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  • Innovation is key to Michigan Guard member's COVID-19 response

    LANSING, Mich. – "All I've ever known my whole life is health care," says Air Force Capt. Brynt Ellis. "My dad was sick the entire time I was growing up – he had three kidney transplants before he died at the age of 46."There's a lull on the floor of Michigan's State Emergency Operations Center

  • 146th Airlift Wing helps distribute food to those in need

    SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – A team from the California Air National Guard’s 146th Airlift Wing (146 AW) is helping get food out to people in need during the COVID-19 pandemic.Projected as a 14-day mobilization, the 146 AW has provided some 80 Guard members to support and integrate with additional

  • Secretary Esper enhances National Guard’s rapid COVID-19 response

    ARLINGTON, Va. – As more than 13,880 National Guard members support the whole-of-America response to COVID-19 today, an authorization by the secretary of defense has boosted the Guard’s ability to tackle the pandemic.“We are using every tool available to get through this national crisis as fast as

  • Ohio National Guard member serving a greater purpose

    COLUMBUS, Ohio – Nearly 400 members of the Ohio National Guard, go to work each day packaging, transporting and distributing food and other essential items to the state's most vulnerable populations. A logistics readiness officer assigned to the 178th Wing monitors the situation to ensure the Guard

  • NY National Guard doubles force responding to COVID-19

    LATHAM, N.Y. – The New York National Guard has doubled the number of members helping to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 in the state to more than 2,200 troops on duty.From Niagara Falls to Long Island, Soldiers and Airmen are providing logistical and administrative support to state and local

  • Growing Louisiana Guard presence supports COVID-19 response

    ALEXANDRIA, La. – More than 660 members of the Louisiana National Guard are assisting with the COVID-19 response, providing medical, engineering and drive-thru testing support.“Many of our Soldiers are from right here in this community. They live here, they work here, they’re your neighbors and your

  • Ohio National Guard helping food banks across state

    COLUMBUS, Ohio – Hundreds of members of the Ohio National Guard are helping 12 food banks across the state distribute food during the COVID-19 pandemic.Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine authorized the activation of approximately 400 Ohio National Guard personnel March 18. Guard members were placed on state

  • Dual-status commanders appointed in 8 states for COVID-19 response

    ARLINGTON, Va. – Dual-status commanders have been appointed in eight states, with 10 more awaiting approval, as the National Guard continues to support COVID-19 response efforts throughout the country.The states where dual-status commanders have been appointed are California, Colorado,

  • Arkansas ANG medics keep COVID-19 testing line moving

    Six Arkansas Air Guard medics are in the COVID-19 coronavirus fight in downtown Little Rock, helping assess nearly 1,400 Arkansans who passed through an efficient covered drive-thru testing site on the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences campus.While Master Sgt. Darrell Gentry, NCO in-charge