Florida National Guard continues pace after unprecedented year
In 2020, guardsmen were activated for COVID-19, civil unrest and hurricane missions.
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Soldiers with the Florida Army National Guard support Feed Tampa Bay in their efforts to distribute food to the local community on May 12, 2020 as part of their COVID-19 response. [ U.S. Army Photo by Pvt. 1st Class Orion Oettel ]
Published Feb. 10
Early in 2020, Sgt. Joseph Huling, 25, figured the Florida National Guard might be called to help in some way with the emerging coronavirus.
He eventually served on a COVID-19 mission for a month
setting up a testing site in Miami-Dade County, went back to drills, deployed to Washington for about 10 days to respond to civil unrest and went back last month for another 10 days to help with security for the presidential inauguration.
By ILEANA NAJARRO | Tampa Bay Times | Published: February 10, 2021
Stars and Stripes is making stories on the coronavirus pandemic available free of charge. See other free reports here. Sign up for our daily coronavirus newsletter here. Please support our journalism with a subscription. ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (Tribune News Service) Early in 2020, Sgt. Joseph Huling, 25, figured the Florida National Guard might be called to help in some way with the emerging coronavirus. He eventually served on a COVID-19 mission for a month setting up a testing site in Miami-Dade County, went back to drills, deployed to Washington for about 10 days to respond to civil unrest and went back last month for another 10 days to help with security for the presidential inauguration.