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Line 98: ===Vietnam=== During the U.S. [[Vietnam ~~war~~War\|intervention in Vietnam]], the Rhode Island National Guard had two units called into Federal service. The 107th Signal Company was activated on May 13, 1968 and served in the [[Republic of Vietnam]] until October 1969. The [https://web.archive.org/web/20140307020734/http://states.ng.mil/sites/RI/army/43mp/115mp/default.aspx 115th Military Police Company] was activated for duty at [[West Point]], NY until December 1969. During this mobilization, individual soldiers from the 115th MP Company were "levied" and sent to serve in Vietnam to replace casualties. ===Post-Vietnam=== Line 132: During the beginning of the pandemic Governor [[Gina Raimondo]] ordered the Rhode Island National Guard and the [[Rhode Island State Police]] to stop motorists with New York license plates, as well as move door-to-door to find people who may have traveled recently from New York, to ask them to quarantine. Also anyone who had moved from New York state to Rhode Island in the past two weeks were asked to self-quarantine for 14 days in order to help stop the spread of the virus in Rhode Island.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Rhode Island police, Guard stopping incoming New Yorkers to force quarantine\|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/rhode-island-police-troops-stopping-incoming-new-yorkers-force-quarantine-n1171106\|publisher=Phil McCausland\|access-date= May 23, 2021\|date=May 28, 2020}}</ref> Upon EUA approval of the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines, the Rhode Island National Guard was called upon by the Governor to develop a task force to plan for and execute the mass vaccination of the state of Rhode Island. From January through June of 2021, Task Force Vax oversaw the administration of more than 336,000 vaccines to residents of Rhode Island, accounting for roughly 30% of all vaccinations administered within the state. <ref>{{cite web\|title=Rhode Island National Guard helps administer COVID-19 vaccine\|url=https://turnto10.com/news/local/rhode-island-national-helps-administer-covid-19-vaccine\|publisher=Christina Vitale\|access-date=22 May 2021\|date=14 January 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|title=Rhode Island National Guard helps administer COVID-19 vaccine\|url=https://www.providencejournal.com/story/news/columns/2021/02/24/ri-national-guard-makes-sure-vaccine-effort-runs-smoothly/4566828001/\|publisher=Mark Patinkin\|access-date=22 May 2021\|date=24 February 2021}}</ref> == Strategic plan == Line 195: * Major General Robert T. Bray,<ref>[http://www.nationalguard.mil/portals/31/Features/ngbgomo/bio/9/981.html Robert T. Bray]</ref> 17 February 2006 – 1 July 2011 * Major General Kevin R. McBride,<ref>{{cite web\| url=http://www.nationalguard.mil/portals/31/Features/ngbgomo/bio/1/1134.html\|title=Kevin R. McBride}}</ref> 1 July 2011 – June 2015 * ~~Brigadier~~Major General Christopher P. Callahan, 5 August 2015 – present<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.nationalguard.mil/portals/31/Features/ngbgomo/bio/2/2881.html\|title=Major General Christopher P. Callahan\|website=National Guard Portals\|access-date=August 9, 2019}}</ref> ==See also==