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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.

NC Guard members maintain schoolwork during COVID-19 mission
May 8, 2020
North Carolina Army National Guard Cpl. Chase Boozer, a fire direction specialist with 5th Battalion, 113th Field Artillery Regiment, adjusts the tassel on his graduation cap at the Orange County Emergency Operations Center in Hillsborough, North Carolina, May 5, 2020. Boozer was set to participate in his graduation ceremony with North Carolina State University on May 9 but it was canceled due to COVID-19.

Ohio National Guard medical team helps staff at state prison
May 8, 2020
Members of Joint Task Force Red Med at Pickaway Correctional Institution in Orient, Ohio, May 4, 2020. A team of nearly 30 Ohio National Guard Soldiers and Airmen has been on duty since April 13 at PCI, supporting the onsite medical staff during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Kentucky National Guard nurses join the fight
May 8, 2020
During National Nurses Week, which is every year from May 6-12, the Kentucky National Guard recognizes the nurses of the 1163rd Medical Company. They have been deployed to support COVID-19 efforts at an alternate care facility in Louisville.

Ohio National Guard assists with mass food distribution
May 8, 2020
U.S. Army Spc. Rose Minton, a vehicle operator assigned to the Ohio National Guard's 237th Brigade Support Battalion, unpacks pallets of food April 21, 2020, at Wright State University's Nutter Center in Fairborn, Ohio. More than 400 members of the Ohio National Guard were activated March 18, 2020 to support food distribution efforts at 12 locations across Ohio serving more than 11 million Ohioans in all 88 counties.

NC Guard helps distribute more than 30,000 pounds of food
May 8, 2020
North Carolina Army National Guard Sgt. Melissa Jordan, assigned to 1-130 Attack Reconnaissance Battalion, 449th Theater Aviation Brigade, loads a box of food into a vehicle while helping Action Pathways’ Second Harvest Food Bank distribute food in Fayetteville May 7, 2020. More than 900 NCNG Soldiers and Airmen have been activated in response to COVID-19 relief efforts to help support their local communities.

28th ECAB Soldier a nurse for COVID-19 patients
May 8, 2020
U.S. Army Spc. Kylee Pavlick, combat medic with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 28th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade, Pennsylvania National Guard, stands in formation. Pavlick works full-time as a nurse at Geisinger Holy Spirit, a hospital near Harrisburg, and is caring for COVID-19 patients.

Air Guard Religious Support Team aids Javits Center mission
May 8, 2020
Air Force Chaplain (Lt. Col.) Jake Marvel, with the New York Air National Guard, gives Holy Communion to a U.S. Army Soldier at New York City’s Jacob K. Javits Convention Center on Easter Sunday. Marvel was mobilized to the alternate care facility in April as part of a Religious Support Team in response to COVID-19.

 

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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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