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Second Lt. Monica Hutchinson, 149th Medical Group, a Texas Air National Guard medic, prepares to receive patients by properly securing her personal protective equipment at a community-based testing facility in Fredericksburg April 19. The Texas Military Department, in tandem with state partners, has established community-based testing facilities to provide drive-in COVID-19 screenings to communities not served by a county health department. These facilities will allow Texas to curb the spread of COVID-19.

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Second Lt. Monica Hutchinson, 149th Medical Group, a Texas Air National Guard medic, prepares to receive patients by properly securing her personal protective equipment at a community-based testing facility in Fredericksburg, Texas, April 19. The Texas Military Department, in tandem with state partners, has established community-based testing facilities to provide drive-in COVID-19 screenings to communities not served by a county health department.

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Texas Air and Army National Guard service members establish at a community based testing facility in Fredericksburg, April 19. The Texas Military Department, in tandem with state partners, has established community based testing facilities to provide drive-in COVID-19 screenings to communities not served by a county health department.

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Texas Air National Guard Airmen triage and check in a patient for COVID-19 testing at a community based testing facility in Fredericksburg, Texas, April 19, 2020. The Texas Military Department, in tandem with state partners, has established community based testing facilities to provide drive-in COVID-19 screenings to communities not served by a county health department.

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A box of testing supplies awaits use at a community based testing facility in Fredericksburg April 19. The Texas Military Department, in tandem with state partners, has established community based testing facilities to provide drive-in COVID-19 screenings to communities not served by a county health department.

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A patient recieves a nasopharygeal swab as part of a COVID-19 screening at a community based testing facility in Fredericksburg, Texas, April 19, 2020. The Texas Military Department, in tandem with state partners, has established community based testing facilities to provide drive-in COVID-19 screenings to communities not served by a county health department.

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149th Medical Group assists with COVID-19 testing in Fredericksburg

Published April 22, 2020
By Charles E. Spirtos
Texas Military Department

FREDERICKSBURG, Texas --

Members of the 149th Medical Group from Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland’s 149^th Fighter Wing joined Texas Air and Army National Guard service members in Fredericksburg April 19 to establish a community-based COVID-19 testing facility.

The Texas Military Department, in tandem with state partners, has established testing facilities to provide drive-in COVID-19 screenings to communities not served by a county health department. These facilities will allow Texas to curb the spread of COVID-19.

Members of the 149th FW are part of a Joint Texas Military Department response team. Their missions include food bank assistance at multiple locations, enhancing medical supplies, supporting medical distribution, bolstering manpower to produce N95 respirator masks, and evaluating non-medical buildings for possible conversion to alternative healthcare facilities.