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NY Army National Guard Soldiers move vital medical supplies
April 16, 2020
Staff Sgt. Stephanie Kimball assigned to the 1569th Transportation Company, 369th Sustainment Brigade, New York Army National Guard, documents an incoming supply shipment for the COVID-19 response at Stewart Air National Guard Base in Newburgh, N.Y., April 14, 2020.
Florida National Guard Soldiers take combat lifesaver course
April 16, 2020
Staff Sgt. Johnnie Walker with the 256 Medical Company trains Florida Army National Guard Soldiers on basic lifesaving skills during a Combat Life Saver Course at the Orange County Convention Center community based testing site in April 2020.
Kentucky Guard builds COVID-19 alternate care facility
April 16, 2020
Capt. Jason Selby of the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Civil Engineer Squadron sets up hospital beds and clinical space at the Kentucky Fair and Exposition Center in Louisville, Ky., April 13, 2020. The alternate care facility can treat up to 288 patients recovering from COVID-19.
Maintenance team makes face masks for Texas Air Guard members
April 16, 2020
Staff Sgt. Paul Renker, 149th Maintenance Squadron hydraulics technician, wears a mask he made on his personal 3D printer for people in his unit in the Texas Air National Guard.
NY National Guard executes somber duties in NYC
April 15, 2020
1st Lt. Shawn Lavin of Amherst, N.Y., the commander of the New York Air National Guard's 107th Attack Wing Fatality Search and Recovery Team, gives a morning briefing outside Bellevue Hospital in New York City, April 4, 2020. The New York National Guard members are supporting the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner to locate and conduct dignified retrieval of remains.
CA Guard members come full circle in food distribution
April 15, 2020
California Army National Guard Spc. James Franks of the 233rd Engineer Detachment (Fire Truck), 115th Regional Support Group, directs vehicles forward April 15, 2020, at Encina High School, Sacramento, during a special food bank distribution. Cal Guard members packed the meals earlier in the week and were able to see residents pick them up in person.
Connecticut Guard, Uruguay share COVID-19 best practices
April 15, 2020
Brig. Gen. Ralph Hedenberg, right, dual-status commander of forces in Connecticut, talks by videoconference with Karina Rando, head of the COVID-19 task force for the Uruguayan Ministry of Public Health, and Uruguayan Colonel Antonio Nunes, the military liaison to SINAE - the Uruguayan equivalent to FEMA, to share best practices for fighting COVID-19. The Connecticut Guard and Uruguay have a 20-year relationship under the National Guard's State Partnership Program.
New York National Guard members build COVID-19 test kits
April 15, 2020
New York Army National Guard Spc. Linda Nquibn, a member of Delta Company, 152nd Brigade Engineer Battalion, puts together a COVID-19 test kit at the Armory at Sage Colleges in Albany, N.Y., April 11, 2020. Thirty New York Army and Air National Guard members are assembling the kits for use at test sites across New York.
Florida Guard medics answer COVID-19 call at test sites
April 15, 2020
A Florida National Guard medic swabs a staff member at the Residential Plaza for Elderly at Blue Lagoon in Miami. FLNG medics prepared extensively to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Maryland National Guard supports nursing homes
April 15, 2020
Maryland National Guard members led by Col. Eric Allely, Maryland State Surgeon, arrive at Crofton Care & Rehabilitation Center in Crofton, Maryland, April 9, 2020, to evaluate measures to protect against the spread of COVID-19.
Nevada Guard commits record 800 members to COVID-19 fight
April 15, 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. About 700 additional Nevada National Guard Soldiers and Airmen will enter the fight against COVID-19 this week, bringing the total to 800, the largest state activation in Nevada National Guard history.
Innovation drives COVID-19 fight at Detroit care center
April 15, 2020
U.S. Army Spc. Anton Horton, from the 1434th Engineer Company, Michigan National Guard, sets up a patient room with supplies at the TCF Regional Care Center, Detroit, April 9, 2020. The center was converted into a 970-bed alternative care facility for COVID-19 patients by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Michigan National Guard.
Kentucky Guard supports first state drive-thru testing site
April 14, 2020
Soldiers of the 63rd Theater Aviation Brigade, Kentucky National Guard, help direct traffic detail at Kentucky's first COVID-19 testing site at Lakeview Park in Frankfort Apr. 1, 2020.
NY Guard chaplain celebrates Easter mass at Javits Center
April 14, 2020
New York Air National Guard Chaplain (Lt. Col. ) Jacob Marvel celebrates Easter Mass for service members at the alternate care facility within the Javits Convention Center in New York City while following social distancing guidelines April 12, 2020.
Aircraft airflow tested in Nebraska to reduce COVID-19 spread
April 14, 2020
Members from the University of Nebraska’s National Strategic Research Institute, KC-46 Pegasus crew members and 155th Air Refueling Wing Airmen discuss airflow particle test results at the 155th ARW, Nebraska National Guard air base, Lincoln, Nebraska, April 10, 2020. The U.S. Air Force Air Mobility Command, the university's medical center and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency examined airflow to assess ways to eliminate virus transmission to aircrew when transporting COVID-19 patients.
PRANG Airman makes PPE for security forces, first responders
April 14, 2020
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Alejandro Oyola with the 156th Security Forces Squadron checks identification at the entrance to Muñiz Air National Guard Base, Puerto Rico Air National Guard, while wearing personal protective equipment, April 9, 2020. The 156th SFS Defenders now have plastic face shields, created by 1st Lt. Jose Arroyo, a cyberspace operations officer with the 156th Communications Flight.
Iowa National Guard couple combats COVID-19
April 13, 2020
Spc. Janet Fonseca, a motor transport operator with the 1168th Transportation Company, Iowa Army National Guard, delivers medical supplies to Benton County emergency personnel in Vinton, Iowa, April 8, 2020. Fonseca and her husband, Pfc. Cesar Galvan, are both serving on state active duty in the 1168th to transport medical personal protective equipment to help combat the spread of COVID-19.
FLNG Soldiers take over Jacksonville drive-thru test site
April 13, 2020
A Florida National Guard Soldier works alongside a nurse as he learns the processes at Jacksonville’s COVID-19 community-based testing site at TIAA Bank Field, April 13, 2020. The FLNG's 3rd Battalion of the 20th Special Forces Group (Airborne) is taking over operation of the site.
Illinois Air Guard C-130s join the fight against COVID-19
April 13, 2020
U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Evan Spotloe, foreground, a loadmaster, and Staff Sgt. Seth Johnson, a flight engineer, both with the 169th Airlift Squadron, Illinois Air National Guard, help load medical isolation pods into a C-130H Hercules in Eugene, Ore., April 8, 2020. Two 182nd Airlift Wing C-130 aircrews airlifted 250 isolation pods in a cross-country overnight homeland defense mission delivery to Chicago for use in an alternate medical facility.
West Virginia National Guard ramps up COVID-19 support
April 13, 2020
Members of the West Virginia National Guard’s Task Force Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) Response Enterprise (CRE) (TF-CRE) sanitize workspaces for the West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission in Charleston April 11, 2020.