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Kentucky Guard helps food banks continue serving the needy
April 30, 2020
Soldiers with the Kentucky Army National Guard's 149th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade assist Feeding America, Kentucky's Heartland by packaging food amid the COVID-19 crisis April 7, 2020. Soldiers helped at four food banks across the Commonwealth.
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.
Iowa State grads dominate National Guard COVID-19 task force
April 30, 2020
Capt. Theodore Knust, personnel officer at the 734th Regional Support Group, participates in a briefing at the Task Force Central command post in Johnston April 29, 2020. Knust received his commission with the Cyclone Battalion at the Iowa State University Reserve Officers’ Training Corps program more than 10 years ago. Now he’s working alongside seven other former Cyclones during the Iowa National Guard’s response to COVID-19.
Cal Guard assisting skilled nursing facilities in LA County
April 30, 2020
U.S. Army Spc. Makayla Montz and Pfc. Marc Jules Ocampo, California National Guard medical support team members, prepare to work at a skilled nursing facility in Southern California April 29, 2020. The medical support team is supporting staff at the facility, sharing best practices, and providing patient care for non-COVID-19 patients.
KC-135 boom operator supports Washington food banks
April 29, 2020
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. David Stefaniak, a boom operator with the Washington Air National Guard's 116th Air Refueling Squadron, sorts food at the Issaquah Food Bank April 15, 2020. Stefaniak is supporting multiple food banks in the Puget Sound area as part of the state's COVID-19 response.
Dogs ease stress for COVID-19 response troops in New York
April 29, 2020
Spc. Amber Freeman from Kingston, N.Y., assigned to the New York Army National Guard, poses for a picture and pets Sophie, a Labrador retriever service dog provided by Puppies Behind Bars in New York City, April 23, 2020. Puppies Behind Bars is a nonprofit organization that trains prison inmates to raise service dogs for wounded war veterans and first responders, as well as explosive-detection canines for law enforcement.
New Hampshire Guard supports massive warehouse mission
April 29, 2020
Spc. Andre St. Laurent, Headquarters and Service Company, 3643d Brigade Support Battalion, New Hampshire Army National Guard, loads freight in Concord, April 24, 2020. St. Laurent is one of 15 Guard members supporting COVID-19 relief efforts at a warehouse distribution center for the state's cache of personal protective equipment.
New York Air National Guard supports America Strong flyover
April 29, 2020
Senior Airman Ward Seymour, foreground, and 1st Lt. Quinn Tilley of the 224th Air Defense Group, New York National Guard, Rome, New York, prepare for the April 28, 2020, America Strong New York City flyover. The Air Force Thunderbird and Navy Blue Angel demonstration aircraft honored health care personnel and essential workers in the New York metro area. The 224th ADG provided tactical control, airspace deconfliction and coordinated refueling tankers for the flyover.
For Guard's 102nd IW, mission readiness must be maintained
April 29, 2020
Massachusetts National Guard Master Sgt. Tanya Borges and Tech. Sgt. Jenna Bouley, 102nd Intelligence Wing Public Health technicians, look over slides for a public health presentation April 17, 2020, Otis Air National Guard Base, Mass.
Texas National Guard is putting Soldiers back to work
April 29, 2020
Army National Guard Pfc. Tori Stricklin, a human resource specialist with the 176th Engineer Brigade, updates the Joint Task Force 176 personnel status roster at Camp Mabry in Austin, Texas, April 17, 2020. Stricklin is one of several service members who normally serve on a part-time basis, but were activated to full-time duty after the COVID-19 pandemic impacted their full-time employment.
Alaska National Guard responds to COVID-19 threat
April 29, 2020
Alaska National Guard Soldiers and Airmen, Alaska State Defense Force Soldiers and Naval Militiamen assigned to a joint task force supported the Food Bank of Alaska by establishing an efficient food distribution area in Muldoon April 20, 2020.
Massachusetts Guard, Army Reserve join forces at hospital
April 29, 2020
A Soldier from the Massachusetts Army National Guard Region I CBRN (Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear) Task Force show a member of the Army Reserve how to use personal protective equipment at Tewksbury Hospital, April 21, 2020.
Oklahoma National Guard supporting local food banks
April 29, 2020
Members of the Oklahoma Air National Guard with the 137th Special Operations Wing pack and sort boxes of food for transport in support of the Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma in Oklahoma City, April 24, 2020. Gov. Kevin Stitt activated 25 additional Guardsmen in Oklahoma City and another 25 in Tulsa to assist the regional food banks.
Massachusetts National Guard supports law enforcement
April 28, 2020
Security Forces and Military Police from the Massachusetts National Guard patrol a COVID-19 testing site for the homeless to protect supplies, patients and medical staff, Springfield, Massachusetts, April 21, 2020. Security Forces Airmen of the 104th Fighter Wing and Military Police Soldiers of the 211th Military Police Battalion, 747th Military Police Company, are working jointly as a quick reaction force in response to COVID-19.
Georgia National Guard ramps up COVID-19 testing
April 28, 2020
A mobile testing strike team comprised of Georgia Army National Guard Soldiers of the 48th Infantry Brigade Combat Team administer more than 100 COVID-19 tests to staff of Central State Hospital in Milledgeville April 21, 2020.
Colorado National Guard testing residents for COVID-19
April 28, 2020
Colorado National Guard members conduct COVID-19 testing at a drive-up site in Greeley, Colorado, April 23, 2020. Nearly 70 Colorado National Guard members from the Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and high-yield (CBRNE) Enhanced Response Force Package (CERFP) tested residents in the Greeley area.
NY National Guard Soldier beats COVID-19 and joins the fight
April 28, 2020
Army Warrant Officer Christopher Gallant, assigned to Bravo Company, 3rd Battalion, 142nd Aviation, New York Army National Guard, tested positive for COVID-19 in March, recovered, and is working as the safety officer at the Javits New York Medical Station in New York April 21, 2020.
North Carolina National Guard assists local food banks
April 28, 2020
North Carolina National Guard Spc. Dena Arnold of Delta Company, 1-130th Attack Reconnaissance Battalion, 449th Theater Aviation Brigade, sorts produce for distribution to local food banks at the Food Bank of Central and Eastern North Carolina in Raleigh, N.C., April 27, 2020.
Oklahoma Guard helps long-term care facilities fight virus
April 28, 2020
A member of the Oklahoma National Guard disinfects a bathroom sink at a long-term health care facility in McAlester, Oklahoma, April 22, 2020. The Guard disinfected floors, walls and commonly touched surfaces to help prevent the spread of COVID-19.
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.