Guard News - The National Guard - Apr 2020

Ohio Guard helps state evaluate alternate care sites
April 7, 2020 — UPPER SANDUSKY, Ohio – Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine turned to the Ohio National Guard to help develop a plan to expand medical capacity as Ohio’s health care systems brace for the looming COVID-19 peak. The...

Idaho National Guard helps staff food banks
April 7, 2020 — BOISE, Idaho – More than 40 Idaho National Guard Soldiers and Airmen are helping food bank workers keep up with increased demand as Idahoans start to feel the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.“We are...

New York National Guard JOC tracks fight against COVID-19
April 7, 2020 — LATHAM, N.Y. – The nerve center for the 3,000 members of the New York National Guard operating across New York would look familiar to any veteran of Afghanistan or Iraq. The Joint Operations Center,...

Alaska Army Guard’s 1-297th Infantry returns from Kosovo
April 7, 2020 — JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — More than 150 members of the Alaska Army National Guard assigned to the 1st Battalion, 297th Infantry Regiment, stepped off the aircraft at Ted Stevens...

Maryland Guard sets stakes at Pimlico COVID-19 testing site
April 7, 2020 — BALTIMORE – The Maryland National Guard continues to support local response to COVID-19 by establishing a coronavirus testing site – the first of its size in Baltimore – at Pimlico Race Course...

NYC emergency room doctor joins Guard as flight surgeon
April 6, 2020 — WESTHAMPTON BEACH, N.Y. – A New York City emergency room doctor at the heart of the fight against COVID-19 added another role to his already impressive list of medical credentials March 18: flight...

New Jersey Air National Guard supports COVID-19 test site
April 6, 2020 — HOLMDEL, N.J. – Forty Airmen from the New Jersey Air National Guard’s 108th Wing and 177th Fighter Wing answered the call for volunteers to be part of the state’s COVID-19 response force.The Airmen...

Michigan National Guard colonel protects those who serve
April 6, 2020 — LANSING, Mich. – “To me, this is what we do. We’re here to help our fellow Michiganders when the governor calls us, and this is that time.”For Col. Lavetta Bennett, chief of staff for the Michigan...

FLNG Soldiers on 1st state active duty at screening site
April 6, 2020 — WEST PALM BEACH – The Citizen-Soldiers of the Florida National Guard are prepared to respond to emergencies at a moment’s notice. For Pvt. Semaj Lawry, a Soldier in Alpha Company of the 53rd Brigade...

Michigan National Guard expands support of food banks
April 6, 2020 — LANSING, Mich. – The Michigan National Guard is helping staff the Forgotten Harvest Food Bank in Royal Oak, the fifth food distribution site supported by the Guard in the state during the COVID-19...

NJ Guard's 177th Fighter Wing still flying during pandemic
April 6, 2020 — ATLANTIC CITY AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, N.J. – The 177th Fighter Wing, New Jersey Air National Guard, continues defending the nation’s borders and preparing for combat deployment during the COVID-19...

Delaware Airman uses civilian expertise in COVID-19 response
April 6, 2020 — NEW CASTLE, Del. — Citizen-Airman 1st Lt. Tyrell Hargrove spends 28 days a month working as a critical care nurse at the Philadelphia Veterans Affairs Medical Center. During “drill weekends,” he is...

Wisconsin Guard testing elderly at Sheboygan living facility
April 6, 2020 — SHEBOYGAN, Wis. — The Wisconsin National Guard dispatched a team April 5 to a senior living facility in Sheboygan to establish a mobile testing site and collect COVID-19 specimens. About 30...

Texas Guard mobilizes to respond to COVID-19
April 5, 2020 — AUSTIN, Texas – The Texas National Guard is mobilized throughout the state to help expand health care capacity during the COVID-19 threat.Gov. Greg Abbott activated the Texas National Guard March 17...

177 FW conducts virtual unit training assembly
April 5, 2020 — ATLANTIC CITY AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, N.J. – The 177th Fighter Wing, New Jersey Air National Guard, is conducting a virtual Unit Training Assembly for many Airmen this weekend in response to the...

MDNG serves real, virtual communities in COVID-19 response
April 4, 2020 — MIDDLE RIVER, Md. – The Maryland National Guard is helping protect virtual communities with a joint task force of Guard members and their cyber partners in the Maryland Defense Force and the Maryland...

Cal Guard space operators support COVID-19 food bank mission
April 4, 2020 — SANTA MARIA, Calif. — When Staff Sgt. Brandon Tinges became a space operator for the California Air National Guard’s 216th Space Control Squadron, cabbages were the furthest thing from his mind. On...

Two Memphians bring much-needed supplies home
April 3, 2020 — MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Two C-17 pilots transported 972,000 COVID-19 swab kits from Italy April 2, the seventh load of kits delivered it two weeks for distribution around the United States. 1st Lt. Bryan...

NY National Guard COVID-19 response force grows to 2,850
April 3, 2020 — LATHAM, N.Y. – When New York Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo called on the National Guard to assist in a coronavirus cluster outbreak in New Rochelle March 10, the first 35 Soldiers and Airmen sprinted into...

Massachusetts EOD Airman makes face shields with 3D printer
April 3, 2020 — WESTFIELD, Mass. – An explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) Airman from the Massachusetts National Guard's 104th Fighter Wing is using innovative equipment to make face shields in a critical response 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