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ALAMOGORDO, N.M. — On past deployments Army National Guard Spc. Michael Stockwell surveilled a desolate section of the U.S.-Mexico border during a migrant surge, and guarded a ring of checkpoints

N some parts of the U.S. so many teachers are out sick with COVID-19 that states are getting creative to fill the gaps. In New Mexico, for example, members of the National Guard are being called as fill-in teachers.

In New Mexico, many teachers are missing. In their place: fatigue-wearing National Guard members acting as substitutes.

Troops have traded mission briefs for lesson plans

Dozens of National Guard Army and Air Force troops in New Mexico have been stepping in for the shortage of teachers and school staff.

“You can’t act Army with these kids. You can’t speak the same way you would with another soldier with these kids.”

ALAMOGORDO, N.M. (AP) — On past deployments Army National Guard Spc. Michael Stockwell surveilled a desolate section of the U.S.-Mexico border during a migrant surge, and guarded a ring of checkpoints and fences around New Mexico’s state Capitol after the January 2021 insurrection in Washington.

Dozens of National Guard Army and Air Force troops in New Mexico have been stepping in to fill a shortage of teachers in schools

ALAMOGORDO, N.M. (AP) — On past deployments Army National Guard Spc. Michael Stockwell...

ALAMOGORDO, N.M. (AP) — On past deployments Army National Guard Spc. Michael Stockwell surveilled a desolate section of the U.S.-Mexico border during a migrant surge, and guarded a ring of