CONCORD — In response to the ongoing COVID-19 health crisis, more than 150 New Hampshire guardsmen have been assigned to support missions across the Granite State.
The citizen soldiers are serving communities on multiple fronts — from alternate care sites to food banks to the warehouse management of Strategic National Stockpile supplies.
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