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Operation Deep Freeze: maintaining the mission
April 23, 2020
Airmen assigned to the 189th Maintenance Group, Arkansas National Guard, performed temporary duty in Antarctica in support of the 109th Airlift Wing, New York National Guard, and the Department of Defense's Operation Deep Freeze. The crew prepared and maintained the 109th AW's C-130J "Snowbirds" and assisted with supply transport and medical evacuation readiness.
Oregon Guard helps get PPE to tribes
April 23, 2020
Brig. Gen. William Prendergast IV, Oregon Army National Guard land component commander, with members of the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs, April 21, 2020, at the Warm Springs reservation, Warm Springs, Oregon. The Oregon National Guard was invited to visit the tribe and discuss working together to support personal protective equipment (PPE) needs during the COVID-19 pandemic.
1-221 Cavalry steps up to support Las Vegas hospitals
April 23, 2020
Soldiers of the Nevada Army National Guard receive medical supplies at a warehouse east of Sparks, Nevada, as part of the COVID-19 pandemic response in the Silver State. More than 1,000 Nevada National Guard Soldiers and Airmen are helping fight COVID-19 across the state.
Virgin Islands Guard helping convert compound for patient use
April 23, 2020
The Virgin Islands National Guard is working with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the government of the Virgin Islands to convert the 210th Regional Training Institute, shown April 21, 2020, to an alternate care facility that can serve as many as 46 COVID-19 patients.
Once in the Guard, always ready to serve
April 22, 2020
U.S. Air Force Airmen from the 133rd Operation Support Squadron’s aircrew flight equipment shop, Minnesota National Guard, make masks for base personnel in St. Paul Apr. 8, 2020.
Guard chief chaplain: Resiliency key in COVID-19 response
April 22, 2020
Maryland Army National Guard chaplains organized a COVID-19 response team to help the nonprofit City of Refuge Baltimore distribute food to members of the Baltimore community March 26, 2020.
Connecticut Guard coordinates critical supply distribution
April 22, 2020
Pallets of personal protective equipment and other medical supplies are received, organized and distributed to hospitals and medical personnel from a warehouse in New Britain operated by the Connecticut National Guard.
South Carolina National Guard helps feed the needy
April 22, 2020
U.S. Army National Guard Soldiers with Joint Task Force 59, South Carolina National Guard, support Oliver Gospel in serving meals and maintaining social distancing for the homeless community in Columbia, South Carolina, April 14, 2020.
Maryland National Guard provides meals for homeless
April 22, 2020
Maryland National Guard members are preparing and delivering meals to an emergency encampment of homeless people in Salisbury, Maryland, who have been displaced due to COVID-19 pandemic. The 25-day mission brought together Soldiers from three military police units of the 115th Military Police Battalion.
Mother, son serve at hospital as National Guard medics
April 22, 2020
Gen. Randall Simmons, commander, Georgia Army National Guard, recognized Spc. Leslie Davila, a medic with the 2nd Battalion, 121st Infantry Regiment, 48th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, for her contributions to the fight against COVID-19 during a tour of the Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital in Albany, Georgia, March 28, 2020. Davila and her son, also with the Guard, were both assigned as medics at the hospital.
Military members honor veteran who died at NY field hospital
April 22, 2020
New York Army National Guard Sgt. Major Nicholas Pardi, a member of the 104th Military Police Battalion, presents an American flag during an impromptu memorial service for a veteran who died of COVID-19 while a patient at the Javits New York Medical Station in the Jacob Javits Convention Center in New York City, April 19, 2020.
Youth Challenge Academy cadets, staff mobilize for community
April 22, 2020
Michigan Youth Challenge Academy Cadets Jonathan Ciszczon and Jonathan Shapiro measure and cut fabric to make cloth masks to be donated to facilities in the Battle Creek community April 8, 2020.
Colorado Guard helps test long-term care patients, staff
April 22, 2020
Colorado National Guard members from the Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and high-yield explosive Enhanced Response Force Package prepare a drive-up COVID-19 testing site in Montrose County, Colorado, March 23, 2020. More than 400 CONG members are mobilized to help Colorado fight COVID-19.
Indiana National Guard conducts patient transport training
April 22, 2020
Indiana National Guard troops from the 38th Infantry Division conducted patient transport training at the Johnson County National Guard Armory on April 16, 2020.
Guard member supports COVID-19 response at her university
April 22, 2020
Connecticut Air National Guard Airman 1st Class Arielle Robles, 103rd Maintenance Group administration specialist, helps set up recovery center beds at Kaiser Hall at Central Connecticut State University in New Britain, Connecticut, April 21, 2020. Robles is an exercise science student at the university and is helping convert her usual classroom building into surge capacity space for local hospitals in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
W.Va. Guard has first DoD-approved mobile COVID-19 test lab
April 22, 2020
West Virginia Army National Guard 1st Lt. Samantha Fabian, commander of the 1201st Forward Support Company, in front of a mobile COVID-19 testing lab in Morgantown April 21, 2020. Fabian is the program director who leads the mobile laboratories.
Oklahoma Guard distributes medical supplies from stockpile
April 21, 2020
Oklahoma National Guard members from throughout the state check medical supply orders while assigned to the Strategic National Stockpile in Oklahoma City, April 20, 2020. Nearly 30 Guard members are helping fulfill, secure and transport critical supplies to facilities throughout the state.
Guard members find Southeast Ohioans #InThisTogether
April 21, 2020
Devin Berry, left, and Ohio National Guard Pfc. Jayden Rutter, both lifelong Southeast Ohio residents, outside the Southeast Ohio Foodbank in Logan April 10, 2020. Berry, a laborer at the food bank for five years, has been working with Rutter and other Soldiers of the 237th Support Battalion to package and distribute food during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Florida Guard aids COVID-19 testing at veterans nursing home
April 21, 2020
A Florida National Guard Soldier from the 53rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team tests staff member for COVID-19 at a state veterans nursing facility. The FLNG is responding to COVID-19 by conducting on-site testing at assisted living and nursing home facilities.
CTANG fire department, security forces maintain readiness
April 21, 2020
Connecticut Air National Guard fire department and Security Forces personnel at the Bradley Air National Guard Base fire house in East Granby, Connecticut, April 20, 2020, continue to operate around the clock.