Audio by Staff Sgt. Caleb Vance | West Virginia National Guard | 06.01.2020
West Virginia Air National Guard (WVANG) Lt. Col. John Wiles, the West Virginia National Guard’s Task Force Medical (TFM) Commander, and WVANG 1st Lt. Jaymie Brooks Dumproff, an epidemiologist assigned to TFM, talk about the WVNG's Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and Explosive (CBRNE) Battalion, the 35th Civil Support Team (CST), and the 35th Enhanced Response Force Package......
Audio by Capt. Bonnie Blakely and Timothy Sandland | 102nd Intelligence Wing | 05.19.2020
Soldiers and Airmen from the Massachusetts National Guard who have civilian medical training have been assisting nursing facilities with additional medical care helping the commonwealth’s fight against COVID-19. Activated to serve with Task Force Raptor, these guard members are augmenting skilled nursing facilities across the state....
Audio by Staff Sgt. Katie Grandori | California National Guard Primary | 05.15.2020
U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Katie Grandori and U.S. Air Force Capt. Jason Sanchez, California National Guard Public Affairs representatives, interview Simcha Stern, an administrator at a skilled nursing facility located in the Los Angeles about the support a California National Guard medical team from the 297th Area Support Medical Company provided for his staff during the COVID-19 pandemic. Stern......
Audio by Airman 1st Class Jacob Hancock | 125th Fighter Wing | 05.08.2020
U.S. Air Force Col. Matthew J. French, the Commander of the 125th Fighter Wing, and U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Kevin Souza, the Command Chief Master Sergeant of the 125th Fighter Wing, hosted a live town hall to update Airmen on the impact of COVID-19, Coronavirus, on the wing and answer their questions on May 8, 2020....
Audio by Timothy Sandland | 102nd Intelligence Wing | 05.05.2020
Through the course of many weeks of the COVID-19 pandemic, the various missions of the Air Force continue. One such area that often goes unnoticed is that of the Precision Measurement Equipment Laboratory or ‘PMEL’....
Audio by Timothy Sandland | 102nd Intelligence Wing | 05.04.2020
Public Health Airmen play an important role in the mission of the 102nd Medical Group and during the COVID-19 pandemic, they are needed now... more than ever. Captain Bonnie Blakely spent some time speaking to these professionals about their mission - ensuring the health and welfare of the force....
Audio by Master Sgt. Eugene Crist | West Virginia National Guard | 05.01.2020
COL (Dr.) Todd Fredricks, Associate Professor of Family Medicine at Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine and WVARNG State Surgeon; Dr. Brenda Phillips, Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Indiana University South Bend and expert on emergency management and disaster recovery; Maj. Holli Nelson, state public affairs officer for the WVNG and MSgt. Eugene Crist,......
Audio by Master Sgt. Eugene Crist | West Virginia National Guard | 04.30.2020
In this episode, Master Sgts. Eugene Crist and De-Juan Haley talk with Chaplain Bryan Knight, 130th Airlift Wing chaplain, about the innovative ways in which the chaplains are ministering during COVID-19. Additionally, Knight offers ways in which Soldiers and Airmen can remain resilient while dealing with the pandemic....