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200420-Z-GD644-009

An Oklahoma National Guardsman unloads incoming medical supplies from a truck while assigned to the Oklahoma’s Strategic National Stockpile in Oklahoma City, April 20, 2020. The nearly 30 Guardsmen assigned to the site — partnered with state agencies to include the Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management, Oklahoma Department of Public Safety, Oklahoma Department of Transportation, Oklahoma Office of Homeland Security and the Oklahoma Department of Corrections — help fulfill, secure and transport the orders to facilities within the 11 identified COVID-19 regional health administration regions throughout Oklahoma as part of the State’s whole-of-government response to the pandemic. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Kasey Phipps)

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200417-Z-GD644-001

Oklahoma National Guardsmen gather equipment and medical supplies to fulfill orders while assigned to the Strategic National Stockpile warehouse in Oklahoma City, April 17, 2020. The nearly 30 Guardsmen assigned to the site — partnered with state agencies to include the Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management, Oklahoma Department of Public Safety, Oklahoma Department of Transportation, Oklahoma Office of Homeland Security and the Oklahoma Department of Corrections — help fulfill, secure and transport the orders to facilities within the 11 identified COVID-19 regional health administration regions throughout Oklahoma as part of the State’s whole-of-government response to the pandemic. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Kasey Phipps)

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200417-Z-GD644-007

Oklahoma National Guard Spc. James Bates with Headquarters Company, 545th Brigade Engineer Battalion, 45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, pulls an empty pallet to the front of the Strategic National Stockpile Warehouse as he gathers equipment and medical supplies while assigned to the Stockpile Warehouse in Oklahoma City, April 17, 2020. The nearly 30 Guardsmen assigned to the site — partnered with state agencies to include the Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management, Oklahoma Department of Public Safety, Oklahoma Department of Transportation, Oklahoma Office of Homeland Security and the Oklahoma Department of Corrections — help fulfill, secure and transport the orders to facilities within the 11 identified COVID-19 regional health administration regions throughout Oklahoma as part of the State’s whole-of-government response to the pandemic. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Kasey Phipps)

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200417-Z-GD644-008

Left to right: Private 1st Class Kaylyn Gomez, a member of Company A, 545th Brigade Engineer Battalion, 45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team; Spc. Gizela Iniquez, with Company C (Medical), 700th Brigade Support Battalion, 45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team; and Spc. Alejandria Kasparie, Company E (Medical), 700th Brigade Support Battalion, 45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team — all from the Oklahoma National Guard — walk toward the front of the Strategic National Stockpile Warehouse after unloading medical supplies while assigned to the Oklahoma’s Strategic National Stockpile in Oklahoma City, April 17, 2020. The nearly 30 Guardsmen assigned to the site — partnered with state agencies to include the Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management, Oklahoma Department of Public Safety, Oklahoma Department of Transportation, Oklahoma Office of Homeland Security and the Oklahoma Department of Corrections — help fulfill, secure and transport the orders to facilities within the 11 identified COVID-19 regional health administration regions throughout Oklahoma as part of the State’s whole-of-government response to the pandemic. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Kasey Phipps)

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200414-Z-GD644-001

Leaders from the Oklahoma National Guard — including (left to right) Maj. Gen. Michael Thompson, the Adjutant General for Oklahoma; Lt. Col. Clint Carman, Oklahoma Joint Task Force operations officer; Col. Robert Henry Walter Jr., Oklahoma Joint Task Force commander; and Brig. Gen. Tommy Mancino, commander of the Governor’s Solutions Task Force — speak with an employee from the Strategic National Stockpile while visiting their warehouse in Oklahoma City, April 14, 2020. The nearly 30 Guardsmen assigned to the site — partnered with state agencies to include the Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management, Oklahoma Department of Public Safety, Oklahoma Department of Transportation, Oklahoma Office of Homeland Security and the Oklahoma Department of Corrections — help fulfill, secure and transport the orders to facilities within the 11 identified COVID-19 regional health administration regions throughout Oklahoma as part of the State’s whole-of-government response to the pandemic. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Kasey Phipps)

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200414-Z-GD644-009

Oklahoma Army National Guard Sergeant 1st Class Michael Adams, senior operations noncommissioned officer assigned to the Oklahoma Joint Task Force, gathers data for current operations reports while working within the Oklahoma Joint Task Force at the Multiagency Coordination Center in Oklahoma City, April 14, 2020. Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt activated 175 additional Oklahoma Army and Air National Guardsmen, April 13, 2020, to aid various missions in support of the state’s response to COVID-19. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Kasey M. Phipps)

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200414-Z-GD644-005

Oklahoma Air National Guard Senior Master Sgt. Scherryl Coulter, a human resources specialist assigned to Joint Force Headquarters - Air Staff, confirms overall numbers and unit assignments of Oklahoma Army and Air National Guardsmen who have been activated by Oklahoma’s Governor in response to COVID-19 while working within the Oklahoma Joint Task Force at the Multiagency Coordination Center in Oklahoma City, April 14, 2020. Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt activated 175 additional Oklahoma Army and Air National Guardsmen, April 13, 2020, to aid various missions in support of the state’s response to COVID-19. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Kasey M. Phipps)

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200414-Z-GD644-010

Oklahoma Army National Guard Lt. Jeremie Fisher, a chaplain assigned to the Oklahoma Joint Task Force from the 1st Battalion, 279th Infantry, 45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, writes down overall Army and Air National Guard numbers and unit assignments from a projection while working within the Oklahoma Joint Task Force at the Multiagency Coordination Center in Oklahoma City, April 14, 2020. Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt activated 175 additional Oklahoma Army and Air National Guardsmen, April 13, 2020, to aid various missions in support of the state’s response to COVID-19. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Kasey M. Phipps)

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200410-A-MG593-921

Oklahoma Air National Guard Senior Airman Jessica Brinegar, an aeromedical medical evacuation technician with the 137th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, 137th Special Operations Wing, Oklahoma Air National Guard, participates in COVID-19 medical response training at the 90th Troop Command Headquarters in Oklahoma City, April 10 - 11. The training, which included presentations by the University of Oklahoma Medical Center and the Oklahoma County Health Department, will prepare Oklahoma Army and Air National Guard medical personnel for potential missions with their civilian counterparts in response to the outbreak of COVID-19 across the state. (Oklahoma National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Brian Schroeder)

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200410-A-MG593-177

Tech. Sgt. Rebecca Keylon, a bio-environmental engineering technician with the 137th Special Operations Medical Group, Oklahoma Air National Guard, administers a N95 medical mask fit test to Oklahoma Army National Guard Pvt. Connor Boal, a medic with the Oklahoma Army National Guard Medical Detachment, as part of COVID-19 medical response training at the 90th Troop Command Headquarters in Oklahoma City, April 10 - 11. The training, which included presentations by the University of Oklahoma Medical Center and the Oklahoma County Health Department, will prepare Oklahoma Army and Air National Guard medical personnel for potential missions with their civilian counterparts in response to the outbreak of COVID-19 across the state. (Oklahoma National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Brian Schroeder)

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200410-A-MG593-146

Oklahoma Army National Guard Sgt. Douglas Engle, Comprehensive Medical Training instructor at the Oklahoma Regional Training Institute, demonstrates how to place an advanced airway as part of COVID-19 medical response training at the 90th Troop Command Headquarters in Oklahoma City April 10 - 11. The training, which included presentations by the University of Oklahoma Medical Center and the Oklahoma County Health Department, will prepare Oklahoma Army and Air National Guard medical personnel for potential missions with their civilian counterparts in response to the outbreak of COVID-19 across the state. (Oklahoma National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Brian Schroeder)

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137th SOW Airman receives Oklahoma Star of Valor

Staff Sgt. Benjamin Anderson, an air freight journeyman assigned to the 137th Special Operations Logistics Readiness Squadron, poses for a portrait after earning the Oklahoma Star of Valor March 6, 2020, at Will Rogers Air National Guard Base, Oklahoma City. Anderson’s instinct to act saved a man’s life after his semitrailer crashed and burst into flames.

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137th SOW Airman receives Oklahoma Star of Valor

Staff Sgt. Benjamin Anderson, an air freight journeyman assigned to the 137th Special Operations Logistics Readiness Squadron, shakes hands and thanks attendees in a receiving line, during an Oklahoma Star of Valor ceremony March 7, 2020, at Will Rogers Air National Guard Base, Oklahoma City. Guests had the opportunity to hear Anderson’s firsthand account of his heroic actions which saved a life on April 29, 2018.

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AFSOC commander visits 137th SOW

Col. Scott Townsend (left), 205th Engineering and Installation Squadron (205th EIS) commander, speaks to U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Jim Slife (right), commander of Air Force Special Operations Command, Hurlburt Field, Fla., about an innovation of 205th Airmen during an immersion tour of the 137th Special Operations Wing at Will Rogers Air National Guard Base in Oklahoma City, March 7, 2020. Several 205th EIS Airmen developed and designed the Cyber Training Retention Operations Network, which is a comprehensive and cost-effective program that provides hands-on training in place of simulations. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Kasey M. Phipps)

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137th SOW Airman receives Oklahoma Star of Valor

Maj. Gen. Michael Thompson (left), adjutant general for Oklahoma, and Staff Sgt. Benjamin Anderson (right), an air freight journeyman assigned to the 137th Special Operations Logistics Readiness Squadron, pose with the Oklahoma Star of Valor award during a ceremony March 7, 2020, at Will Rogers Air National Guard Base, Oklahoma City. Anderson was honored for his heroic actions when he saved a man from a burning vehicle April 29, 2018.

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AFSOC commander visits 137th SOW

U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Jim Slife (right), commander of Air Force Special Operations Command, reaches to shake hands with Chief Master Sergeant Alquintin Steele (left), traffic management adviser for the 137th Special Operations Logistics Readiness Squadron (137th SOLRS), during an immersion tour of the 137th Special Operations Wing on March 7, 2020, at Will Rogers Air National Guard Base, Oklahoma City. The 137th SOLRS completed 111 tractor-trailer convoys to Minneapolis, New Mexio, Kansas, Louisiana, and Texas for a total of 87,000 miles in support of operational training and named exercises around the U.S. to support the squadrons on base in fulfilling their missions. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Brigette Waltermire)

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137th SOW Airman receives Oklahoma Star of Valor

Major General Michael Thompson, Adjutant General for Oklahoma, presents a coin to Staff Sgt. Benjamin Anderson, an air freight journeyman assigned to the 137th Special Operations Wing Logistics Readiness Squadron, during an Oklahoma Star of Valor ceremony March 7, 2020, at Will Rogers Air National Guard Base, Oklahoma City. Anderson was honored for his heroic actions when he saved a man from a burning vehicle April 29, 2018.

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AFSOC commander visits 137th SOW

Military officials from U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command walk through the 146th Air Support Operations Squadron motor pool while taking part in an immersion tour of the 137th Special Operations Wing (137th SOW) at Will Rogers Air National Guard Base in Oklahoma City, March 7, 2020. The two-day immersion not only included a tour of base and face-to-face meetings with commanders and Airmen, but also a survey of available land and acreage. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Kasey M. Phipps)

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137th SOW Airman receives Oklahoma Star of Valor

Staff Sgt. Benjamin Anderson, an air freight journeyman assigned to the 137th Special Operations Logistics Readiness Squadron, shakes hands with distinguished guest U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Jim Slife, commander of Air Force Special Operations Command, after an Oklahoma Star of Valor ceremony March 7, 2020, at Will Rogers Air National Guard Base, Oklahoma City. Slife was among many distinguished guests and attendees present at the ceremony honoring the heroic actions of Anderson.

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AFSOC commander visits 137th SOW

Staff Sgt. Michael L. Tabaka (seated left) and Airman 1st Class Binh N. Pham (seated right), both cyber transport system specialists assigned to the 205th Engineering and Installation Squadron (205th EIS), delicately splice fiber cable while being observed by U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Jim Slife (standing second from right), commander of Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC), and Command Chief Master Sgt. Cory M. Olson, AFSOC command chief master sergeant (standing left), during an immersion tour of the 137th Special Operations Wing at Will Rogers Air National Guard Base (WRANGB) in Oklahoma City, March 7, 2020. The 205th EIS is a tenant unit at Will Rogers and provides infrastructure support to the Wing while also fulfilling worldwide taskings and deployments. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sgt. Andrew M. LaMoreaux)

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