SCANG COVID-19 response

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Jennifer Heller, second from left, poses with her co-workers at Lexington Medical Center Saluda Pointe in Lexington, South Carolina on July 20, 2020. Since March, the South Carolina National Guard has mobilized nearly 500 Soldiers and Airmen to augment local authorities’ medical response to COVID-19. These service members have temporarily left their civilian jobs and Families while performing their military duty. The support they receive from their civilian employers is crucial to being able to perform vital missions across the state. One such employer, Lexington Medical Center Saluda Pointe in Lexington, South Carolina, employs U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Jennifer Heller. Heller is a U.S. Air National Guard Airman with the South Carolina Air National Guard (SCANG) and has been on active duty orders since early May. (Courtesy photo provided by Lexington Medical Center Saluda Pointe, Lexington, S.C.)