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  • Public Health needed now more than ever

    During the COVID-19 global pandemic, our nation has turned to the CDC for guidance, and in the Air National Guard, we are relying on our public health service members now more than ever. The introduction of the coronavirus has placed a new spotlight on the importance of public health.

  • Michigan Guard finding new ways to recruit in COVID-19 era

    LANSING, Mich. – Michigan Army and Air National Guard recruiting professionals are faced with a new and unique challenge – recruiting during the COVID-19 pandemic. They are using innovation to come up with new ways to meet the mission.“We are typically seen in the public such as schools and

  • WV Guard builds forecasting tools for COVID-19 response

    The West Virginia National Guard (WVNG) and West Virginia University (WVU) have joined forces as Task Force Petersen to develop key data systems to track critical medical supplies during the COVID-19 pandemic.Task Force Petersen, named after the supply sergeant in the John Wayne movie “The Green

  • National Guard helps feed Kansas in hard times

    TOPEKA, Kan. – Soldiers and Airmen of the Kansas National Guard are bringing food to families across the state during the COVID-19 pandemic.Members of the Kansas National Guard started assisting Harvesters, a regional food bank serving communities in Kansas and Missouri, at their Kansas City and

  • Joint Operations Center coordinates NJ COVID-19 response

    LAWRENCEVILLE, N.J. – The Joint Operations Center, known as the JOC, is the focal point for coordinating missions for nearly 700 members of the New Jersey National Guard operating across the state.The JOC provides leaders in the state with a constant flow of information and updates they use to make

  • New York Air Guard protects the force to protect the nation

    ROME, N.Y. – While hundreds of their fellow New York Air National Guard members have deployed to the New York City metro area to support COVID-19 operations, Airmen at the 224th Air Defense Group in Rome remained in place and did what they always do: defend the eastern U.S. airspace, 24-hours-a-day,

  • Washington Air National Guard keeps 'food stream' flowing

    SEATTLE – As a Washington Air National Guard member finishes building a cardboard box, an assembly line of other Airmen fill it with non-perishable food. The work is straightforward but essential to the COVID-19 statewide emergency response.Nearly 50 Airmen from the 141st Air Refueling Wing, 194th

  • 104th Communications Flight effectively supporting the mission remotely

    The communications flight at the 104th Fighter Wing is responsible for supporting the mission by ensuring all things related to computers, landlines, cellphones, internet, intranet, and communications capabilities and infrastructure are working smoothly and kept up-to-date. With the implementation

  • Michigan National Guard supports COVID detection effort

    LANSING, Mich. – While almost 750 Michigan National Guard Soldiers and Airmen continue to distribute food, manage supplies and support alternate care facilities to fight COVID-19, two specially trained Guard members are assisting the state's Bureau of Laboratories.In a typical flu season, the lab

  • 172nd Airlift Wing brings 90 Americans home

    JACKSON, Miss. – U.S. citizens stranded in Panama and Colombia during the COVID-19 pandemic got the ride of their lives when a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III assigned to the 172nd Airlift Wing brought them home.Ninety U.S. citizens were transported by the Mississippi Air National Guard to Duke