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Ex. AGY-DEFENSE-GUARD-122 Context (guidance or announcement) Confirmed from a secondary source

Release, National Guard Ramping Up COVID-19 Response (Mar. 19, 2020)

National Guard Ramping Up COVID-19 Response

National Guard Bureau (DoD News, David Vergun) · National Guard Bureau (54 States, territories and the District of Columbia) (Federal)

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Jurisdiction
National Guard Bureau (54 States, territories and the District of Columbia)
Level
Federal
Authority
Chief of the National Guard Bureau briefing
Issued
2020-03-19 Mar. 19, 2020
Effective
2020-03-19
In force
Mar. 19, 2020 to June 30, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q2
Limitation types
Emergency declarationOther
Addressees
  • public
Functions reached
  • WF Guard members ordered from civilian employment
  • HR
Character
context
Collection
Defense installations and the National Guard AGY-DEFENSE-GUARD

Operative words

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

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.

Retrieval note

Agency release.

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