Guard News - The National Guard - Apr 2020

Oklahoma National Guard supporting local food banks
April 29, 2020 — OKLAHOMA CITY - Gov. Kevin Stitt has activated 25 more members of the Oklahoma Air National Guard from the 137th Special Operations Wing to help the Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma keep up with the...

Massachusetts National Guard supports law enforcement
April 28, 2020 — HANSCOM AIR FORCE BASE, Mass. – The coronavirus pandemic is putting pressure on everything from hospitals to grocery stores, as well as first responders who continue working in to keep the public...

Georgia National Guard ramps up COVID-19 testing
April 28, 2020 — MARIETTA, Ga. – More than 200 members of the Georgia National Guard are helping test 1,500 people a day, using 10 mobile “strike teams” deployed to hot spots in the state to slow the spread of...

Colorado National Guard testing residents for COVID-19
April 28, 2020 — CENTENNIAL, Colo. – The Colorado National Guard is testing as many as 300 residents a day at a walk-up and drive-thru testing site at Island Grove Park in Greeley.By order of Colorado Gov. Jared...

NY National Guard Soldier beats COVID-19 and joins the fight
April 28, 2020 — NEW YORK – New York Army National Guard Warrant Officer Christopher Gallant has seen both sides of the fight against COVID-19. After surviving the disease, Gallant is back on duty at the Javits New...

North Carolina National Guard assists local food banks
April 28, 2020 — RALEIGH, N.C. – Members of the North Carolina Army National Guard (NCARNG), 1-130th Attack Reconnaissance Battalion, 449th Theater Aviation Brigade, are helping sort, package and distribute food to...

Oklahoma Guard helps long-term care facilities fight virus
April 28, 2020 — MCALESTER, Okla. – At the direction of Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt and in support of the Oklahoma State Department of Health, service members from the Oklahoma National Guard disinfected a long-term...

Florida Guard opens walk-up testing site in North Miami
April 28, 2020 — NORTH MIAMI, Fla. – The Florida National Guard (FLNG) is supporting a walk-up COVID-19 testing site in North Miami in a community with a significant Haitian-Creole speaking population.To better...

Cal Guard's 40th ID honors WWII veteran on 105th birthday
April 28, 2020 — LAKEWOOD, Calif. – World War II veteran Sam Sachs watches from the front porch of his home as a Humvee, a sheriff’s patrol car, and fire trucks roll through the usually quiet street. He smiles and...

On the Road: Md. Army Guard Soldiers deliver food, supplies
April 28, 2020 — BALTIMORE – Army Sgt. Ronnie Ricks has a small problem. About one-half an inch, to be exact. That’s all he needs to get the last pallet of food to fit on the back of his cargo truck.“Back it up,” he...

NY's 42nd Infantry Division liberated Dachau 75 years ago
April 27, 2020 — LATHAM, N.Y. – April 29, 1945, was a cold, sunny Sunday afternoon as Soldiers of the U.S. Army’s 42nd Infantry Division came face to face with the worst of Nazi Germany at the notorious Dachau...

Michigan Guard finding new ways to recruit in COVID-19 era
April 27, 2020 — LANSING, Mich. – Michigan Army and Air National Guard recruiting professionals are faced with a new and unique challenge – recruiting during the COVID-19 pandemic. They are using innovation to come up...

Wisconsin National Guard helping at alternate care facility
April 27, 2020 — WEST ALLIS, Wis. — Multiple Wisconsin National Guard teams are at the new alternate care facility (ACF) at State Fair Park to lend a hand, part of a Guard force of more than 1,000 members supporting...

WV Guard builds forecasting tools for COVID-19 response
April 27, 2020 — CHARLESTON, W.Va. – The West Virginia National Guard (WVNG) and West Virginia University (WVU) have joined forces as Task Force Petersen to develop key data systems to track critical medical supplies...

National Guard helps feed Kansas in hard times
April 27, 2020 — TOPEKA, Kan. – Soldiers and Airmen of the Kansas National Guard are bringing food to families across the state during the COVID-19 pandemic. Members of the Kansas National Guard started assisting...

Joint Operations Center coordinates NJ COVID-19 response
April 27, 2020 — LAWRENCEVILLE, N.J. – The Joint Operations Center, known as the JOC, is the focal point for coordinating missions for nearly 700 members of the New Jersey National Guard operating across the state.The...

Virginia National Guard helps with COVID-19 response
April 27, 2020 — RICHMOND, Va. — More than 540 members of the Virginia National Guard are ready to assist Virginia’s COVID-19 response with testing, distribution of food and key supplies and training people how to use...

New York National Guard sustaining fight against COVID-19
April 27, 2020 — LATHAM, N.Y. – On Sunday, April 26, 55 days after the first COVID-19 case was diagnosed in New York, the New York National Guard had more than 3,600 troops on duty as part of New York’s response. This...

NY Army Guard helps feed 1,000 in Amsterdam
April 27, 2020 — AMSTERDAM, N.Y. – Fifty New York Army National Guard Soldiers helped feed 1,000 people in Amsterdam April 24, as Montgomery County and the City of Amsterdam held a food drop. The Soldiers are among...

Colorado Guard Soldiers save a life while serving homeless
April 27, 2020 — DENVER – The coronavirus pandemic has changed the way of life for people worldwide and tested the skills of members of the Colorado National Guard beyond their military assignments and training. For...

Florida Guard Chaplains Host First Changing of the Stole Ceremony

Oklahoma Guard Strengthens Critical Capabilities During Exercise Thunderstruck

Oregon Guard Uses New Hoist Technology in Rescue

Chief of National Guard Bureau visits Purdue to discuss national security, military education

Alaska Guard Rescues Injured Mountain Biker