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Maryland National Guard provides meals for homeless
April 22, 2020
Maryland National Guard members are preparing and delivering meals to an emergency encampment of homeless people in Salisbury, Maryland, who have been displaced due to COVID-19 pandemic. The 25-day mission brought together Soldiers from three military police units of the 115th Military Police Battalion.
Mother, son serve at hospital as National Guard medics
April 22, 2020
Gen. Randall Simmons, commander, Georgia Army National Guard, recognized Spc. Leslie Davila, a medic with the 2nd Battalion, 121st Infantry Regiment, 48th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, for her contributions to the fight against COVID-19 during a tour of the Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital in Albany, Georgia, March 28, 2020. Davila and her son, also with the Guard, were both assigned as medics at the hospital.
Military members honor veteran who died at NY field hospital
April 22, 2020
New York Army National Guard Sgt. Major Nicholas Pardi, a member of the 104th Military Police Battalion, presents an American flag during an impromptu memorial service for a veteran who died of COVID-19 while a patient at the Javits New York Medical Station in the Jacob Javits Convention Center in New York City, April 19, 2020.
Youth Challenge Academy cadets, staff mobilize for community
April 22, 2020
Michigan Youth Challenge Academy Cadets Jonathan Ciszczon and Jonathan Shapiro measure and cut fabric to make cloth masks to be donated to facilities in the Battle Creek community April 8, 2020.
Colorado Guard helps test long-term care patients, staff
April 22, 2020
Colorado National Guard members from the Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and high-yield explosive Enhanced Response Force Package prepare a drive-up COVID-19 testing site in Montrose County, Colorado, March 23, 2020. More than 400 CONG members are mobilized to help Colorado fight COVID-19.
Indiana National Guard conducts patient transport training
April 22, 2020
Indiana National Guard troops from the 38th Infantry Division conducted patient transport training at the Johnson County National Guard Armory on April 16, 2020.
Guard member supports COVID-19 response at her university
April 22, 2020
Connecticut Air National Guard Airman 1st Class Arielle Robles, 103rd Maintenance Group administration specialist, helps set up recovery center beds at Kaiser Hall at Central Connecticut State University in New Britain, Connecticut, April 21, 2020. Robles is an exercise science student at the university and is helping convert her usual classroom building into surge capacity space for local hospitals in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
W.Va. Guard has first DoD-approved mobile COVID-19 test lab
April 22, 2020
West Virginia Army National Guard 1st Lt. Samantha Fabian, commander of the 1201st Forward Support Company, in front of a mobile COVID-19 testing lab in Morgantown April 21, 2020. Fabian is the program director who leads the mobile laboratories.
Oklahoma Guard distributes medical supplies from stockpile
April 21, 2020
Oklahoma National Guard members from throughout the state check medical supply orders while assigned to the Strategic National Stockpile in Oklahoma City, April 20, 2020. Nearly 30 Guard members are helping fulfill, secure and transport critical supplies to facilities throughout the state.
Guard members find Southeast Ohioans #InThisTogether
April 21, 2020
Devin Berry, left, and Ohio National Guard Pfc. Jayden Rutter, both lifelong Southeast Ohio residents, outside the Southeast Ohio Foodbank in Logan April 10, 2020. Berry, a laborer at the food bank for five years, has been working with Rutter and other Soldiers of the 237th Support Battalion to package and distribute food during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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.
CTANG fire department, security forces maintain readiness
April 21, 2020
Connecticut Air National Guard fire department and Security Forces personnel at the Bradley Air National Guard Base fire house in East Granby, Connecticut, April 20, 2020, continue to operate around the clock.
Michigan National Guard helps distribute PPE
April 21, 2020
Staff Sgt. Scott Horrigan, 1st Battalion, 125th Regiment, Michigan Army National Guard, works at a Kent County warehouse to help organize and distribute personal protection equipment to medical facilities throughout the state April 15, 2020.
W.Va. Guard begins testing nursing home patients
April 21, 2020
A member of the West Virginia National Guard Task Force CRE undergoes decontamination following COVID-19 testing at a veterans home facility April 20, 2020. The West Virginia National Guard tested more than 400 patients and staff at two veterans home facilities in Barboursville and Clarksburg.
Colorado Air Guard members sew masks in lieu of parachutes
April 20, 2020
Tech. Sgt. Jennifer Van Note, an aircrew flight equipment specialist with the 140th Wing, Colorado National Guard at Buckley Air Force Base, Colorado, says she is proud to help make face masks for the community.
New Mexico Air Guard delivers PPE across state
April 20, 2020
New Mexico Air National Guard Senior Airman Jason Quintana and Staff Sgt. Israel Martinez deliver personal protective equipment to Grants, New Mexico, to help support local communities.
Wisconsin Guard team testing inmates, staff at county prison
April 20, 2020
Wisconsin National Guard Soldiers and Airmen are briefed before testing staff and residents at Sunny Ridge Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Sheboygan, Wis., April 5, 2020.
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.
'Teledrill' keeps Utah National Guard members safe and ready
April 20, 2020
Service members assigned to the 204th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade, Utah Army National Guard, conduct a meeting via video teleconference April 19, 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic. The 204th MEB is among the first National Guard units in the nation to conduct a teleworking drill, or "teledrill," in preparation for a warfighter exercise.
NY force of 3,600 on duty 42 days into COVID-19 response
April 20, 2020
A CH-47 Chinook helicopter, assigned to the New York Army National Guard's Company B, 3rd Battalion, 126th Aviation, approaches a helipad in New York City, April 16, 2020. New York National Guard members are supporting the multi-agency response to COVID-19.