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Children personalize medals for Florida Guard and partners
May 1, 2020
Florida National Guard Spc. Zachary Snyder, 2-124th Regiment 53rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, receives a donated and decorated medal from a Memorial Healthcare Systems employee at C.B. Smith Park Community- Based Testing Site.
Florida National Guard supports new drive-through test site
April 30, 2020
The Florida National Guard is supporting a new COVID-19 drive-through testing site at Holiday Park in Fort Lauderdale. Guard members from the 2-124th Regiment, 53rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team (IBCT), will provide logistical support to the city and other local partners.
Florida Guard opens walk-up testing site in North Miami
April 28, 2020
The Florida National Guard supports the Florida Department of Health at a walk-up community-based testing site in Miami-Dade County. The FLNG is working closely with federal, state and local partners during the COVID-19 response.
Joint Operations Center coordinates NJ COVID-19 response
April 27, 2020
U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Kimberly Kaminski, with the 108th Wing, in the New Jersey National Guard’s Joint Operations Center in the Homeland Security Center of Excellence, Lawrenceville, N.J., April 22, 2020. New Jersey Soldiers and Airmen and active duty military members and civilians from U.S. Northern Command are working together in the center to support the state’s response efforts to COVID-19.
Florida Guard aids COVID-19 testing at veterans nursing home
April 21, 2020
A Florida National Guard Soldier from the 53rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team tests staff member for COVID-19 at a state veterans nursing facility. The FLNG is responding to COVID-19 by conducting on-site testing at assisted living and nursing home facilities.
Florida Guard partners with university on COVID-19 mission
April 20, 2020
Florida National Guard doctors, nurses and medics joined Florida International University at the Miami Beach Convention Center to conduct refresher training to prepare for patients in the event the space is needed for the COVID-19 response.
Florida National Guard Soldiers take combat lifesaver course
April 16, 2020
Staff Sgt. Johnnie Walker with the 256 Medical Company trains Florida Army National Guard Soldiers on basic lifesaving skills during a Combat Life Saver Course at the Orange County Convention Center community based testing site in April 2020.
Florida Guard medics answer COVID-19 call at test sites
April 15, 2020
A Florida National Guard medic swabs a staff member at the Residential Plaza for Elderly at Blue Lagoon in Miami. FLNG medics prepared extensively to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic.
FLNG Soldiers take over Jacksonville drive-thru test site
April 13, 2020
A Florida National Guard Soldier works alongside a nurse as he learns the processes at Jacksonville’s COVID-19 community-based testing site at TIAA Bank Field, April 13, 2020. The FLNG's 3rd Battalion of the 20th Special Forces Group (Airborne) is taking over operation of the site.
Florida Guard chaplain supports Soldiers, first responders
April 10, 2020
Maj. Jaime Villacorta, chaplain of the 50th Regional Support Group, Florida National Guard, prays with Miami-Dade police at a COVID-19 test site at Hard Rock Stadium, Miami Gardens, Fla., April 5, 2020. Villacorta has provided spiritual support to Soldiers and first responders in South Florida.
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.
War Wagon’s all-female team supports COVID-19 response
April 1, 2020
Left to right, Spc. Francesca Chen-Shue, Pfc. Monica Nieves, Chief Warrant Officer Latania McCook, Pfc. Tyanna Harrison and Spc. Taquisha Hubbard, members of the all-female 356th Quartermaster (War Wagon) Company at a COVID-19 testing site in Miami Gardens, Florida.
Florida National Guard's Army Band helps fight COVID-19
March 25, 2020
Florida National Guard Spc. Joe Morales-McCullers, 13th Army Band Miramar Fla., waits for passengers arriving from the New York area at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, March 25, 2020. The 13th Army Band is helping screen the passengers to slow the spread of the coronavirus.
Florida National Guard opens COVID-19 testing site at stadium
March 24, 2020
Florida Army National Guard Soldiers from the 1218th Transportation Company, West Palm Beach, scribe patient information during COVID-19 testing at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens March 23, 2020. The testing site is the second set up by the Guard in South Florida.
FLNG helps with drive-through virus testing in South Florida
March 17, 2020
Denise Reynolds, left, the chief nursing officer at Memorial Hospital West, discusses tactics for the coronavirus drive-through testing facility with Maj. Mark Sullivan, with the Florida National Guard’s medical detachment, March 16, 2020. The Florida National Guard is mobilizing up to 500 Citizen-Soldiers and Airmen in support of the Florida Department of Health's response in Broward County.