Story by Sgt. Ian Safford | Kansas Adjutant General's Department | 05.20.2020
A flight crew from the 190th Air Refueling Wing soars 1,000 feet above the ground in a KC-135 Stratotanker as Col. Lee Norman, state surgeon for the Kansas Army National Guard and secretary of the Kansas Department of Health and Environment, radios down praise and appreciation to frontline healthcare workers during Operation Kansas Strong May 19, 2020....
Story by Staff Sgt. Dakota Helvie | Kansas Adjutant General's Department | 05.20.2020
Things moved quickly when the Kansas National Guard called two University of Kansas college students to duty for the COVID-19 response. While juggling a full load of online courses, these Citizen-Soldier students jumped at the opportunity to serve their community....
Story by Staff Sgt. Dakota Helvie | Kansas Adjutant General's Department | 05.19.2020
Emporia’s frontline workers received a special thank you from the air and the ground during a parade dedicated to their contributions and efforts during the COVID-19 response in Emporia, May 19. The celebration, Operation Kansas Strong, served to show support for the hard work done by local health care providers and first responders across Kansas....
Story by Staff Sgt. Jordyn Fetter | Air Force Research Laboratory | 05.19.2020
To respond to the growing demand for COVID-19-related supplies, the Air Force is piloting an initiative called the Rapid Agile Manufacturing Platform to leverage the full capacity of the U.S. manufacturing base....
Story by 1st Lt. Heather Chairez | U.S. Marine Corps Forces, South | 05.07.2020
U.S. Marines and Sailors with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force – Southern Command certified for a crisis response deployment to the Latin American and Caribbean region April 23....
Story by Joe Lacdan | Defense Media Activity - Army Productions | 05.07.2020
Maj. Olli Toukolehto recognized the wear on the faces of healthcare workers each time he walked into the Javits Convention Center from his hotel in lower Manhattan....
Story by Staff Sgt. Hector De Jesus | Defense Department Support to FEMA COVID-19 | 05.06.2020
FORT DEVENS, Mass. – Task Force Northeast and subordinate command service members continued providing expeditionary capabilities to support local, state, and federal agencies as part of the Department of Defense’s whole-of-nation response to the COVID-19 pandemic led by U.S. Northern Command....
Story by Senior Airman Dylan Gentile | 919th Special Operations Wing | 05.01.2020
When Lt. Col. Joseph Catalino, commander of the 919th Special Operations Medical Squadron, isn’t serving with the Air Force Reserve, he works as a civilian at the Pentagon for the office of the Secretary of Defense. Earlier this year, he was selected to be the Department of Defense Representative to the White House COVID-19 Task Force....
