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Fort Drum supports MD Guard with training due to COVID-19
March 20, 2020
A team from Fort Drum's Townsend Mission Training Complex in New York provides real-world training scenarios to Soldiers with the 58th Expeditionary Military Intelligence Brigade, Maryland Army National Guard, at their home station in Towson, Maryland.
La. Guard assists New Orleans drive-through testing sites
March 20, 2020
Louisiana National Guard Soldiers and Airmen test first responders for COVID-19 infections at Louis Armstrong Park, New Orleans, Louisiana, March 20, 2020. The testing site is one of three across New Orleans and Jefferson Parishes and will soon open to the general public.
Weathering COVID-19: financial resilience
March 20, 2020
As COVID-19 causes a multitude of businesses and schools across the country to close, many Americans are faced with an uncertain financial future. Certain financial strategies can help keep people on track even in unpredictable situations.
Midnight Sun Guardian aerospace medicine Airman impacts mission
March 20, 2020
Alaska Air National Guard Senior Airman Loida Torres Román is a 176th Medical Group health-systems technician at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska. She earned national top honors as the Air National Guard’s Aerospace Medicine Airman of the year for 2019.
National Guard Ramping Up COVID-19 Response
March 19, 2020
Air Force Gen. Joseph L. Lengyel, chief of the National Guard Bureau, briefs Pentagon reporters on the National Guard's response to the coronavirus March 19, 2020. The general said 2,050 National Guard Soldiers and Airmen in 27 states have been activated to support COVID-19 response efforts, with the number expected to double by the weekend and eventually reach the tens of thousands.
103rd Airmen inspire girls for aviation, STEM careers
March 19, 2020
Air Force Capt. Jennifer Artiaco speaks with a girl about the Air National Guard at the annual "Women Take Flight" event at the New England Air Museum, Windsor Locks, Connecticut, March 7, 2020. "Women Take Flight" is targeted to girls interested in avionics and other STEM fields.
Michigan National Guard helping distribute COVID-19 supplies
March 19, 2020
Soldiers from the Michigan National Guard assist Michigan Department of Health and Human Services with assembling and loading critical personal protective gear, such as gloves, gowns and face shields, March 18, 2020. Once packaged, MDHHS will deliver the supplies to local public health departments.
Guard has long supported local officials in health emergencies
March 18, 2020
Soldiers at Camp Funston, Kansas, are quarantined while recovering from the Spanish flu in 1918. The flu infected about 500 million people around the world.
2nd CST partners with community leaders for vital training
March 18, 2020
Airmen and Soldiers of the 2nd Civil Support Team, New York National Guard based at Stratton Air National Guard Base, Schenectady, N.Y., decontaminate themselves after searching a six-story warehouse for weapons of mass destruction during a training exercise in Amsterdam, N.Y., Feb. 25, 2020. The training prepares the Guard members for certification required every 18 months.
Hundreds of New York National Guard members respond to COVID-19
March 18, 2020
Spc.Sherman Bristol, left, a member of the New York Army National Guard's 4th Finance Detachment, and Airman 1st Class Nieves with the New York Air National Guard’s 106th Rescue Wing, help clean City Hall in New Rochelle, New York, March 14, 2020. New York Army and Air National Guard members are supporting the multi-agency response to COVID-19.
Puerto Rico Guard screening airport passengers for COVID-19
March 18, 2020
Citizen-Soldiers of the Puerto Rico National Guard along with the Department of Health and other state and federal agencies have begun evaluating and giving orientation to all passengers arriving at Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport in Carolina, Puerto Rico, through screenings to detect any suspected case of COVID-19 and avoid more infections, March 17, 2020.
W.Va. Guard experts train first responders in PPE safety
March 18, 2020
Members of the West Virginia National Guard provide hands-on personal protective equipment instruction to first responders from Kentucky and West Virginia, March 16, 2020, in Huntington, W.Va.
WWII 30th Infantry Division awarded Presidential Unit Citation
March 17, 2020
Some 117th Infantry Regiment, 30th Infantry Division and 2nd Armored Division Soldiers with captured German troops near the Siegfried Line - Palenburg, Germany, October 1944.
Space Force Counter Communications System achieves IOC
March 17, 2020
Lt. Col William Sanders, left, 4th Space Control Squadron commander, receives the Counter Communications System Block 10.2 from Lt. Col. Stephen Brogan, right, combat systems branch materiel leader at the Space and Missile Systems Center at Los Angeles Air Force Base, Calif., March 12 on Peterson Air Force Base, Colo. Once handed over, the B10.2 became the first offensive weapon system assigned to the United States Space Force.
NCNG builds relationships with civilian employers
March 17, 2020
Rosalie Simcoe, with Cisco, smiles as she looks out the window during a ride in a Black Hawk helicopter during a Bosslift event sponsored by the North Carolina Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve at North Carolina National Guard’s (NCNG) Army Aviation Support Facility in Morrisville, N.C. March 10, 2020. The events give employers a better understanding of what their employees do when they have to take off work to fulfill their National Guard commitments.
FLNG helps with drive-through virus testing in South Florida
March 17, 2020
Denise Reynolds, left, the chief nursing officer at Memorial Hospital West, discusses tactics for the coronavirus drive-through testing facility with Maj. Mark Sullivan, with the Florida National Guard’s medical detachment, March 16, 2020. The Florida National Guard is mobilizing up to 500 Citizen-Soldiers and Airmen in support of the Florida Department of Health's response in Broward County.
Guard members continue to assist in COVID-19 response
March 17, 2020
Army Spc. Reagan Long, left, a horizontal construction engineer with the New York Army National Guard’s 827th Engineer Company, and Army Pfc. Naomi Velez, a horizontal construction engineer with the New York Army Guard’s 152nd Engineer Support Company, register people at a COVID-19 mobile screening center in New Rochelle, New York, March 14, 2020. More than 1,500 National Guard members in 22 states have been activated in support of state and local authorities responding to the COVID-19 outbreak.
PRNG turns from earthquake to COVID-19 response
March 17, 2020
The Puerto Rico National Guard is supporting the Puerto Rico Department of Health by screening passengers at the Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport to detect suspected cases of coronavirus. Citizen-Soldiers received medical evaluations and guidance from Dr. Kendra Caraballo, an epidemiologist, and general instructions from Staff Sgt. Marimar Rivera.
Wisconsin National Guard helps bring cruise passengers home
March 16, 2020
An aircraft carrying Wisconsin citizens returning from the Grand Princess cruise ship with confirmed cases of the COVID-19 virus arrives at Volk Field Combat Readiness Training Center at Camp Douglas, Wisconsin, March 15, 2020. Wisconsin National Guard Soldiers and Airmen transported the residents to their homes for self-quarantine.
Health of force key to COVID response, says Guard’s top leader
March 16, 2020
U.S. Army Spc. Rudy Santos, a unit supply specialist assigned to the Headquarters & Headquarters Company, 3rd Battalion, 42nd Combat Aviation Brigade, 42nd Infantry Division, hands out food to members of the community during Operation COVID-19 at the Martin Luther King Community Center, New Rochelle, New York, March 13, 2020. Members of the Army and Air National Guard from numerous states have been activated under Operation COVID-19 to support federal, state and local efforts.