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Vermont National Guard rolls out 1st doses of COVID vaccine
January 5, 2021
Staff Sgt. Yolande Allen receives a dose of COVID-19 vaccine from Douglas Sutton during a vaccine rollout at Camp Johnson, Vermont, Jan. 4, 2021. The Vermont National Guard received 200 doses of the Moderna vaccine in late December. Allen is a performer with the 40th Army Band who specializes in flute, tenor saxophone, and vocals. Sutton is a registered nurse with the University of Vermont Medical Center.

Virginia National Guard begins COVID-19 vaccinations
January 4, 2021
Capt. Wilifred Hale receives a COVID-19 vaccination from Sgt. Anna Carter pm Dec. 31, 2020, at Fort Pickett, Virginia. Hale is the administrative officer in charge of the task force of Virginia National Guard Soldiers and Airmen conducting COVID-19 testing across the state, and Carter is a medic assigned to Charlie Company, 429th Brigade Support Battalion, 116th Infantry Brigade Combat Team.

Michigan National Guard members get COVID-19 vaccinations
January 4, 2021
U.S. Army Spec. Kyle Hurley, a medic with the Michigan Army National Guard (MING), administers the COVID-19 vaccine to a health care worker at the Ascension Providence Hospital Southfield Campus in Southeast Michigan, Dec. 16, 2020.

Battling COVID-19 was among WVNG's many missions in 2020
December 31, 2020
A West Virginia National Guard Airman provides a COVID-19 test to a citizen on May 22, 2020, in Charleston, W.Va.

New Hampshire Guardsmen activated at 13 vaccination sites
December 31, 2020
Spc. Madalyn Stella, combat medic, 197th Field Artillery Brigade, New Hampshire Army National Guard, emerges from a medical tent with a COVID-19 vaccine for a waiting patient Dec. 29, 2020, in Exeter, N.H. Stella is one of 11 members of the Guard assigned to the vaccination station, one of 13 across the state.

Wisconsin Guard answered the call in 2020
December 30, 2020
Sgt. Douglas King, of the Wisconsin Army National Guard's 829th Engineer Company assesses a road repair project in Afghanistan with a Romanian soldier in April 2020.

COVID-19 response has involved over 5,000 NYNG members
December 29, 2020
U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Nigel Chen, assigned to Joint Task Force COVID-19, New York National Guard, administers the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at the Camp Smith Training Site Medical Readiness Clinic, N.Y., on Dec. 18, 2020. The New York National Guard is participating in a Department of Defense vaccine pilot program in which 44,000 doses of the Pfizer vaccine are being administered to front line medical personnel at 16 locations around the world.

Michigan National Guard supports COVID-19 vaccination effort
December 29, 2020
U.S. Army 2nd Lt. Brianna Russell, right, a medical team reconnaissance liaison, and U.S. Army Spc. Bryan Coker, a medic serving with the Michigan National Guard’s (MING) COVID-19 Task Force Spartan, prepare a COVID-19 vaccination at Spectrum Health Butterworth Hospital Grand Rapids, Michigan, Dec. 16, 2020. The MING and the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services have been working together throughout the pandemic.

Ohio National Guard members begin getting COVID-19 vaccine
December 29, 2020
Sgt. Yen Nguyen, a combat medic with the Ohio Army National Guard Medical Detachment, administers the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine Dec. 22, 2020, at the Defense Supply Center Columbus in Columbus, Ohio. The Department of Defense is allocating the vaccine to the Ohio National Guard as part of a pilot program for Soldiers and Airmen performing full-time National Guard duty in support of the state’s COVID-19 response.

New Jersey Airmen support homes for veterans
December 28, 2020
U.S. Air Force Capt. Sara Kucharski, a physician assistant with the New Jersey Air National Guard’s 177th Medical Group, at the Veterans Memorial Home in Vineland, N.J., Dec. 23, 2020. The Airmen are assisting the veterans' home staff with COVID-19 rapid testing, N95 mask fit tests, and life enrichment for residents.

 

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Ohio National Guard wraps up COVID-19 hospital support mission
Ohio National Guard Public Affairs
May 11, 2022 | 1:40
The staffing support provided by members of the Ohio National Guard and State Defense Force was the helping hand that many hospitals and communities needed during the spike of COVID-19 cases around the state from December into early this year. More than 2,000 Soldiers and Airmen were activated by Gov. Mike DeWine during that timeframe to help relieve hospitals and health care facilities, which welcomed the assistance due to employee shortages and illnesses.
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