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  • Nevada Air Guard’s ‘Baby Doc’ a leader in pandemic battle

    LAS VEGAS, NV – Undeterred by a rare health condition early in life, Nevada Air Guard 1st Lt. Caleena Longworth is now on the front line of health care in southern Nevada during the COVID-19 pandemic.Few in the state have vaccinated more people than Longworth, who has administered the vaccine to

  • Cal Guard helps vaccinate nearly 1.5 million Californians

    SACRAMENTO, Calif — “One shot, one arm at a time,” boasted U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Donald McKinney Jr., a California National Guard combat medic, while inoculating a Tehama County resident with the COVID-19 vaccine.McKinney is with Cal Guard’s 143rd Field Artillery Regiment, Joint Task Force 749

  • WING helps administer almost 100,000 COVID-19 vaccines

    MADISON, Wis. – Wisconsin National Guard Citizen-Soldiers and -Airmen have helped local health departments administer nearly 100,000 COVID-19 vaccines since establishing the first mobile vaccination teams in late January.Guard personnel on mobile vaccination teams have responded to requests for

  • AZNG partners with Active Component for COVID vaccinations

    PHOENIX – The Arizona National Guard is partnering with its active-duty counterparts from the 56th Medical Group at Luke Air Force Base, Glendale, and the 355th Medical Group at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Tucson, to vaccinate active duty members, dependents, Department of Defense civilians and

  • NY National Guard continues staffing COVID vaccination sites

    NEW YORK, N.Y.– New York National Guard Soldiers and Airmen now oversee three vaccination sites formerly run by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and active Navy and Air Force personnel.Two sites are in New York City and the other site is in Yonkers in Westchester County.This brings the

  • Arizona National Guard, Reserves join forces for residents

    SALT RIVER PIMA-MARICOPA INDIAN COMMUNITY, Ariz. – COVID-19 took the world by storm, forcing everyone to prepare for the worst kind of emergency, the unknown. Countries were forced to put their emergency preparedness and response training to test on a real-world scale.Once scientists began to

  • Missouri Airmen mother, daughter join in fight against COVID

    ST. JOSEPH, Mo. – Missouri National Guard Senior Airman Terra Waitl from the 139th Logistics Readiness Squadron's material management office was activated for food bank missions in May last year.But she's not the only Waitl serving on COVID-19 missions. Her stepdaughter, Airman 1st Class Krysta

  • COVID milestone: Guard vaccinates 10 million people

    ARLINGTON, Va. — Ten million moms, dads, grandparents, friends, co-workers and neighbors are now vaccinated thanks to the ongoing efforts of National Guard members who are administering shots “in the communities where they live and serve.”Those words came from Army Gen. Daniel Hokanson, chief of the

  • CMSAF Visits 175th Wing Airmen at Mass Vaccination Site

    BALTIMORE, MD -- Airmen from the 175th Wing, Maryland Air National Guard, welcomed Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force JoAnne S. Bass during a visit to the COVID-19 mass vaccination site at M&T Bank Stadium, May 3, 2021.Bass met with Airmen who are helping to support state and civilian partners

  • Nurse and Tech Week: Battle-tested and ready

    FALLS CHURCH, Va. -- This time last year, as the world was trying to wrap its head around an unknown and unforgiving new enemy, Air Force nurses and medical technicians found themselves on the front lines of COVID-19.Air Force nurses and technicians have remained battle-tested and ready for a fight