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Wisconsin National Guard helping at alternate care facility
April 27, 2020
Wisconsin National Guard Soldiers unload equipment at an alternate care facility in Milwaukee April 20, 2020. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers constructed the facility at Wisconsin State Fair Park and state and local officials are coordinating resources to staff and support the facility.

WV Guard builds forecasting tools for COVID-19 response
April 27, 2020
Senior Airman Will Wagstaff, left, Maj. Ryan Coss, center, and Senior Airman Carly Farmer outside the West Virginia National Guard Joint Forces Headquarters in Charleston, W.Va. Coss, Wagstaff and Farmer are serving on Task Force Petersen, which is forecasting demand for medical supplies in the state during the COVID-19 pandemic.

National Guard helps feed Kansas in hard times
April 27, 2020
Soldiers and Airmen of the Kansas National Guard help pack food at Harvesters in Topeka, Kansas, April 22, 2020. The food will be shipped to families across the state.

Joint Operations Center coordinates NJ COVID-19 response
April 27, 2020
U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Kimberly Kaminski, with the 108th Wing, in the New Jersey National Guard’s Joint Operations Center in the Homeland Security Center of Excellence, Lawrenceville, N.J., April 22, 2020. New Jersey Soldiers and Airmen and active duty military members and civilians from U.S. Northern Command are working together in the center to support the state’s response efforts to COVID-19.

Virginia National Guard helps with COVID-19 response
April 27, 2020
Virginia National Guard Soldiers assigned to the 229th Brigade Engineer Battalion, 116th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, deliver food from the Fredericksburg Regional Food Bank to the food pantry at Massaponax Baptist Church April 22, 2020, in Fredericksburg. The VNG has more than 540 personnel actively working or ready to support the Commonwealth of Virginia’s COVID-19 response.

New York National Guard sustaining fight against COVID-19
April 27, 2020
Pfc. Gian Zimnis, a Combat Medic Specialist from Queens, N.Y., assigned to the New York Army National Guard, secures a swab used to test for COVID-19 infection in Brooklyn April 20, 2020. Drive-thru sample collection sites have been set up as part of New York’s multi-agency response to COVID-19.

NY Army Guard helps feed 1,000 in Amsterdam
April 27, 2020
Members of the New York National Guard help distribute food to residents of Amsterdam and surrounding areas adversely affected by the COVID-19 outbreak. Fifty Soldiers served 1,000 people at Veterans Field Park in Amsterdam April 24, 2020.

Colorado Guard Soldiers save a life while serving homeless
April 27, 2020
U.S. Army Pvt. Harold Taylor and Spc. Jo England, communications operators, 1st Battalion 157th Infantry Regiment, Colorado Army National Guard serve food to the guests at the Denver Rescue Mission, April 20, 2020. The Soldiers helped a man who was choking on food.

New Mexico National Guard helps expand medical capacity
April 27, 2020
The New Mexico National Guard helped set up this 50-bed alternate care facility in Gallup that began accepting patients April 25, 2020. Guard members also established a 200-bed temporary hospital in Gibson.

La. Guard supports tornado, COVID-19 response in Ouachita
April 25, 2020
Louisiana National Guard members with the 225th Engineer Brigade help haul debris from tornadoes in Monroe, Louisiana, April 18, 2020, while also assisting with the COVID-19 response.

 

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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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