The National Guard demonstrated its value to America in 2020, Army Gen. Daniel Hokanson, chief of the National Guard Bureau and a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said June 23 at a Pentagon news conference. There were two numbers that demonstrated that value - 12 million and 21 million. Guardsmen vaccinated 12 million people against COVID-19, worked throughout the pandemic to care, feed, transport and help fellow citizens. Twenty-one million refers to the "personnel days" guardsmen served during 2020, he said, whether deployments, COVID, wildfires, civil disturbances or storms. (Source: DoD News 06/23/21) National Guard Chief Details Contributions of the Force Over Past Year > U.S. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE > Defense Department News
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