National Guard

10% of National Guard members pass on COVID shots. Some states want them to serve anyway

Desiree D'Iorio

The Pentagon said unvaccinated guard members won't get paid and can't participate in federally funded deployments, but some states are concerned that will affect the Guard's ability to do its job.

Instructor Andy Bershad shows New York National Guard members how to assess a patient. Forty Guard members are training to become EMTs to assist understaffed nursing homes.

Health News Florida

In COVID-weary New York, the National Guard is getting medical training to help in nursing homes

Desiree D'Iorio

In a sign of how desperate some states are for health care workers during the pandemic, New York has begun teaching EMT skills to National Guard members.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks during a news conference in front of a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers mobile command center at the Miami Beach Convention Center last week. DeSantis says he wants to ramp up testing at the state's long-term care facilities.

NPR Health

Fla. Governor Says National Guard Ramping Up Coronavirus Testing In Nursing Homes

Scott Neuman

Gov. Ron DeSantis says he wants to increase the number of National Guard personnel on "strike teams" that have been sent to long-term care facilities in the state to identify COVID-19 cases.

NPR Health

National Guardsman Is First Service Member To Die After Testing Positive For COVID-19

Hannah Hagemann

The Department of Defense said the New Jersey Army National Guardsman had been hospitalized since March 21 and died on Saturday.