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UAMTF Combat Medic Looks Back on COVID-19 Support
May 11, 2020 — Spc. Randall Mulkins, a 68W, Combat Medic, was part of UAMTF 804-2 working with FEMA supporting COVID-19 support at the Javtis Center. Now, at Joint Base McGuire Dix Lakehurst, N.J., Mulkins looks back at service in Covid-19 response as part of the whole-of-nation effort. Supporting this mission was especially meaningful for Mulkins, saying. “I was born and raised in Patterson, N.Y., a small town north of New York City where a lot of residents commute to the city for work. I have friends back home who work in the FDNY, NYPD and other public services within the city.” ... MORE

Spc. Randall Mulkins, a 68W, Combat Medic, was part of UAMTF 804-2 working with FEMA supporting COVID-19 support at the Javtis Center. Now at Joint Base McGuire Dix Lakehurst, N.J., Mulkins looks back at service in Covid-19 response.

1st. Lt. Marilyn Medallon talks Heritage and Family
May 9, 2020 — The Army recognizes May as Asian-American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month and to recognize the contributions made by Soldiers of Asian and Pacific Islander descent. The 3d is highlighting 1st. Lt. Marilyn Medallon, a Soldier, with a bright future of service. Medallon is currently the Aide de Camp to 3d MC(DS) DCG-Professional, BG Rosen, and also working a 70H, which is Medical Operations and Planning Officer. Operations has been a face-paced environment but I enjoy the planning process and seeing the result of my work. I was born in Hawaii and a first generation American. My mom's side of the family is from El Salvador and my dad from the Philippines. ... MORE

I was born in Hawaii and a first generation American. My mom's side of the family is from El Salvador and my dad from the Philippines.

Urban Augmentation Medical Task Forces
May 8, 2020 — Urban Augmentation Medical Task Forces (UAMTF) provide an expeditionary, deployable and scalable medical staff to reinforce impacted communities across the nation. Each 85-Soldier unit provides critical capability in support of the Joint Force Land Component Commander (JFLCC) COVID-19 response... MORE

UAMTF 352-1 assists Philadelphia health care workers

Army medical teams in COVID-19 trenches
May 7, 2020 — As many schools, businesses and jobs screeched to a halt during the country’s COVID-19 outbreak, Army Reserve troops began to work in hospitals around the clock in what feels like “a battlefield in their backyard,” as one medic said... MORE

COVID-19 Urban Augmentation Medical Task Force 811-1

Nurses Week letter from U.S. Army Reserve chief nurse
May 7, 2020 — In 1982, Congress designated May 6 as National Nurses Day and in 1990, the American Nurse Association expanded the recognition to a week, May 6-12... MORE

Mass. Guard, Army Reserve combine forces in large-scale joint operation
April 30, 2020 — Members of the Massachusetts National Guard are working alongside Army Reserve Soldiers at a public health hospital in Tewksbury, Massachusetts. These service members are now stationed at the hospital to assist the staff and provide testing and treatment for patients experiencing COVID-19 symptoms... MORE

Everything counts in fight against COVID-19
April 23, 2020 — “The fight should not be determined by whether or not you are currently on the front lines or in the support role. We should all understand every little bit helps,” said Sgt. 1st Class Rodrick Mingo with the U.S. Army Reserve’s 424th Multifunctional Medical Battalion, 3rd Medical Command... MORE

Atlanta COVID-19 reserve medical support
April 21, 2020 — Reserve medical service members throughout the Atlanta area are currently engaged in COVID-19 support across the nation. Over fifty U.S. Army Reserve and U.S. Air Force Reserve medical personnel from Georgia departed from Gillem Enclave and Dobbins Air Reserve base, joining the effort to combat COVID-19 in New York City and New Jersey... MORE

crew members on a Dobbins C-130H3 Hercules pose for a photo wearing masks on April 5, 2020. They transported five Air Force Reserve medical personnel to Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey, to join the effort in combating COVID-19 in New York City. The Dobbins C-130H also made stops at MacDill Air Force Base and Patrick AFB in Florida, and Charleston AFB, South Carolina to pick up more Reserve Citizen Airmen to join the fight. Pictured from left to right, clockwise, are Capt. Latessa Meader, co-pilot; Maj. Jonathan Bonde, navigator; Tech. Sgt. Joey Burnett, flight engineer; and Maj. Brian Metzger, aircraft commander

528th COSC expands tele-behavioral health capabilities
April 21, 2020 — With COVID protective measures impacting service members both CONUS and OCONUS, the 528th Combat Operations Stress Control team expanded its tele-behavioral health capabilities as a viable alternative to face-to-face behavioral health care... MORE

With COVID protective measures impacting Servicemembers both CONUS and OCONUS, the 528th Combat Operations Stress Control team expanded its tele-behavioral health capabilities as a viable alternative to face-to-face behavioral health care.

Holocaust Remembrance Day
April 19, 2020 — 3D MC(DS) Chaplain (CPT) Yitzchak Hochman on Remembrance Day. Victor Frankl was a survivor of the holocaust. He not only endured the most horrific tortures possible, but emerged from the ashes mighty, unbearably resilient. Rather than being crushed by the German’s oppression, he found unbelievable humanity, and strength of character, and even freedom, “We who lived in concentration camps can remember the men who walked through the huts comforting others, giving away their last piece of bread. They may have been few in number, but they offer sufficient proof that everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms -- to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way.”... MORE

The U.S. Congress established Days of Remembrance as the nation's annual commemoration of the Holocaust.

Public Law 96-388 established the United States Holocaust Memorial Council and authorizes the actions of the council. Each year the President of the United States also issues a Presidential Proclamation for the observance.

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