Maj. Chad Brooks, of the 119th Medical Group, left,

Maj. Chad Brooks, of the 119th Medical Group, left, and Julie Hardy, a registered nurse working with the North Dakota Department of Health, collect a COVID-19 testing swab from a volunteer testing participant in the parking lot of the Alerus Center, Grand Forks, N.D., April 23, 2020. They are wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) to stay safe while they work and help prevent the spread of the Coronavirus while testing people as they drive through the process in their vehicles. He is just one of the many N.D. National Guard members partnering with the N.D. Department of Health and other civilian agencies in support of the whole community response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Approximately 700 people were tested in the five-hour testing event April 23. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by David H. Lipp)