Guard News - The National Guard - Apr 2020

Kentucky National Guard answers the call in COVID-19 response
April 3, 2020 — FRANKFORT, Ky. – The Kentucky National Guard is helping staff the COVID-19 call center to manage data collection and case management. Soldiers with the 1163rd Medical Company and Airmen with the 123rd...

Connecticut Guard Soldier helps set up field hospital
April 3, 2020 — DANBURY, Conn. – Tractor-trailers arrived at Western Connecticut State University April 1, and within hours Connecticut National Guard Soldiers and Airmen set up over 200 beds, transforming the...

Georgia Guard disinfecting nursing homes across the state
April 3, 2020 — MARIETTA, Ga. – The Georgia National Guard is sending infection-control teams to nursing homes around the state to help limit the spread of COVID-19. "Our mission is to assist in disinfecting nursing...

Guard supports local food banks as part of COVID-19 response
April 3, 2020 — CAMP MURRAY, Wash. – With many people unable to work, buying even basics like food is becoming a challenge. At the same time, volunteers who are relied on to operate local food banks are staying...

Mass. National Guard moves critical medical supplies
April 3, 2020 — BOSTON – The Massachusetts National Guard used its logistical capabilities to transport medical supplies delivered to Logan Airport from China aboard the New England Patriots team airplane April 2...

West Virginia Airmen use 3D printing to produce face shields
April 3, 2020 — CHARLESTON, W.Va. – The West Virginia National Guard is taking an innovative approach to help alleviate the nationwide shortage of personal protective equipment (PPE) during the COVID-19...

Michigan Guard helps food banks during COVID-19 response
April 2, 2020 — COMSTOCK PARK, Mich. – The Michigan National Guard has come to the rescue of a Michigan food bank that was struggling to serve needy families during the COVID-19 pandemic without its volunteers...

Nebraska Airmen deploy overseas
April 2, 2020 — LINCOLN, Neb. – Airmen from the 155th Air Refueling Wing deployed March 25 to support overseas contingency operations from the Nebraska Air National Guard air base.The deployment, scheduled 16 months...

Rookie Cal Guard member embraces COVID-19 role
April 2, 2020 — SACRAMENTO, Calif. – U.S. Army Pfc. Muhammad Fayzan Izhar is so new to the California Army National Guard, some Soldiers in his unit don't know who he is. He's fresh off U.S. Army initial training...

Hawaii National Guard ready for COVID-19 response
April 2, 2020 — HONOLULU – The rise in positive COVID-19 cases in Hawaii has prompted the partial activation of the Hawaii National Guard to stand ready to lend its support to the community.Airmen with Medical...

Wisconsin National Guard takes on 2 new COVID-19 missions
April 2, 2020 — MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin National Guard is helping staff self-isolation facilities in Milwaukee and Madison and polling locations across the state for the April 7 election due to a shortage of...

Maryland Guard distributes more than 1 million medical items
April 2, 2020 — BALTIMORE – Maryland National Guard Airmen working at a Strategic National Stockpile have processed and distributed more than 1 million masks, gloves and other protective equipment to health care...

Michigan National Guard helps set up FEMA medical station
April 1, 2020 — DETROIT – About 20 members of the Michigan National Guard are helping the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) establish a federal medical station (FMS) at TCF Center.Michigan National Guard...

38th Infantry Soldiers coming home
April 1, 2020 — INDIANAPOLIS – Select Indiana National Guardsman with the 38th Infantry Division began arriving home to Indianapolis March 31 after a nine-month deployment to Kuwait in support of Operation Spartan...

TN Guard shifts from tornado cleanup to COVID-19 response
April 1, 2020 — NASHVILLE, Tenn. – It has been a tumultuous spring for middle Tennessee. While the world is dealing with a pandemic, cleanup from a devastating tornado is still underway in four counties. In the...

Cal Guard members use civilian driving skills to help community
April 1, 2020 — SACRAMENTO, Calif. – California Army National Guard members assisting the Sacramento Food Bank and Family Services have stretched their humanitarian support roles since being activated for almost two...

Army leaders visit COVID-19 screening site in Maryland
April 1, 2020 — LANDOVER, Md. – U.S. Army leaders visited a COVID-19 screening site outside the nation's capital March 31 to learn how the National Guard can help civilian agencies fight the spread of the...

War Wagon’s all-female team supports COVID-19 response
April 1, 2020 — MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. – An all-female team with the Florida National Guard’s 356th Quartermaster (War Wagon) Company is managing logistics for a COVID-19 testing site at a local stadium.“We empower each...

Weathering COVID-19: mental resilience
April 1, 2020 — PORTLAND, Ore. – In times of national crisis, it’s easy to become emotionally overwhelmed and forget to take your own mental health into consideration. The rapid onset of COVID-19 has brought a...

California Guard provides critical support to food banks
April 1, 2020 — SANTA MARIA, Calif. – In March, when COVID-19 cases began rapidly increasing in California, food banks across the state experienced a surge in demand while volunteers and staff were unavailable to...

New York Guardsmen Earn Danish Military March Ribbon

Kentucky Guard Builds Portable Air Base for Patriot 26

Three Components, One Army: LaNeve Stresses Guard’s Role in Army’s New Priorities

Pennsylvania Guardsmen Demonstrate Drone Innovation Project

Nordhaus, Raines Outline a National Guard Focused on the Future