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Virginia National Guard helping fight COVID-19
April 30, 2020
Virginia National Guard Soldiers and Airmen collect samples for COVID-19 testing of staff members at a long-term care facility April 28, 2020. VNG support provides additional capacity to localities through the Virginia Department of Health to get more people properly tested, and they are also delivering the samples for evaluation.

Kentucky Guard helps food banks continue serving the needy
April 30, 2020
Soldiers with the Kentucky Army National Guard's 149th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade assist Feeding America, Kentucky's Heartland by packaging food amid the COVID-19 crisis April 7, 2020. Soldiers helped at four food banks across the Commonwealth.

Florida National Guard supports new drive-through test site
April 30, 2020
The Florida National Guard is supporting a new COVID-19 drive-through testing site at Holiday Park in Fort Lauderdale. Guard members from the 2-124th Regiment, 53rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team (IBCT), will provide logistical support to the city and other local partners.

Iowa State grads dominate National Guard COVID-19 task force
April 30, 2020
Capt. Theodore Knust, personnel officer at the 734th Regional Support Group, participates in a briefing at the Task Force Central command post in Johnston April 29, 2020. Knust received his commission with the Cyclone Battalion at the Iowa State University Reserve Officers’ Training Corps program more than 10 years ago. Now he’s working alongside seven other former Cyclones during the Iowa National Guard’s response to COVID-19.

Cal Guard assisting skilled nursing facilities in LA County
April 30, 2020
U.S. Army Spc. Makayla Montz and Pfc. Marc Jules Ocampo, California National Guard medical support team members, prepare to work at a skilled nursing facility in Southern California April 29, 2020. The medical support team is supporting staff at the facility, sharing best practices, and providing patient care for non-COVID-19 patients.

KC-135 boom operator supports Washington food banks
April 29, 2020
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. David Stefaniak, a boom operator with the Washington Air National Guard's 116th Air Refueling Squadron, sorts food at the Issaquah Food Bank April 15, 2020. Stefaniak is supporting multiple food banks in the Puget Sound area as part of the state's COVID-19 response.

Dogs ease stress for COVID-19 response troops in New York
April 29, 2020
Spc. Amber Freeman from Kingston, N.Y., assigned to the New York Army National Guard, poses for a picture and pets Sophie, a Labrador retriever service dog provided by Puppies Behind Bars in New York City, April 23, 2020. Puppies Behind Bars is a nonprofit organization that trains prison inmates to raise service dogs for wounded war veterans and first responders, as well as explosive-detection canines for law enforcement.

New Hampshire Guard supports massive warehouse mission
April 29, 2020
Spc. Andre St. Laurent, Headquarters and Service Company, 3643d Brigade Support Battalion, New Hampshire Army National Guard, loads freight in Concord, April 24, 2020. St. Laurent is one of 15 Guard members supporting COVID-19 relief efforts at a warehouse distribution center for the state's cache of personal protective equipment.

New York Air National Guard supports America Strong flyover
April 29, 2020
Senior Airman Ward Seymour, foreground, and 1st Lt. Quinn Tilley of the 224th Air Defense Group, New York National Guard, Rome, New York, prepare for the April 28, 2020, America Strong New York City flyover. The Air Force Thunderbird and Navy Blue Angel demonstration aircraft honored health care personnel and essential workers in the New York metro area. The 224th ADG provided tactical control, airspace deconfliction and coordinated refueling tankers for the flyover.

For Guard's 102nd IW, mission readiness must be maintained
April 29, 2020
Massachusetts National Guard Master Sgt. Tanya Borges and Tech. Sgt. Jenna Bouley, 102nd Intelligence Wing Public Health technicians, look over slides for a public health presentation April 17, 2020, Otis Air National Guard Base, Mass.

 

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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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