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FLNG Soldiers on 1st state active duty at screening site
April 6, 2020
U.S. Army Spc. Alexandra Townsend, a Soldier in Bravo Company of the 53rd Brigade Support Battalion, Florida National Guard, working on the COVID-19 community-based testing site in West Palm Beach, Fla., April 4, 2020. Townsend works as a uniformed technician and electronics mechanic while she’s a civilian.
Michigan National Guard expands support of food banks
April 6, 2020
Soldiers from the 1433rd Engineer Company, 507th Engineer Battalion, 177th Military Police Brigade, Michigan Army National Guard, assist the Feeding America West Michigan food bank as part of the Michigan National Guard's coronavirus response, Comstock Park, Michigan, March 31, 2020. The Michigan Guard is helping at five food banks across the state.
NJ Guard's 177th Fighter Wing still flying during pandemic
April 6, 2020
A U.S. Air Force F-16C Fighting Falcon takes off April 1, 2020, at the 177th Fighter Wing, Egg Harbor Township, N.J. The 177th FW continued flying to maintain worldwide combat-readiness and homeland defense during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Delaware Airman uses civilian expertise in COVID-19 response
April 6, 2020
U.S. Air Force 1st Lt. Tyrell Hargrove with the Delaware National Guard inspects personal protective equipment inside Delaware Emergency Management Agency headquarters, Smyrna, Del., March 27, 2020. Hargrove is helping evaluate sites that can be used as acute care facilities should hospitals become overwhelmed with COVID-19 patients.
Wisconsin Guard testing elderly at Sheboygan living facility
April 6, 2020
Wisconsin National Guard Soldiers and Airmen are briefed before testing the staff and residents at Sunny Ridge Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Sheboygan, Wis., April 5, 2020. More than 300 Wisconsin National Guard troops are mobilized in the COVID-19 response.
Texas Guard mobilizes to respond to COVID-19
April 5, 2020
Texas Army National Guard troops set up a field hospital in response to COVID-19 April 1, 2020, at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center in Dallas. Service members across Texas worked to set up geographically separated units to support local communities.
177 FW conducts virtual unit training assembly
April 5, 2020
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Pierre J. Chaniz-Rico, an airfield management operations supervisor with the 177th Fighter Wing, utilizes the Blackboard Learning Management System to participate in the 177th FW's virtual Unit Training Assembly, April 4, 2020, in Egg Harbor Township, N.J.
MDNG serves real, virtual communities in COVID-19 response
April 4, 2020
U.S. Air Force Maj. Robert Duluca, Maryland National Guard Joint Task Force Cyber operations officer, poses for a photo April 3, 2020, at the 175th Wing at Warfield Air National Guard Base, Middle River, Md.
Cal Guard space operators support COVID-19 food bank mission
April 4, 2020
Staff Sgt. Travis Emery, front, and Airman 1st Class Soren Dietrichson, space operators for the California Air National Guard’s 216th Space Control Squadron, deliver food to residences in Orcutt, California, on April 2, 2020, as part of the Cal Guard’s COVID-19 humanitarian mission.
Two Memphians bring much-needed supplies home
April 3, 2020
1st Lt. Bryan Burns and 2nd Lt. James Conlan perform final shutdown checks at the Memphis Air National Guard Base April 2, 2020, after flying COVID-19 test kits and other products from Aviano, Italy, to the FedEx hub in Memphis, Tenn., to be distributed to medical facilities across the U.S.
NY National Guard COVID-19 response force grows to 2,850
April 3, 2020
New York Army National Guard Spc. Thalio Hinajosa, assigned to Battery B, 1st Battalion, 258th Field Artillery, part of the 27th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, packs meals for distribution to the community at the Thomas Jefferson Recreation Center in New York City March 30, 2020. Hinajosa is one of more than 2,700 New York Guard members helping mitigate the COVID 19 pandemic.
Massachusetts EOD Airman makes face shields with 3D printer
April 3, 2020
Massachusetts National Guard Senior Master Sgt. Jeremiah McClosky, explosive ordnance disposal superintendent, 104th Fighter Wing, prints a protective mask from a 3D printer for the 104th Fighter Wing Medical Group, Westfield, Mass.
Kentucky National Guard answers the call in COVID-19 response
April 3, 2020
Kentucky National Guard Soldiers and Airmen augment the COVID-19 Call Center to manage data collection and case management March 31, 2020.
Connecticut Guard Soldier helps set up field hospital
April 3, 2020
U.S. Army Sgt. Luk Silk, 1-102nd Infantry Regiment, in front of field hospital beds at the O’Neill Center at Western Connecticut State University in Danbury, Connecticut, April 2, 2020. Silk, 23, from Glastonbury, is one of many Connecticut Army and Air National Guard members who set up field hospital equipment at the gymnasium for potential patient use in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Georgia Guard disinfecting nursing homes across the state
April 3, 2020
Georgia Army National Guard Soldiers of the Cordele-based Company C, 2nd Battalion, 121st Infantry Regiment, disinfect common areas in a long-term care facility in Dawson, Ga., April 2, 2020.
Guard supports local food banks as part of COVID-19 response
April 3, 2020
Master Sgt. Dustin McClure, Washington Army National Guard Recruiting and Retention Battalion, inventories canned food at the Issaquah Food Bank in Issaquah, Wash., April 2, 2020. Members of the Washington Air and Army National Guard are supporting food banks around the state during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Mass. National Guard moves critical medical supplies
April 3, 2020
Medical supplies are unloaded from the New England Patriots team plane and onto Massachusetts National Guard tactical vehicles for transportation from Logan Airport in Boston, April 2, 2020. The Mass.National Guard is providing logistical support to civil authorities throughout the Commonwealth as part of the battle against COVID-19.
West Virginia Airmen use 3D printing to produce face shields
April 3, 2020
Tech. Sgt. Alan Pasel, an aircraft metals technology specialist assigned to the 130th Maintenance Squadron, with a LulzBot TAZ 6 Dual Platinum 3D printer at McLaughlin Air National Guard Base, Charleston, W.Va., March 27, 2020. Pasel used the printer to design a face shield prototype for production to fulfill a statewide shortage caused by the COVID-19 outbreak.
Michigan Guard helps food banks during COVID-19 response
April 2, 2020
Michigan Army National Guard Soldiers assist the Feeding America West Michigan food bank, which feeds people in 40 of 83 Michigan counties but was struggling to operate because its volunteers were sent home to protect them from the COVID-19 pandemic, Comstock Park, Michigan, March 31, 2020.
Nebraska Airmen deploy overseas
April 2, 2020
Airmen with the 155th Air Refueling Wing board a KC-135 Stratotanker, March 25, 2020, at the Nebraska National Guard air base in Lincoln for deployment to the U.S. Central Command area in support of overseas contingency operations.