{"id":"AGY-DEFENSE-GUARD-122","kind":"context","level":"federal","jurisdiction":"National Guard Bureau (54 States, territories and the District of Columbia)","state":"","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"DEFENSE-GUARD","eco":"","issuer":"National Guard Bureau (DoD News, David Vergun)","authority":"Chief of the National Guard Bureau briefing","instrument":"Release, National Guard Ramping Up COVID-19 Response (Mar. 19, 2020)","title":"National Guard Ramping Up COVID-19 Response","dateIssued":"2020-03-19","effective":"2020-03-19","end":"","startDate":"2020-03-19","endDate":"2020-06-30","quarters":["2020Q2"],"types":["EMER","OTHER"],"addressees":["public"],"clause":"About 2,050 National Guard Soldiers and Airmen in 27 states have been activated to support COVID-19 response efforts, the chief of the National Guard Bureau said Thursday. Air Force Gen. Joseph L. Lengyel told reporters at a Pentagon briefing that number most likely would double by the weekend, and it is even possible that tens of thousands of Guard members could be activated","enforcement":"Facts and circumstances: scale of Guard activation","functions":["WF Guard members ordered from civilian employment","HR"],"notes":"Scale series with Exs. 143 (nearly 10,000 by Mar. 25), 123 (more than 8,000 in all 54 jurisdictions by Mar. 23) and 124-125.","sourceUrl":"https://www.nationalguard.mil/News/Article/2118561/national-guard-ramping-up-covid-19-response/","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20200319214933/https://www.nationalguard.mil/News/Article/2118561/national-guard-ramping-up-covid-19-response/","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":154560,"grade":"secondary","character":"context","description":"","collection":"AGY-DEFENSE-GUARD","url":"/library/AGY-DEFENSE-GUARD-122","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-DEFENSE-GUARD-122","citation":"National Guard Bureau (DoD News, David Vergun), Release, National Guard Ramping Up COVID-19 Response (Mar. 19, 2020) (Ex. AGY-DEFENSE-GUARD-122)","stateName":"","related":[]}