Story by Senior Master Sgt. Julie Avey | 168th Wing | 01.17.2024
A group of 12 volunteers from the 168th Wing helped at the Tanana Chiefs Conference in Fairbanks, Alaska, on Jan 17, 2023. TCC works with various community organizations monthly to distribute meals throughout Interior Alaska Villages....
Story by Eric Durr and Capt. Joseph Nolan | New York National Guard | 08.06.2020
NEW YORK— New York National Guard troops have distributed more than 52 million meals to New York City residents since picking up that mission on March 21. That’s about half of the 100 million meals distributed through the Get Food NYC pandemic response program launched by city officials in March. New York National Guard Soldiers were stepping away from the mission on August 8 as......
Story by 1st Lt. Anyah Peatross | State of Hawaii, Department of Defense, Public Affairs Office | 06.30.2020
As the State of Hawaii looks to the Hawaii National Guard to help mitigate the spread of the coronavirus and assist its civil authorities in keeping its citizens safe, the Guard confronted its own challenge of sustaining the rapid activation and deployment of hundreds of troops on neighbor islands. They reached out to local businesses who could support the monumental task of providing lodging......
Story by Tech. Sgt. Julianne Sitterding | California National Guard Primary | 05.31.2020
PERRIS, Calif. — Faced with school closures due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Soldiers with the California Military Institute found a new way to serve through a school meal program at Pinacate Middle School. California State Guard Sgt.1st Class Benjamin Federici, CMI, noncommissioned officer in charge of operations, and Staff Sgt. Patrick Kelhi,1st Battalion, 160th Infantry, California Army......
Story by 1st Sgt. Mark Hanson | Kansas Adjutant General's Department | 05.27.2020
Soldiers from the 2nd Combined Arms Battalion, 137th Infantry Regiment, Kansas Army National Guard, have been working along with The Outreach Program to package together one million meals to be distributed to food banks across Kansas....
Courtesy Story | New York National Guard | 05.18.2020
LATHAM, N.Y.--Seventy-two days into the COVID-19 pandemic response mission, New York National Guard Soldiers and Airmen have assisted in administering over a quarter of a million COVID-19 tests, distributed over 11 million meals, and assembled just under a million COVID-19 test kits. As of May 18, the New York National Guard had 3,524 personnel on duty as part of New York’s response to......
Story by Sgt. Jessica DuVernay | 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division | 04.02.2020
FORT HOOD, TX – It’s not every day that a Soldier’s duty location is their barracks room. But as this is the new norm while the nation battles COVID-19, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team “Greywolf,” 1st Cavalry Division, made adjustments to protect the force and take care of Soldiers....
Story by 2nd Lt. Amber Kelly-Herard | 15th Wing | 08.27.2019
No stranger to logistical challenges, Harney also led more than 400 Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam Airmen and Sailors in providing 4,986 meals to those in need across Oahu....
