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Task Force Med leads fight against COVID-19 in Las Vegas
May 12, 2020
Nevada National Guard Senior Airman Fallon Quino with Task Force Med controls a traffic entry point at the voluntary COVID-19 mapping site April 28, 2020, in Las Vegas.
Pennsylvania Guard Soldiers honored for aiding crash victim
May 12, 2020
Pennsylvania National Guard Soldiers Pfc. Alyssa Cinquemani, a Black Hawk helicopter mechanic, and Cpl. Christopher Eppler, a wheeled-vehicle mechanic, stopped to render first aid to a motorcycle crash victim along Interstate 78 near Fort Indiantown Gap May 1, 2020.They were recognized for their actions with a coin presentation by Command Sgt. Maj. Harry Buchanan III, the Pennsylvania National Guard’s senior enlisted leader.
Guard's COVID-19 response is largest since Hurricane Katrina
May 12, 2020
Nearly 47,000 National Guard Soldiers and Airmen are activated in all 50 states, three territories and the District of Columbia supporting COVID-19 response efforts. That is the Guard's largest response since Hurricane Katrina in 2005, when more than 51,000 Guard members responded.
NY National Guard continues missions with 3,500 troops
May 11, 2020
Staff Sgt. Zachary Heberlein, assigned to the 107th Attack Wing of the New York Air National Guard, holds up a sign he uses to communicate with residents at a drive-thru COVID-19 testing site in Buffalo, New York, May 5, 2020.
Kansas National Guard helps extend the life of N95 masks
May 11, 2020
Christian Cook, a contractor with TRAX International, uses a handheld Smoke Pencil to test the Battelle Critical Care Decontamination System™for broken seals in Topeka, Kansas, May 3, 2020. The system can decontaminate used N95 respirator masks so they can be reused.
NY Army Guard helicopter crews conduct water bucket training
May 11, 2020
A New York Army National Guard CH-47 Chinook helicopter hauls 2,000 gallons of water out of Lake Ontario in a bucket near Hamlin, New York, May 6, 2020. The Chinook's pilots and crew were practicing scooping and dumping water in preparation for firefighting missions.
New Jersey National Guard members help feed veterans
May 11, 2020
U.S. Army Spc. David Siegel, an infantryman with Charlie Company, 2nd Battalion, 113th Infantry Regiment, New Jersey Army National Guard, prepares utensils for residents at the New Jersey Veterans Home at Paramus in Paramus, N.J., May 1, 2020. More than 120 New Jersey National Guard Soldiers and Airmen are assisting the home’s staff in caring for the residents during the COVID-19 crisis.
NY National Guard preparing for Lake Ontario flooding
May 11, 2020
New York Army National Guard Staff Sgt. Kevin Ward Ontario works a water pump on April 29, 2020. The New York National Guard has mobilized 46 members of the New York Army National Guard, the New York Naval Militia, and the New York Guard, the state defense force, to respond to flooding along the Lake Ontario shore.
Texas National Guard to sanitize nursing homes
May 11, 2020
Members of the Texas Military Department's Joint Task Force 176 – Texas State Guard Pfc. Jason Hunter, Texas National Guard Capt. Stephanie Enloe, the task force's medical operations officer, and Sgt. 1st Class Rajendran Kumaraswamy, the task force's medical noncommissioned officer – unload disinfecting kits for Soldiers preparing to support long-term care facility disinfection operations at Camp Mabry in Austin, Texas, May 7, 2020.
NH Guard Airman answers the call on unemployment hotline
May 11, 2020
Staff Sgt. Natalie Howes of the 260th Air Traffic Control Squadron, New Hampshire Air National Guard, helping answer calls about unemployment benefits with Task Force Call Center at the Edward Cross Training Center in Pembroke, New Hampshire, May 2020.
Green Mountain Boys reach F-35 milestone: 500 sorties
May 11, 2020
Airman 1st Class Isabel Murphy, a crew chief assigned to the Maintenance Group at the 158th Fighter Wing, launches an F-35 Lightning II at the Vermont Air National Guard Base, South Burlington, Vt., May 6, 2020. Maj. Michael Cady, chief of weapons and tactics for the 134th Fighter Squadron, Vermont Air National Guard, was piloting this F-35 Lightning II, Tail 5278, which achieved the 500th sortie for the Green Mountain Boys.
Virginia Guard strike teams boost COVID-19 testing capacity
May 11, 2020
Virginia National Guard Soldiers and Airmen assist with a drive-thru COVID-19 testing site run by the Virginia Department of Health Eastern Shore Health District May 8, 2020, at the Eastern Shore Community College in Melfa, Virginia. VNG sample strike teams are helping increase Virginia’s COVID-19 testing capacity at long-term care facilities and other locations.
Delaware National Guard supports coronavirus testing
May 11, 2020
Sgt. Zell Flamer, a Soldier with the Delaware National Guard’s 262nd Component Repair Company, at a coronavirus testing site on the grounds of the Sussex County VA Community-Based Outpatient Clinic in Georgetown, Delaware, May 6, 2020. The drive-thru side provided testing for essential employees, at-risk populations, and individuals likely exposed to someone with COVID-19.
Massachusetts Air Guard Mom on Mission
May 10, 2020
Mother and daughter hug sitting on the floor while mother puts boots on for work.
Iowa National Guard Airmen support COVID-19 testing
May 9, 2020
Members of the Iowa National Guard’s 185th Air Refueling Wing at the entrance of the Sioux City, Iowa COVOD-19 “Test Iowa” site help motorists through the test line in the parking lot of the Western Iowa Technical Community College campus on May 7, 2020.
Wisconsin National Guard to support special election
May 9, 2020
1st Lt. John Moore, an Infantry Officer with the 2-127th Infantry Regiment, helps feed ballots as a poll worker in Fitchburg, Wis., April 7, 2020.
Kansas Guard helps limit COVID-19 spread at nursing homes
May 8, 2020
Airman 1st Class Traevonne Greene, 190th Air Refueling Wing, Kansas Air National Guard health service technician, sprays a non-toxic test solution into the hood of Latasha Benfer, medication aide for Homestead of Topeka, to test the N95 protective masks’ ability to filter airborne particles during a fit test demonstration at Homestead of Topeka in Topeka, Kansas, May 6, 2020.
Indiana National Guard helps medical workers at state prisons
May 8, 2020
Indiana National Guard medics with 2-151 Infantry headquarters company assist medical professionals at Pendleton Correctional Facility April 30, 2020. The medics conduct sick call operations, perform blood draws, and dispense medicine as prescribed by Indiana Department of Corrections doctors and nurses while maintaining social distancing standards.
Virginia Army Guard members distribute food, positivity
May 8, 2020
Spc. Tyree Carpenter, a combat engineer with the Virginia Army National Guard’s D Company, 229th Brigade Engineer Battalion, packages food for distribution as part of his unit’s COVID-19 response effort in Fredericksburg, Virginia, May 1, 2020. Carpenter and about 30 other Soldiers with 229th BEB were augmenting civilian personnel at an area food bank.
NJ National Guard makes a difference in the kitchen
May 8, 2020
U.S. Army Spc. Kyla Bowman, left, culinary specialist, Foxtrot Company, 250th Brigade Support Battalion, New Jersey Army National Guard, prepares a Stromboli while Head Cook Casie Smickle observes at Veterans Haven North, Glen Gardner, N.J., April 30, 2020. Five New Jersey National Guard Soldiers and three Airmen are assisting the kitchen staff, which is responsible for preparing 2,400 meals a day for residents of the Haven and the Hunterdon Developmental Center.