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  • Oklahoma Army National Guard Sgt. Anna Aranda, a member of the 120th Forward Support Company, 45th Field Artillery Brigade, records answers on a privacy law-protected form as part of contact tracing operations at the the Texas County Health Department in Guymon, Oklahoma, May 15, 2020.

    Oklahoma National Guard supports state-wide COVID-19 contact tracing

    Members of the Oklahoma Army and Air National Guard are supporting the Oklahoma State Department of Health in fulfilling Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt’s continued efforts to slow the spread of COVID-19 throughout the State. In this latest push, Oklahoma Guardsmen, like so many other Guardsmen throughout the U.S., help with contact tracing, which is the process of tracing and monitoring the contacts of infected people within the State, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
  • Oklahoma Army and Air National Guardsmen help conduct COVID-19 testing at the Texas County Activity Center in Guymon, Oklahoma, May 16, 2020.

    Oklahoma National Guard supports state hotspot through COVID-19 outbreak

    Oklahoma Air and Army National Guardsmen from throughout Oklahoma, alongside the Oklahoma State Department of Health and other state and federal agencies, are helping to control the spread of COVID-19 in some of the State’s most affected areas, which now includes Guymon, Oklahoma. As of May 19, 2020, Guymon had 650 confirmed cases of COVID-19, making it second in the total number of cases in Oklahoma. Oklahoma City, which has the highest number of COVID-19 cases, has the largest population of any city in Oklahoma, Guymon is 40th.
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