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  • Delaware Airman uses civilian expertise in COVID-19 response

    NEW CASTLE, Del. — Citizen-Airman 1st Lt. Tyrell Hargrove spends 28 days a month working as a critical care nurse at the Philadelphia Veterans Affairs Medical Center. During “drill weekends,” he is assigned to the Delaware National Guard’s 166th Medical Group.Early in Delaware’s fight in the

  • 117 ARW Medical Group Screens Personnel for COVID-19

    U.S. Air National Guard airmen from the 117th Medical Group were continuing to perform medical screenings for COVID-19 of all mission essential personnel as they entered the base here on March 27. The response was due to the increase from Health Protection Condition Bravo to Charlie. The screenings

  • 177 FW Conducts Virtual Unit Training Assembly

    ATLANTIC CITY AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, N.J. – The 177th Fighter Wing, New Jersey Air National Guard, is conducting a virtual Unit Training Assembly for many Airmen this weekend in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

  • Mississippi National Guard supports community with COVID-19 testing

    KEY FIELD AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Miss. - Approximately 25 members of the Mississippi National Guard’s (MSNG), 186th Air Refueling Wing (ARW) and the 47th Civil Support Team (CST) assisted with COVID-19 testing, April 1, 2020, in Meridian, Mississippi, at the Bonita Lakes Mall COVID-19 mobile

  • Two Memphians bring much-needed supplies home

    MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Two C-17 pilots transported 972,000 COVID-19 swab kits from Italy April 2, the seventh load of kits delivered it two weeks for distribution around the United States.1st Lt. Bryan Burns and 2nd Lt. James Conlan were pilots along with an 11-man crew that flew the testing kits from

  • Guard supports local food banks as part of COVID-19 response

    CAMP MURRAY, Wash. – With many people unable to work, buying even basics like food is becoming a challenge. At the same time, volunteers who are relied on to operate local food banks are staying home.“The Washington National Guard will provide important help to our communities to ensure our critical

  • West Virginia Airmen use 3D printing to produce face shields

    CHARLESTON, W.Va. – The West Virginia National Guard is taking an innovative approach to help alleviate the nationwide shortage of personal protective equipment (PPE) during the COVID-19 outbreak.Tech. Sgt. Alan Pasel, an aircraft metals technology specialist assigned to the 130th Maintenance

  • Hawaii National Guard ready for COVID-19 response

    HONOLULU – The rise in positive COVID-19 cases in Hawaii has prompted the partial activation of the Hawaii National Guard to stand ready to lend its support to the community.Airmen with Medical Detachment 1 (Med Det 1), Hawaii Air National Guard (HIANG), are screening Guard members on state active

  • Maryland Guard distributes more than 1 million medical items

    BALTIMORE – Maryland National Guard Airmen working at a Strategic National Stockpile have processed and distributed more than 1 million masks, gloves and other protective equipment to health care workers and hospitals across the state.Up to 18 Airmen from the 175th Wing, based out of Warfield Air

  • Weathering COVID-19: mental resilience

    PORTLAND, Ore. – In times of national crisis, it’s easy to become emotionally overwhelmed and forget to take your own mental health into consideration. The rapid onset of COVID-19 has brought a multitude of financial and personal stresses for Airmen and their families.On March 25, Defense Secretary