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Guard members in 23 states, D.C. called up in response to civil unrest
May 31, 2020
Minnesota Guardsmen took some time while they were on duty today to assist with cleaning up in the community. The Minnesota National Guard is committed to protecting lives, preserving property and restoring order.
Pa. National Guard launches COVID-19 testing task force
May 29, 2020
Pennsylvania National Guard Staff Sgt. Kursty Campbell, left, and Pfc. Ryan Whispell, center, test a staff member at Kendal-Crosslands Nursing Home in Kennett Square, Pa., May 26, 2020.
178th Wing Airmen serve their community at local food bank
May 29, 2020
Staff Sgt. Lucas Williams, a radar technician assigned to the 123rd Air Control Squadron, Ohio National Guard, unwraps a pallet of boxes of food during the drive-thru food distribution May 22, 2020, at the Second Harvest Food Bank in Springfield, Ohio.
Puerto Rico National Guard Airmen conduct virtual training
May 29, 2020
Screenshot of U.S. Airmen with the 156th Wing, Puerto Rico Air National Guard, participatomg in a virtual regularly scheduled drill for May 2020. The virtual RSD is a way for Airmen to maintain readiness while practicing safe social distancing and accomplishing military training requirements.
National Guard members share test results in many languages
May 29, 2020
Wisconsin National Guard Spc. Erick Carranza informs people of COVID-19 test results in English or Spanish from a call center in Madison in May 2020. Thirty Guard Airmen and Soldiers are staffing the call center, with 16 of them bilingual in Spanish, Hmong, Portuguese, French, Mandarin Chinese, or German.
Missouri National Guard delivers school lunches
May 29, 2020
Spc. Ross Schlichting, left, and Staff Sgt. Vernon Long, with the 1221st Transport Company, Missouri National Guard, pack school lunches for delivery April 27, 2020, at Osage County R-II School, Linn, Missouri. Nearly 200 Guardsmen are assisting schools with distribution and delivery of food to students in communities across the state as part of the state’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
New York National Guard delivers 16.6 million meals
May 29, 2020
New York Army National Guard Pvt. Mathew Burke, left, from Mechanicville and Pfc. Janelle McKoy from New Windsor, both assigned to the 104th Military Police Battalion, deliver COVID-19 test kits to a nursing facility in The Bronx May 26, 2020.
Oklahoma Guard supports statewide COVID-19 contact tracing
May 28, 2020
A member of the Oklahoma Army National Guard checks his list of contacts before making a phone call as part of contact tracing operations at the Texas County Health Department in Guymon, Oklahoma, May 15, 2020, in a multi-agency effort to slow the spread of COVID-19 in the state.
Massachusetts Air Guard SARC receives SARC of the Year Award
May 28, 2020
Jacquelyn E. Tellier, sexual assault prevention and response program manager of the 102d Intelligence Wing, Massachusetts Air National Guard, was awarded the 2020 Liz Blanc Exceptional Sexual Assault Response Coordinator of the Year Award in May by the Department of Defense.
Iowa National Guard helps set up COVID-19 test site
May 28, 2020
Iowa Air National Guard Senior Airman Manuel Zertuche, a 185th Air Refueling Wing medical technician, works with medical staff to administer a COVID-19 test at the Sioux Center, Iowa, “TestIowa” site May 27, 2020.
Oklahoma National Guard Airmen support food bank
May 28, 2020
Staff Sgt. Nathan McElrath, a member of the 138th Fighter Wing, Oklahoma National Guard, loads food into a truck at a mobile food pantry May 13, 2020, in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Due to COVID-19, Guard members have been working at food banks to replace the vital volunteer force they rely on, until it is safe to have them return.
Kansas National Guard serves up millions of meals
May 28, 2020
Spc. Dondi Jones, Company A, 2nd Combined Arms Battalion, 137th Infantry Regiment, measures out food in a boxed-meal assembly line operation in Leawood, Kansas, May 1, 2020. Kansas National Guard Soldiers, through The Outreach Program, packaged more than 2 million meals to be distributed to food banks across Kansas.
Oregon Guard helps deliver masks for agricultural workers
May 28, 2020
Members of the Oregon Army National Guard delivered and helped distribute thousands of face coverings for agricultural workers at the Polk County fairgrounds in Rickreall May 27, 2020. The Guard collaborated with the Oregon Department of Agriculture and Oregon University Extension.
AER expands assistance eligibility for Guard, Reserve
May 28, 2020
Spc. Colton Fenton and Spc. Kellen Korf with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 248th Aviation Support Battalion, Iowa Army National Guard, operate a traffic control checkpoint at a pop-up COVID-19 testing site at West Middle School in Muscatine, Iowa, April 30, 2020. Almost 46,000 National Guard troops are assisting their states in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, and many are now eligible for financial assistance from Army Emergency Relief.
132d Wing Airmen provide COVID-19 screening
May 27, 2020
132d Medical Group Airmen with the Iowa National Guard conducted COVID-19 screening May 14, 2020, at a Joint Mobile Screening Center in Denison, Iowa. The Airmen worked with Army National Guard Soldiers to test Iowans in Crawford County.
PRNG works through disaster scenarios
May 27, 2020
The Puerto Rico National Guard is conducting tabletop exercises, beginning in Canóvanas and continuing across the island all summer, using lessons learned from recent disasters to better prepare for future emergencies.</p>
Puerto Rico Guard tests for COVID-19 in nursing homes
May 27, 2020
The Puerto Rico National Guard is helping test residents of nursing homes around the island for COVID-19 to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus.
Washington Guard partners with Quinault Indian Nation
May 27, 2020
Senior Airman Nathan Kepple, left, a medic assigned to the 141st Air Refueling Wing Medical Group, tests Lia Frenchman for COVID-19 as her children watch at a site established by the Washington National Guard on the Quinault Indian Nation Reservation, Taholah, Wash., May 20, 2020.
Guard assists state health officials in COVID-19 mapping
May 27, 2020
Washington Air National Guard Maj. Brian Banke, a chaplain with the Western Air Defense Sector, functions as the training manager for the COVID-19 mapping mission for the Washington National Guard at the Washington State Department of Health (DOH) offices in Tumwater, Washington, May 15, 2020. The Washington National Guard is supporting the DOH to prevent the spread of the coronavirus as Washington prepares to move to reopening parts of the state.
Cal Guard honors WWII veterans during birthday celebration
May 27, 2020
U.S. Army veteran Randy Zepeda Fernandez, left, and U.S. Coast Guard veteran Sal Guzman, right, listen to a mariachi band play ‘Happy Birthday’ during a social distancing double birthday celebration in Whittier, California, May 24, 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic. The event was coordinated by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department to honor the World War II veterans' 96th and 97th birthdays.