemic, Maj. Gen. Ray Shields, the adjutant general of New York, thought the New York... MORE

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.

Dual-status commanders appointed
March 26, 2020 — ARLINGTON, Va. – Dual-status commanders have been appointed in eight states, with 10 more awaiting approval, as the National Guard continues to support COVID-19 response efforts throughout the... MORE

Members of the New York Army National Guard's 1st Battalion, 69th Infantry Regiment, hold up directional signs for drivers leaving the drive-through COVID-19 Mobile Testing Center located at the South Beach Behavioral Center in Staten Island, New York. New York is one of eight states where a dual-status commander has been appointed.

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