Guard News - The National Guard - Year 2020

California National Guard Soldiers assist Napa food bank
May 18, 2020 — NAPA, Calif. – Yellow traffic cones are placed on a street adjacent to The Napa Storehouse as Soldiers with the California Army National Guard guide vehicles to pop-up tents covering boxes and bags of...

North Carolina Guard members distribute PPE across state
May 16, 2020 — RALEIGH, N.C. – The North Carolina National Guard members have distributed 432,000 gloves, 44,000 face shields, 45,000 shoe covers, 88,800 procedural masks, and 2800 bottles of hand sanitizer split...

Mass. Guard members use civilian medical training in COVID-19
May 16, 2020 — NEW BEDFORD, Mass. — More than 180 Soldiers and Airmen from the Massachusetts National Guard with civilian medical backgrounds have been called up to serve with Task Force Raptor and join the...

During COVID-19 crisis, Cal Guardsmen prepare for wildfires
May 16, 2020 — CAMP ROBERTS, Calif.— As the COVID-19 crisis continues, so does the threat from wildfires that flare up across California, usually from summer through fall. Over the past few years, the state has seen...

Cal National Guard aids Los Angeles-area food banks
May 15, 2020 — LOS ANGELES – Sixty Soldiers assigned to California Army National Guard’s Joint Task Force 224 are assisting the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank in Commerce in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.The...

Washington National Guard members build COVID-19 test kits
May 15, 2020 — TUMWATER, Wash. – COVID-19 testing was one of the pillars of Gov. Jay Inslee’s recovery plan for Washington. Ensuring that test kits are readily available has been a team effort of the Department of...

First Army and partnered units train on through pandemic
May 15, 2020 — ROCK ISLAND, Ill. – The COVID-19 pandemic changed the ways First Army Soldiers conducted their mission of training and preparing National Guard and Army Reserve units for mobilization, deployment and...

NC National Guard sets up COVID-19 medical support shelter
May 15, 2020 — HAMLET, N.C. – Soldiers and Airmen from the North Carolina National Guard worked with the state Department of Health and Human Services and Department of Emergency Management to create a medical...

Georgia National Guard's 116th Army Band helps with testing
May 15, 2020 — AUGUSTA, Ga. – Members of the Georgia National Guard’s 116th Army Band and 93rd Financial Management Support Unit are helping Augusta University test Georgia citizens for COVID-19. Guard Soldiers have...

New Mexico Guard command centers support COVID-19 mission
May 15, 2020 — ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – The Unit Command Centers for the 150th Special Operations Wing and the 210th RED HORSE Squadron are coordinating more than 200 Airmen in support of the New Mexico Joint Task Force...

Alaska National Guard Soldiers help safeguard Kodiak Harbor
May 15, 2020 — JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – The Alaska Army National Guard is helping ensure that COVID-19 safeguards are followed at Kodiak Harbor.Since May 1st, 10 members of the Guard and one Alaska...

NCARNG assists Spanish-speaking citizens during COVID-19
May 15, 2020 — WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – On the brisk morning of May 9, a long line of cars stretched down the street from the Second Harvest Food Bank Northwest. Behind masked faces, hopeful eyes peered out over their...

Resiliency task force supports NJ National Guard members
May 14, 2020 — SEA GIRT, N.J. – The moment that New Jersey National Guard members were activated for the fight against COVID-19, hundreds of Citizen-Soldiers and Airmen volunteered to serve their communities.Across...

Va. Army Guard members set up mobile food distribution site
May 14, 2020 — HANOVER, Va. – The line of cars snaked past the building, lazily looping around the adjacent parking lot as a warm breeze fluttered past. A group of Soldiers was set up behind the building,...

Cal National Guard welder sews face masks to combat COVID-19
May 14, 2020 — LONG BEACH, Calif. – It’s not the usual scene one expects in a U.S. Army maintenance shop. While the air is filled with the scent of diesel and most Soldiers are busy turning wrenches underneath...

National Guard supports Brighton Rehab and Wellness Center
May 14, 2020 — BEAVER, Pa. – Soldiers and Airmen from the Pennsylvania National Guard are supporting the Brighton Rehab and Wellness Center, providing medical, administrative and cleaning services.The Pennsylvania...

TEC-U to launch on-demand video training for ANG
May 14, 2020 — I.G. BROWN TRAINING AND EDUCATION CENTER, Tenn. – From the Force, the first initiative for TEC University, officially launches May 22, allowing Airmen to share best practices and receive training from...

Cal Guard member's civilian skills get troops to missions
May 14, 2020 — SACRAMENTO, Calif. – U.S. Army Spc. Koby Riggan is finding himself working long hours and covered in grease from head to toe, but loving every minute of it.Riggan, a Soldier in the California Army...

Michigan Guard helps test at long-term care homes, prisons
May 13, 2020 — SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich. – The Michigan National Guard is sweeping across Michigan’s Upper Peninsula (U.P.), helping test people for COVID-19 at long-term care facilities and prisons.“The Michigan Army...

Wisconsin National Guard supports voters in special election
May 13, 2020 — MADISON, Wis. – Approximately 160 Wisconsin National Guard members supported the May 12 special congressional election in northern Wisconsin as poll workers.The Guard members were called to state...

New York Guardsmen Earn Danish Military March Ribbon

Kentucky Guard Builds Portable Air Base for Patriot 26

Three Components, One Army: LaNeve Stresses Guard’s Role in Army’s New Priorities

Pennsylvania Guardsmen Demonstrate Drone Innovation Project

Nordhaus, Raines Outline a National Guard Focused on the Future