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NY National Guard preparing for Lake Ontario flooding
May 11, 2020
New York Army National Guard Staff Sgt. Kevin Ward Ontario works a water pump on April 29, 2020. The New York National Guard has mobilized 46 members of the New York Army National Guard, the New York Naval Militia, and the New York Guard, the state defense force, to respond to flooding along the Lake Ontario shore.
Texas National Guard to sanitize nursing homes
May 11, 2020
Members of the Texas Military Department's Joint Task Force 176 – Texas State Guard Pfc. Jason Hunter, Texas National Guard Capt. Stephanie Enloe, the task force's medical operations officer, and Sgt. 1st Class Rajendran Kumaraswamy, the task force's medical noncommissioned officer – unload disinfecting kits for Soldiers preparing to support long-term care facility disinfection operations at Camp Mabry in Austin, Texas, May 7, 2020.
NH Guard Airman answers the call on unemployment hotline
May 11, 2020
Staff Sgt. Natalie Howes of the 260th Air Traffic Control Squadron, New Hampshire Air National Guard, helping answer calls about unemployment benefits with Task Force Call Center at the Edward Cross Training Center in Pembroke, New Hampshire, May 2020.
Green Mountain Boys reach F-35 milestone: 500 sorties
May 11, 2020
Airman 1st Class Isabel Murphy, a crew chief assigned to the Maintenance Group at the 158th Fighter Wing, launches an F-35 Lightning II at the Vermont Air National Guard Base, South Burlington, Vt., May 6, 2020. Maj. Michael Cady, chief of weapons and tactics for the 134th Fighter Squadron, Vermont Air National Guard, was piloting this F-35 Lightning II, Tail 5278, which achieved the 500th sortie for the Green Mountain Boys.
Virginia Guard strike teams boost COVID-19 testing capacity
May 11, 2020
Virginia National Guard Soldiers and Airmen assist with a drive-thru COVID-19 testing site run by the Virginia Department of Health Eastern Shore Health District May 8, 2020, at the Eastern Shore Community College in Melfa, Virginia. VNG sample strike teams are helping increase Virginia’s COVID-19 testing capacity at long-term care facilities and other locations.
Delaware National Guard supports coronavirus testing
May 11, 2020
Sgt. Zell Flamer, a Soldier with the Delaware National Guard’s 262nd Component Repair Company, at a coronavirus testing site on the grounds of the Sussex County VA Community-Based Outpatient Clinic in Georgetown, Delaware, May 6, 2020. The drive-thru side provided testing for essential employees, at-risk populations, and individuals likely exposed to someone with COVID-19.
Massachusetts Air Guard Mom on Mission
May 10, 2020
Mother and daughter hug sitting on the floor while mother puts boots on for work.
Iowa National Guard Airmen support COVID-19 testing
May 9, 2020
Members of the Iowa National Guard’s 185th Air Refueling Wing at the entrance of the Sioux City, Iowa COVOD-19 “Test Iowa” site help motorists through the test line in the parking lot of the Western Iowa Technical Community College campus on May 7, 2020.
Wisconsin National Guard to support special election
May 9, 2020
1st Lt. John Moore, an Infantry Officer with the 2-127th Infantry Regiment, helps feed ballots as a poll worker in Fitchburg, Wis., April 7, 2020.
Kansas Guard helps limit COVID-19 spread at nursing homes
May 8, 2020
Airman 1st Class Traevonne Greene, 190th Air Refueling Wing, Kansas Air National Guard health service technician, sprays a non-toxic test solution into the hood of Latasha Benfer, medication aide for Homestead of Topeka, to test the N95 protective masks’ ability to filter airborne particles during a fit test demonstration at Homestead of Topeka in Topeka, Kansas, May 6, 2020.
Indiana National Guard helps medical workers at state prisons
May 8, 2020
Indiana National Guard medics with 2-151 Infantry headquarters company assist medical professionals at Pendleton Correctional Facility April 30, 2020. The medics conduct sick call operations, perform blood draws, and dispense medicine as prescribed by Indiana Department of Corrections doctors and nurses while maintaining social distancing standards.
Virginia Army Guard members distribute food, positivity
May 8, 2020
Spc. Tyree Carpenter, a combat engineer with the Virginia Army National Guard’s D Company, 229th Brigade Engineer Battalion, packages food for distribution as part of his unit’s COVID-19 response effort in Fredericksburg, Virginia, May 1, 2020. Carpenter and about 30 other Soldiers with 229th BEB were augmenting civilian personnel at an area food bank.
NJ National Guard makes a difference in the kitchen
May 8, 2020
U.S. Army Spc. Kyla Bowman, left, culinary specialist, Foxtrot Company, 250th Brigade Support Battalion, New Jersey Army National Guard, prepares a Stromboli while Head Cook Casie Smickle observes at Veterans Haven North, Glen Gardner, N.J., April 30, 2020. Five New Jersey National Guard Soldiers and three Airmen are assisting the kitchen staff, which is responsible for preparing 2,400 meals a day for residents of the Haven and the Hunterdon Developmental Center.
NC Guard members maintain schoolwork during COVID-19 mission
May 8, 2020
North Carolina Army National Guard Cpl. Chase Boozer, a fire direction specialist with 5th Battalion, 113th Field Artillery Regiment, adjusts the tassel on his graduation cap at the Orange County Emergency Operations Center in Hillsborough, North Carolina, May 5, 2020. Boozer was set to participate in his graduation ceremony with North Carolina State University on May 9 but it was canceled due to COVID-19.
Ohio National Guard medical team helps staff at state prison
May 8, 2020
Members of Joint Task Force Red Med at Pickaway Correctional Institution in Orient, Ohio, May 4, 2020. A team of nearly 30 Ohio National Guard Soldiers and Airmen has been on duty since April 13 at PCI, supporting the onsite medical staff during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Kentucky National Guard nurses join the fight
May 8, 2020
During National Nurses Week, which is every year from May 6-12, the Kentucky National Guard recognizes the nurses of the 1163rd Medical Company. They have been deployed to support COVID-19 efforts at an alternate care facility in Louisville.
Ohio National Guard assists with mass food distribution
May 8, 2020
U.S. Army Spc. Rose Minton, a vehicle operator assigned to the Ohio National Guard's 237th Brigade Support Battalion, unpacks pallets of food April 21, 2020, at Wright State University's Nutter Center in Fairborn, Ohio. More than 400 members of the Ohio National Guard were activated March 18, 2020 to support food distribution efforts at 12 locations across Ohio serving more than 11 million Ohioans in all 88 counties.
Wisconsin aviator’s training innovation gaining attention
May 8, 2020
1st Lt. Nick Sinopoli, a pilot with the Wisconsin Army National Guard’s 1st Battalion, 147th Aviation Regiment, wearing a visor he created that can shift from clear to obscured to help pilots learn to transition from visual to instrumental flying when visibility outside the aircraft is suddenly limited.
NC Guard helps distribute more than 30,000 pounds of food
May 8, 2020
North Carolina Army National Guard Sgt. Melissa Jordan, assigned to 1-130 Attack Reconnaissance Battalion, 449th Theater Aviation Brigade, loads a box of food into a vehicle while helping Action Pathways’ Second Harvest Food Bank distribute food in Fayetteville May 7, 2020. More than 900 NCNG Soldiers and Airmen have been activated in response to COVID-19 relief efforts to help support their local communities.
28th ECAB Soldier a nurse for COVID-19 patients
May 8, 2020
U.S. Army Spc. Kylee Pavlick, combat medic with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 28th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade, Pennsylvania National Guard, stands in formation. Pavlick works full-time as a nurse at Geisinger Holy Spirit, a hospital near Harrisburg, and is caring for COVID-19 patients.