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Category: 3rd Medical Command (Deployment Support)

New medical task force prepares to help the country
April 17, 2020 — The UAMTF 94-1 is a multipurpose and flexible medical unit composed of 85 Soldiers. The task force is designed to relieve the strain on an areas healthcare facility. The team can break up into any size team depending on what is required by their civilian counterpart needs. The task force has nearly every medical specialty and capability found in a hospital except for surgery... MORE

Eldridge, Iowa, nurse practitioner mobilized in support of COVID-19
April 14, 2020 — While the majority of Americans are staying at home to protect the health of our nation, medical professionals of America’s Army Reserve are mobilizing to assist local communities in this time of national emergency... MORE

Army Reserve Soldiers double Comfort’s pharmacy capacity
April 14, 2020 — Pharmacists from the U.S. Army Reserve joined the medical team aboard the Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20), nearly doubling the pharmaceutical support available to the people of New York City and local health officials in response to the nation’s COVID-19 outbreak, April 13... MORE

Behind every Army Reserve doctor mobilized in support of COVID-19 stands the APMC
April 13, 2020 — The Department of Defense has deployed medical professionals across the country in response to COVID-19. To date, more than 1,200 are members of the U.S. Army Reserve. Medical providers transitioning from civilian employment to active duty require their medical credentials to be verified and validated to assure they are properly privileged to treat patients. The team that assures this is accomplished are the unassuming professionals of the Army Medical Department Professional Management Command (APMC)... MORE

Army deploys medical task forces to help hard-hit communities
April 13, 2020 — The Army has mobilized eight Urban Augmentation Medical Task Forces to the New York area to support the coronavirus relief efforts and curb the spread of disease, senior Army leaders said Friday. Four task forces are helping in New York City, three are going to hospitals in New Jersey and another to Connecticut... MORE

Army Reserve stands up medical units to battle COVID-19

3d Medical Command Rapid Response for COVID Support
April 11, 2020 — Over 400 Army Reserve Soldiers from the 3d Medical Command (Deployment Support), in partnership with Army Reserve Medical Command, have mobilized as part of a Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) request to support COVID-19 operations. These Soldiers are part of U.S. Northern Command, in support of FEMA, providing rapid response support capability to the Javits Center, medical facilities in the New York and New Jersey and Bennett Hospital, in Stamford, Connecticut. Specifically created to respond to crisis, these Soldiers are part of five Urban Augmentation Medical Task Force (UAMTF) teams. UAMTFs are 85 Soldier teams with medial capabilities to support up to 250 low-acuity patients. “Our primary mission is to restore peace in times of chaos and this is no different. Just as the Army has done since 1775, we will lead the way with premiere medical support,” Maj. Gen. Joe Robinson, Commanding General, 3D Medical Command (Deployment Support). ... MORE

Soldiers from 338th Medical Brigade are given a salute in appreciation of their service as part of a Urban Augmentation Medical Task Force in support of COVID-19 medical support.

U.S. Army Reserve provides medical augmentation in response to COVID-19
April 10, 2020 — U.S. Army Reserve medical Soldiers are mobilizing in support of a federal response to the COVID-19 pandemic... MORE

807th MC(DS) mobilizes as part UAMTFs in response to COVID-19

Interview with Lt. Col. Dana Lonis
March 29, 2020 — Civility in practice, whether it’s in the military or in your professional practice, even in your regular life, is important. Try not to bring people down. If you can’t, then do it respectfully. Always try to bring people up. Her motto to live by: "No matter what you're doing, do it well. Everything is important."... MORE

Lt. Col. Dana Lonis was interviewed by Sgt. Lacey Rogerson for Women's History Month at United States Military Hospital-Kuwait.

SFC Veronica Jarrett -- Women's History Month
March 27, 2020 — Before joining the military I was living upstate in the city of Rochester, New York. My family and I come from real humble beginnings. My mother was a hard working single woman who did her best to provide for my two younger brothers and me. After high school I made the choice of finding a job instead of pursuing college in order to help assist with my family’s financial needs. My goal was to relieve my mother of her worries and ensure my brothers had a chance for a better future. I realized that working dead end jobs would not get us to far so I decided to take a chance at doing something that could possibly really make a difference. On December 23, 2003 I enlisted into the United States Army Reserve as a 42A. It was really one of the greatest feelings I had ever experienced at the time. What I did not know is how it would have such a major impact on my life. ... MORE

Do not let the photo intimidate you, Sgt. 1st Class Veronica Jarett is a supportive, approachable and mentoring NCO. When not advising Soldiers or raising five children you can find SFC Jarrett preparing for the ACFT with her IG teammates or running obstacle course races.

Medical logistics team behind IRT secures efficiency savings
March 9, 2020 — Innovative readiness training (IRT) events are Department of Defense military training opportunities, exclusive to the United States and its territories, that deliver joint training opportunities to increase deployment readiness. IRTs bring together active, reserve and National Guard service members of the Army, Air Force, Navy and Marines to provide key services (health care, construction, transportation and cybersecurity) with lasting benefits for our American communities... MORE

The MCS Team conducted Logistics MOS sustainment training directly contributing to the timely delivery of Class VIII to the IRT Program and prompt submission of required MEDLOG reports.

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