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Pa. Guard members receive medical training at Fort Indiantown Gap
April 28, 2020 — Pennsylvania National Guard members who were activated for COVID-19 support missions received medical training April 20 to 24 at Fort Indiantown Gap’s Medical Battalion Training Site... MORE

Pennsylvania National Guard members who were activated for COVID-19 support missions undergo medical training April 24,2020, at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pa. The traditional Combat Lifesaver Course was conducted to standard while adding medical tasks that could be utilized in response COVID-19.

27th anniversary of state partnership with Lithuania
April 27, 2020 — Maj. Gen. Anthony Carrelli, adjutant general, Pa. National Guard, spoke with Lithunania’s Chief of Defence, Lt. Gen. Valdemaras Rupšys, on a video conference to mark the 27th anniversary of the State Partnership Program between Pennsylvania and Lithuania on April 27th. ... MORE

Maj. Gen. Anthony Carrelli, adjutant general, Pa. National Guard, speaks on video conference with Lt. Gen. Valdemaras Rupšys, the chief of defence, Lithuania to mark the 27th anniversary of the State Partnership Program between Pennsylvania and Lithuania.

PA Guard helps open Luzerne County Community Based Testing Site
April 23, 2020 — Pennsylvania National Guard members and officials from Pennsylvania Department of Health and Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency opened a COVID-19 testing site at Mohegan Sun Arena on April 20... MORE

The next vehicle is directed into the testing tent at the COVID-19 testing site at Mohegan Sun Arena in Wlkes-Barre, Pa., on April 21, 2020. The testing site is run by the Pennsylvania Department of Health and Pennsylvani Emergency Management Agency, and supported by the Pa. National Guard and other state agencies. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Matthew Keeler)

Pa. National Guard Soldiers produce masks for COVID-19 response
April 22, 2020 — Several Pennsylvania Army National Guard Soldiers with the Combined Maintenance Support Shop-East here are producing cloth face masks to protect Guard members during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic... MORE

Spc. Nick Ernesto, a woodworker at the Combined Maintenance Support Shop-East at Fort Indiantown Gap and member of the 3622nd Support Maintenance Company, 728th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, 213th Regional Support Group irons material that will be used to produce a cloth mask for Guardsmen. Several Pennsylvania Army National Guard Soldiers with the CSMS-East began producing cloth masks to protect Guard members during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic here starting April 16. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Zane Craig)

PA Guard supports COVID-19 testing site in Wilkes-Barre
April 21, 2020 — Soldiers and Airmen from the Pennsylvania National Guard conducted training with officials from the Pennsylvania Department of Health and Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency on April 19, 2020, in preparation for a COVID-19 testing site at the Mohegan Sun Arena parking lot... MORE

A Pennsylvania National Guard Soldier straps a shield over her face before the start of COVID-19 testing practice at Mohegan Sun Arena in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., on April 19, 2020. The practice consisted of walk-throughs of the operation of the lanes that would be run by teams from the Pa. National Guard, Pennsylvania Department of Health and Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Matthew Keeler).

Pa. National Guard supports Broomall Nursing Center
April 18, 2020 — At the direction of PEMA and DOH, 18 members of the Pa. National Guard reported to the Broomall Rehabilitation and Nursing Center in Broomall Pa. to assist in current staffing shortages... MORE

Guardsmen arrive at Broomall Rehabilitation and Nursing Center to assist in current staffing shortages

Pennsylvania National Guard transportation units deliver meals to dozens of distribution centers across the state
April 17, 2020 — Pennsylvania National Guard transportation units are assisting the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services beginning April 7 to deliver meals to various distribution centers across the state... MORE

HARRISBURG, Pa. - On April 9, soldiers of the Pennsylvania Army National Guard, 213 Regional Support Group, 228th Transportation Battalion, 131st Transportation Company assist with loading and transporting boxes of self-stable meals throughout the commonwealth. These meals, as many as 25,000 a day, will resupply county emergency management agencies, senior citizen centers, food banks and other charitable organizations.

PA Guard members certify in CPR
April 17, 2020 — Airmen and Soldiers from the Pennsylvania National Guard were put through multiple tests to become American Red Cross certified in cardiopulmonary resuscitation, or CPR, at Fort Indiantown Gap on April 13, 2020... MORE

Soldiers and Airmen from the Pennsylvania National Guard perform the written evaluation of the American Red Cross CPR certification on April 13, 2020

PTF North, PEMA, DOH join together to setup hospital alternate location
April 16, 2020 — Soldiers from the Pennsylvania National Guard assisted officials from the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency and the Pennsylvania Department of Health in establishing an alternate care site at East Stroudsburg University's Koehler Fieldhouse on April, 14, 2020. ... MORE

Soldiers from the Pennsylvania National Guard help unload supplies from a Pennsylvania Department of Health trailer at East Stroudsburg University's Koehler Fieldhouse on April 14, 2020.

How it works: Pennsylvania National Guard support during COVID-19 pandemic
April 7, 2020 — FORT INDIANTOWN GAP, Pa.—Approximately 850 Pennsylvania Guard members are supporting operations throughout the Commonwealth, providing support to a variety of operations including, supporting a community testing site in Montgomery County , supporting the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank, and setting up a FEMA Medical Station in Glen Mills... MORE

Pennsylvania National Guard members from 1/104th Cavalry -- part of Pennsylvania Task Force South -- load a LMTV with special needs cots at the Norristown State Hospital facility on Friday, April 3. Soldiers from the 1/104th Cavalry delivered 125 special needs cots to the Federal Emergency Management Agency field hospital located at Temple University's Liacouras Center in north Philadelphia. The facility will be used as a potential surge hospital for patient care in the event that city hospitals are overwhelmed treating patients amid the COVID-19 outbreak.