Oregon National Guard Delivers Personal Protective Equipment
(WorldNews Denmark)

Soldiers from the Oregon Army National Guard were called by the state in late March for a two-week mission to provide support in response to COVID-19. As the pandemic grew, so did the demand for support, which ultimately expanded the mission from 14 to 183 soldiers over a period of 79 days. During the activation, soldiers of Task Force Assurance completed 2,604 missions, distributing more than 46 million pieces of personal protective equipment to all 36 Oregon counties, nine tribal nations and two tribal health agencies, covering aout 140,000 miles throughout the state. Additionally, the guard assisted in shipping 140 ventilators to New York, as well as providing nearly 1 million masks to...