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Joint innovation a hallmark of Michigan Guard's response
May 19, 2020
U.S. Air Force Capt. Brynt Ellis, medical readiness officer of the 127th Medical Group, Selfridge Air National Guard Base, Michigan,tests a prototype protective gown while working with Army Command Sgt. Maj. Kevin Palmatier, garrison command sergeant major of Camp Grayling, to procure products for clinicians combating the COVID-19 pandemic.

Wyoming National Guard helps increase state COVID-19 testing
May 19, 2020
U.S. Army Capt. Sarah Brewer, a nuclear medical science officer with the Wyoming National Guard’s 84th Civil Support Team (CST), works from the mobile laboratory parked at the Wyoming Public Health Laboratory in Cheyenne, Wyoming, May 4, 2020. The 84th CST is working in partnership with the Wyoming Department of Health state lab to support increased COVID-19 testing capacity.

NY Guard distributes 11 million meals, helps test 250,000
May 19, 2020
Army National Guard Spc. Matthew Porter, assigned to D Company, 427th Brigade Support Battalion, collects information from a member of the New York State Police at a COVID-19 antibody testing site in Williamsville, New York, May 5, 2020. Wedgwood and other members of the New York National Guard are supporting state agencies at antibody testing sties across New York.

RING sends humanitarian aid to the Bahamas and Timor-Leste
May 19, 2020
U.S. Air National Guard Airmen from the 143d Airlift Wing Civil Engineering Squadron participate in a subject matter expert exchange with the Royal Bahamian Defence Force at Coral Harbour Base, Nassau, The Bahamas, March 11, 2019. The exchange takes place as part of the Rhode Island National Guard’s partnership with the Commonwealth of The Bahamas through the State Partnership Program. Rhode Island has been partnered with The Bahamas since 2005.

Vermont National Guard helps hospital with emergency care
May 18, 2020
Members of the Vermont National Guard and employees of the University of Vermont Medical Center wheel a notional patient to a triage station as part of a Mass Casualty Exercise at the UVM Medical Center in Burlington, Vermont, April 15, 2020. The Vermont National Guard is working with the state of Vermont and emergency partners in a whole-of-government effort to flatten the curve during the COVID-19 pandemic.

National Guard expanding COVID-19 testing across Wisconsin
May 18, 2020
Citizen-Soldiers and Citizen-Airmen from the Wisconsin National Guard collect specimens for COVID-19 testing May 13, 2020, at Burlington High School in Burlington, Wisconsin. The Wisconsin National Guard has 25 specimen collection teams operating throughout the state.

NY National Guard testing for virus in western New York
May 18, 2020
Air National Guard Tech. Sgt. Cara Sturdivant, assigned to the 107th Attack Wing, places paperwork under the windshield of a car at a COVID-19 mobile test site in Buffalo, New York, April 30. Members of the New York National Guard are supporting state agencies testing residents at 14 sites across New York.

Michigan YCA completes class despite COVID-19 obstacles
May 18, 2020
The Michigan Youth Challenge Academy's class 42 graduated despite obstacles created by COVID-19. The academy educates, trains and mentors at-risk youth in a quasi-military environment at no cost to participants, giving young people the skills to become productive and responsible citizens.

Iowa National Guard opens COVID-19 test site in Storm Lake
May 18, 2020
A sign at the entrance of the COVID-19 test site in Sioux City, Iowa, instructs motorists to keep their windows closed as they make their way to a temporary drive-through test site at the Western Iowa Technical Community College parking lot, May 7, 2020.

California National Guard Soldiers assist Napa food bank
May 18, 2020
U.S. Army Sgt. Gregg Hierholzer, a motor transport operator with the 1113th Transportation Company, California Army National Guard, prepares food for distribution, May 6, 2020, at The Napa Storehouse, in Napa, California.

 

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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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