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Florida National Guard assists nurses with mobile testing
May 2, 2020
Registered nurses with the Florida Department of Health perform a specimen collection on a patient at a Northeast Florida nursing home, May 1, 2020.
Oklahoma Guard supports Health Department with COVID-19 testing
May 2, 2020
Oklahoma Army National Guard Sgt. Aaron Moore (right), a combat medic/healthcare specialist with Detachment 1, Headquarters Company, 120th Engineer Battalion, 90th Troop Command, matches paperwork to a test sample with a nurse from the Oklahoma City County Health Department.
N.C. Guard helps distribute food during COVID-19 response
May 2, 2020
North Carolina National Guard Soldiers assigned to 2-130 Airfield Operations Battalion, 449th Theater Aviation Brigade, load boxes of food into vehicles while helping Action Pathways Second Harvest Food Bank of Southeast North Carolina distribute food in Raeford, N.C. on May 5, 2020.
Cal Guard surpasses milestone packaging 15 million meals
May 2, 2020
U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Joshua A. Mosley, left, and Staff Sgt. Chris Petrossian, both of the California Army National Guard’s 115th Regional Support Group, load food items into a volunteer’s truck to distribute to Napa Valley residents who are homebound during the COVID-19 crisis while working at Pope Valley Farm Center in St. Helena, California, April 1, 2020.
Shared online workouts lift spirits during home isolation
May 1, 2020
U.S. Air Force Airmen assigned to the I.G. Brown Training and Education Center in East Tennessee complete an online workout together, May 1, 2020, while following stay-at-home guidelines for COVID-19 mitigation.
Delaware National Guard helps food bank feed families
May 1, 2020
Spc. Vassindou Kamagate, left, and Sgt. 1st Class Brian Turner, horizontal construction engineers with the Delaware Army National Guard's 160th Engineer Company, distribute canned goods at a drive-thru mobile pantry in Newark, Delaware, April 20, 2020.
Cal Guard assists rapid assessment clinic for COVID-19
May 1, 2020
U.S. Army Spc. Jason Prieto, a combat medic with the California Army National Guard’s 315th Vertical Construction Company, assesses a patient at the walk-up medical clinic at Long Beach City College’s Pacific Coast Campus, Long Beach, California, April 17, 2020.
Arkansas Army Guard exceeds environmental impact goals
May 1, 2020
Arkansas Army National Guard Environmental Team receives the Environmental Quality Award for Non-industrial Installations.
Maryland Army Guard members ensure residents receive food
May 1, 2020
Army Staff Sgt. Bryant East, a squad leader with the Maryland Army National Guard’s Company A, 1st Battalion, 175th Infantry Regiment, helps organize food and toiletries at a parking lot in Frederick, Maryland, April 23, 2020, while distributing food to those who need it as part of COVID-19 response efforts. East, along with approximately 30 other Soldiers from the unit, were augmenting food bank volunteers and staff members.
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.
Polish medical team, Illinois Guard side-by-side in COVID-19 response
May 1, 2020
Air Force Tech. Sgt. Adam Dyer, left, and Senior Airman Koami Kunakey, both assigned to the Illinois Air National Guard’s 182nd Airlift Wing, place beds in treatment cubicles at the McCormick Place Convention Center in Chicago while taking part in COVID-19 response efforts, April 11, 2020. Illinois National Guard members were assisted by a nine-person medical team from the Polish military. Since 1993, the Illinois Guard and the Polish military have been partners in the Department of Defense’s State Partnership Program.
Guard helps ensure seniors stay healthy in COVID-19 pandemic
May 1, 2020
In a White House ceremony April 30, 2020, Air Force Gen. Joseph Lengyel, chief of the National Guard Bureau, says the National Guard has helped ensure older Americans remain healthy during the COVID-19 pandemic. Guard members have disinfected and sanitized nursing homes and senior care facilities across the nation.
Deployed Guard Soldiers mark Dachau liberation with WWII vets
April 30, 2020
New York Army National Guard Maj. Gen. Steven Ferrari, commander of the National Guard’s 42nd Infantry Division, speaks via teleconference from his deployed headquarters at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, with eight World War II division veterans April 29, 2020, to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the Dachau concentration camp in 1945.
North Carolina Guard pitches in on the farm to help needy
April 30, 2020
North Carolina National Guard Soldiers assist volunteers at the Inter-Faith Food Shuttle farm to ensure crops are planted and tended to for future harvests and distribution to the needy.
NY National Guard Soldiers delivering meals to rural seniors
April 30, 2020
NORWICH, NY – New York Army National Guard Soldiers assigned to Delta Company, 2nd Battalion, 108th Infantry Regiment, distribute food in rural Chenango County April 23, 2020.
Chaplains reach out to Cal Guard members fighting COVID-19
April 30, 2020
U.S. Air Force Maj. Edward Ganigan, center, a chaplain from the 163d Attack Wing, California Air National Guard, prays for soldiers of the California Army National Guard’s 315th Vertical Construction Company and staff members of the FIND Desert Regional Food Bank in Indio, California, April 29, 2020.
Indiana National Guard helps collect COVID-19 data
April 30, 2020
The Indiana National Guard, local law enforcement and civilian personnel conduct COVID-19 testing throughout north east Indiana April 27, 2020, as part of an initiative to conduct widespread testing to better combat the coronavirus.
Wisconsin Guard conducting mobile testing around state
April 30, 2020
Wisconsin National Guard Soldiers and Airmen talk with a staff member of the Orchard Manor long-term care facility in Lancaster April 25, 2020, about the importance of safely collecting specimens to test residents and staff for COVID-19.
New York Guard and South African chaplains share ideas
April 30, 2020
New York Air National Guard Chaplain (Lt. Col.) Jacob Marvel conducts Easter Mass for service members at the Javits Convention Center in New York City while following social distancing guidelines April 12, 2020. New York Army and Air National Guard chaplains, like their counterparts in the South African National Defence Force, are focused on providing religious opportunities and counseling to troops involved in efforts to contain the COVID-19 pandemic.
Virginia National Guard helping fight COVID-19
April 30, 2020
Virginia National Guard Soldiers and Airmen collect samples for COVID-19 testing of staff members at a long-term care facility April 28, 2020. VNG support provides additional capacity to localities through the Virginia Department of Health to get more people properly tested, and they are also delivering the samples for evaluation.