Guard News - The National Guard - Apr 2020

New Mexico National Guard helps expand medical capacity
April 27, 2020 — ALBUQUERQUE, N.M - The New Mexico National Guard is helping support two alternate care facilities to keep New Mexico from exceeding its medical capacity during the COVID-19 public health crisis. NMNG...

Florida Guard signal Soldiers press on during pandemic
April 25, 2020 — FORT STEWART, Georgia – For more than a year, the Soldiers of the 146th Expeditionary Signal Battalion (ESB) have been preparing for their first overseas deployment since 2009. Their mission is to...

La. Guard supports tornado, COVID-19 response in Ouachita
April 25, 2020 — MONROE, La. – Soldiers with the Louisiana National Guard’s 527th and 528th Engineer Battalions, 225th Engineer Brigade, are supporting dual missions of COVID-19 response efforts in Monroe and clearing...

NY Guard runs 'virtual' 5k for sexual assault awareness
April 25, 2020 — LATHAM, N.Y. – A sure sign of spring for the New York National Guard is the annual Sexual Assault Awareness 5-kilometer run.Held along with other events that make April Sexual Assault Awareness and...

New York Air Guard protects the force to protect the nation
April 25, 2020 — ROME, N.Y. – While hundreds of their fellow New York Air National Guard members have deployed to the New York City metro area to support COVID-19 operations, Airmen at the 224th Air Defense Group in...

Connecticut Guard provides mobile COVID-19 testing lab
April 25, 2020 — HARTFORD, Conn. – The Connecticut National Guard has turned a vehicle designed to test for environmental chemical, biological, and radiological contamination into a mobile clinical laboratory to...

Washington Air National Guard keeps 'food stream' flowing
April 25, 2020 — SEATTLE – As a Washington Air National Guard member finishes building a cardboard box, an assembly line of other Airmen fill it with non-perishable food. The work is straightforward but essential to...

PA Guard prioritizing safety at Wilkes-Barre COVID-19 test site
April 25, 2020 — WILKES-BARRE, Pa. – While the goal of the COVID-19 testing site at Mohegan Sun Arena is to test members of the Luzerne County community, the safety of those running the site is a high priority. The...

Michigan National Guard supports COVID detection effort
April 24, 2020 — LANSING, Mich. – While almost 750 Michigan National Guard Soldiers and Airmen continue to distribute food, manage supplies and support alternate care facilities to fight COVID-19, two specially...

172nd Airlift Wing brings 90 Americans home
April 24, 2020 — JACKSON, Miss. – U.S. citizens stranded in Panama and Colombia during the COVID-19 pandemic got the ride of their lives when a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III assigned to the 172nd Airlift Wing...

188th Wing Nurse serves on front line to battle COVID-19
April 24, 2020 — FORT SMITH, Ark. – As the number of COVID-19 cases accelerates in the United States, nurses are on the front lines of the health care response, fighting not only for the lives of their patients but...

West Virginia Guard conducts testing at state hospitals
April 24, 2020 — CHARLESTON, W.Va. – The West Virginia National Guard (WVNG) tested about 500 patients and staff at four state hospitals for COVID-19 April 23.The WVNG has now tested 1,271 people at seven facilities...

Cal Guard helps run 2 homeless shelters in Long Beach
April 24, 2020 — LONG BEACH, Calif. – A dozen U.S. Army Soldiers of the California National Guard’s 315th Vertical Construction Company are helping city officials operate two temporary homeless shelters as part of the...

Polish military medical team joins Illinois' virus response
April 24, 2020 — SPRINGFIELD, Illinois – Nine members of the Polish military’s Medical Corps are in Chicago for 10 days to support the state’s response to COVID-19. The Polish doctors, nurses and emergency medical...

NY Army Guard members reflect on Javits Center COVID-19 response
April 23, 2020 — ARLINGTON, Va. – For Spc. Dwayne Richards, an information technology specialist with the New York Army National Guard’s 101st Expeditionary Signal Battalion, being on duty at New York City’s Jacob K...

Washington National Guard assisting food banks across state
April 23, 2020 — CAMP MURRAY, Wash. – With businesses and restaurants shuttered, the need for food assistance continues to rise. At the same time, those who often volunteer at area food banks are advised to stay...

Louisiana National Guard distributes food to elderly
April 23, 2020 — COLFAX, La. – About 10 members of the Louisiana National Guard with the 1022nd Engineer Company, 225th Engineer Brigade, helped hand out food to elderly residents April 22. “It’s nice to finally put a...

Texas Guard converts barracks into isolation facilities
April 23, 2020 — CAMP MABRY, Texas – Texas Army National Guard combat engineers converted Camp Swift barracks in Bastrop into medical isolation support facilities.The 840th Engineer Mobility Augmentation Company,...

Pennsylvania National Guard opens COVID-19 testing site
April 23, 2020 — WILKES-BARRE, Pa. – Pennsylvania National Guard members and officials from the Pennsylvania Department of Health and the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency opened a drive-thru COVID-19 testing...

Wing alert mission exhibits strength amid war on COVID-19
April 23, 2020 — BUCKLEY AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. – Since Sept. 11, 2001, members of the Colorado Air National Guard’s 140th Wing in Aurora have been on alert, defending the homeland against airborne threats with a fleet...

Nebraska Guard Strengthens Disaster Response Readiness

Kentucky Guard Strengthens Skills During Patriot 2026

113th Wing Recognized for Air Defense, Combat Performance

Washington Guard Concludes Extended Wildfire Response

Hawaii Guard Sustains Recovery Efforts, Mobilizes for Hurricane Lowell