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To help keep track of what the National Guard has been doing, we’re compiling a running list of missions. As of Sept. 14, 2021, here are the missions Guardsmen around the country have been tasked with:
The National Guard response to COVID-19 hasn’t stopped, as soldiers and airmen are still being sent to support hospitals around the country.
Thousands of Guardsmen from dozens of states responded to civil unrest in 2020, peaking at 43,351 troops assisting with civil disturbance missions around the country on June 7, 2020.
In June, North Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem said she was deploying up to 50 Guardsmen to Texas to help secure the border with Mexico. A statement said the deployment was being “paid for by a private donation.”
Roughly 26,000 Guardsmen from surrounding states were deployed to Washington, D.C., in the wake of the attack on the U.S. Capitol in January.
Guardsmen have continued responding to natural disasters throughout the country, such as wildfires in Montana, California, and Minnesota.
More than 8,800 Guardsmen from 14 states responded to the aftermath of Hurricane Ida, according to a National Guard press release.
Guardsmen from states including Wisconsin, West Virginia, Kentucky, New York, Vermont, Minnesota, and Indiana assisted at home and abroad with Operation Allies Refuge, the mission to evacuate Afghan citizens and Americans from Afghanistan amid the U.S. withdrawal.
Members of the Utah Air National Guard provided humanitarian aid to Nepal to assist with its COVID-19 response.
Soldiers with the Puerto Rico National Guard deployed to Haiti in August after a 7.2 magnitude earthquake killed more than 1,940 people, left thousands more injured, and caused extensive infrastructure damage.
