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  • Idaho National Guard helps staff food banks

    BOISE, Idaho – More than 40 Idaho National Guard Soldiers and Airmen are helping food bank workers keep up with increased demand as Idahoans start to feel the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.“We are so delighted to have this support from the Idaho National Guard,” said Karen Vauk, the Idaho

  • NYC emergency room doctor joins Guard as flight surgeon

    WESTHAMPTON BEACH, N.Y. – A New York City emergency room doctor at the heart of the fight against COVID-19 added another role to his list of medical credentials March 18: flight surgeon in the New York Air National Guard’s 106th Rescue Wing.Now a major, Dr. Lorenzo Paladino has 20 years of

  • New Jersey Air National Guard supports COVID-19 test site

    HOLMDEL, N.J. – Forty Airmen from the New Jersey Air National Guard’s 108th Wing and 177th Fighter Wing answered the call for volunteers to be part of the state’s COVID-19 response force.The Airmen are from a variety of Air Force specialties and are providing security and traffic control for the

  • 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

  • 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