COVID-19: AZ National Guard to ease grocery shortages

Will help move supplies to stores

GOVERNOR DUCEY'S CALLING OUTTHE ARIZONA NATIONAL GUARD TOHELP WITH THE CORONAVIRUSRESPONSE.

9 ON YOUR SIDE'SCRAIG SMITH HAS MORE ON HOWTHE GUARD IS PREPARING TOHELP.CRAIG: ONE OF REAL ANXIETYPRODUCERS RIGHT NOW IS WHENYOU GO TO THE GROCERY STOREAND A LOT OF THOSE SHELVES ARECLEANED OUT.

WELL, HELP IS ONTHE WAY AND A GOOD SHARE OF ITIS GOING TO COME FROM THEARIZONA NATIONAL GUARD." THEMODERN MILITARY DEPENDS ON ITSEQUIPMENT--- AMMUNITION AND AWIDE RANGE OF SUPPLIES ANDDEPENDS ON UNITS LIKE THENATIONAL GUARDS 2220THTRANSPORTATION COMPANY TODELIVER THE GOODS.

NOW THENATIONAL GUARDS WILL BEDELIVERING THE GOODS TO HELPKEEP US ALL GOING.

THEY'LL USETHEIR ABILITY TO DELIVERSUPPLIES IN TOUGH ENVIRONMENTSLIKE HURRICANE AFTERMATHS, TOHELP REPLENISH SUPPLIES TOPLACES LIKE GROCERY STORESHARD HIT BY ARIZONANS STOCKINGUP SINCE THE CORONAVIRUS.

INPHOENIX, MAJOR GENERAL MICHAELMCGUIRE JOINED GOVERNOR DOUGDUCEY PACKING SUPPLIES AT AFOOD BANK.

GENERAL MCGUIRESAYS THE GUARD IS STILLCOUNTING ON CIVILIANVOLUNTEERS TO PLAY THEIR PARTIN GETTING SUPPLIES WHERE THEYCAN DO THE MOST GOOD.

MAJORGENERAL MICHAELMCGUIRE/ARIZONA NATIONALGUARD: "WITH ONLY EIGHTTHOUSAND OF US, WE CAN'T STOCKEVERY STORE IN THE STATE.

SOWE NEED PEOPLE TO GO OUT ANDGET TO THOSE FOLKS, LOOK FOROPPORTUNITIES FOR JOBS, LOOKTO PIVOT TO HELP IN VOLUNTEERGROUPS, NON GOVERNMENTALGROUPS, AND ONE OF THE MOSTCHALLENGING THINGS WE FACE INA TIME LIKE THIS ISSYNCHONIZING ALL THOSEEFFORTS." MOST GUARDSMEN LIVELIVES AS CIVILIANS UNTILTHEY'RE CALLED TO DUTY.

THESTATE WILL CONSIDER THEIRCIVILIAN JOBS IN DECIDING WHOTO ACTIVATE, SO GUARDSMEN WHOWORK IN CRITICAL FIELDS LIKEMEDICINE OR LAW ENFORCEMENTWILL NOT BE PULLED AWAY FROMCIVILIAN JOBS ESSENTIAL TO THECOVID RESPONSE.

CRAIG SMITH,KGUN9 ON YOUR SIDE.THE CLOSURE OF ARIZONA SCHOLLS