Guard News - The National Guard - May 2020

Task Force Med leads fight against COVID-19 in Las Vegas
May 12, 2020 — LAS VEGAS – Southern Nevadan Soldiers and Airmen have combined their best and brightest in Las Vegas to battle COVID-19 at two community-based collection sites (CBCS).There are multiple missions...

Pennsylvania Guard Soldiers honored for aiding crash victim
May 12, 2020 — FORT INDIANTOWN GAP, Pa. – Two Pennsylvania National Guard Soldiers were recognized for stopping to render first aid to a seriously injured motorcycle crash victim along Interstate 78.Pfc. Alyssa...

Guard's COVID-19 response is largest since Hurricane Katrina
May 12, 2020 — ARLINGTON, Va. - Almost 47,000 Soldiers and Airmen from the National Guard are activated to help fight COVID-19 in the Guard’s largest domestic response effort since Hurricane Katrina in 2005. More...

NY National Guard continues missions with 3,500 troops
May 11, 2020 — LATHAM, N.Y. – Since mobilizing to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic on March 6, the New York National Guard has helped conduct 225,825 COVID-19 tests, made 634,030 coronavirus test kits and delivered...

Kansas National Guard helps extend the life of N95 masks
May 11, 2020 — TOPEKA, Kan. – The Kansas National Guard is helping state and local health officials address the shortage of N95 medical masks by assisting in decontaminating masks so they can be used again.N95 Masks...

NY Army Guard helicopter crews conduct water bucket training
May 11, 2020 — ROCHESTER, N.Y. – The New York Army National Guard conducted helicopter water bucket training along the eastern shore of Lake Ontario at Hamlin Beach State Park May 5-6 to prepare to help fight...

New Jersey National Guard members help feed veterans
May 11, 2020 — PARAMUS, N.J. – Any person that has served or is serving in the military will tell you the same thing: At its core, the military is a band of brothers- and sisters-in-arms.It’s that shared sense of...

NY National Guard preparing for Lake Ontario flooding
May 11, 2020 — SYRACUSE, N.Y. – With water levels in Lake Ontario 4 feet higher than average, the New York National Guard put 46 members on state active duty to help control flooding.This is in addition to 3,600...

Texas National Guard to sanitize nursing homes
May 11, 2020 — CAMP MABRY, Texas – Texas Military Department service members trained so they can support the Texas Division of Emergency Management and disinfect long-term care facilities where occupants have tested...

NH Guard Airman answers the call on unemployment hotline
May 11, 2020 — CONCORD, N.H. – For more than five years, Staff Sgt. Natalie Howes has been an air traffic controller with the 260th Air Traffic Control Squadron, New Hampshire Air National Guard.Howes is also a...

Green Mountain Boys reach F-35 milestone: 500 sorties
May 11, 2020 — SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt. – On May 6, six pilots assigned to the 134th Fighter Squadron, Vermont Air National Guard, stepped into the brisk morning sun and approached their F-35 Lightning IIs.That...

Virginia Guard strike teams boost COVID-19 testing capacity
May 11, 2020 — RICHMOND, Va. – Virginia National Guard Soldiers and Airmen are helping increase Virginia’s COVID-19 testing capacity at long-term care facilities with point prevalence sampling teams.Led by the...

Delaware National Guard supports coronavirus testing
May 11, 2020 — GEORGETOWN, Del. – Members of the Delaware National Guard are fighting the spread of coronavirus, joining hundreds of frontline workers at community-based testing sites throughout Sussex County, the...

Massachusetts Air Guard Mom on Mission
May 10, 2020 — WESTFIELD, Mass. - Some moms will be away from their children and their moms while serving in response to COVID-19 this Mother’s Day. Master Sgt. Lauren Gallagher of the 104th Fighter Wing is one of...

Iowa National Guard Airmen support COVID-19 testing
May 9, 2020 — SIOUX CITY, Iowa – A team of 35 Iowa Air National Guard members from the 185th Air Refueling Wing helped set up a COVID-19 test site in Sioux City this week. The Iowa Airmen are assisting local and...

Wisconsin National Guard to support special election
May 9, 2020 — MADISON, Wis. – Approximately 250 Wisconsin National Guard Soldiers and Airmen will assist local officials as poll workers for the May 12 special election for the 7th congressional district.The 7th is...

Kansas Guard helps limit COVID-19 spread at nursing homes
May 8, 2020 — TOPEKA, Kan. – Kansas Air National Guard medical teams take pride in helping their communities. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, medical technicians from the 190th Air Refueling Wing have visited...

Indiana National Guard helps medical workers at state prisons
May 8, 2020 — INDIANAPOLIS – Indiana National Guard Soldiers and Airmen provided medical support to Indiana Department of Correction (IDOC) facilities across the state in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.“These...

Virginia Army Guard members distribute food, positivity
May 8, 2020 — FREDERICKSBURG, Va. - Army Staff Sgt. Scott Andrews, a squad leader with the Virginia Army National Guard’s B Company, 229th Brigade Engineer Battalion, approached a group of Soldiers from his unit as...

NJ National Guard makes a difference in the kitchen
May 8, 2020 — GLEN GARDNER, N.J. – This is a war that has no front line. From the hospitals to the home front, the coronavirus has truly made this a global war.“This mission made me open my eyes to the idea that...

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