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How the oldest Army medical unit teamed up against a new foe
May 18, 2020 — In addition to deploying traditional military assets like the 9th and 627th Hospital Centers, the Army's 1st Medical Brigade had the opportunity to implement a military asset that didn’t exist at the beginning of the global pandemic: the Urban Augmentation Medical Task Force, a new concept in rapid-deployment medical assets provided by the U.S. Army Reserve... MORE

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

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

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

Serious about sanitation, preventative medicine
December 18, 2019 — Without regard to the form of threat posed, Soldiers must be ready and capable to conduct the full range of military operations to defeat all enemies. Such readiness includes maintaining health... MORE

329th Ground Ambulance Tests Medical Tactical Skills with Canadian Forces
October 31, 2019 — The 329th Medical Company (Ground Ambulance), from Fairview, Pa., competed in the St Luke’s Field Ambulance Validation Event, hosted by the Canadian Armed Forces, 25 Field Ambulance, in Toronto, Ontario, Oct. 26th. The event consisted of nine scenarios encompassing a wide range of medical and tactical skills. Scenarios include confined space building operations, rescue tower, aircraft mock-up operations and auto extrication. These events allowed the 329th Medics the opportunity to practice providing care under pressure and tactical conditions in a competitive learning environment... MORE

U.S., Chadian biomed technicians rely on expertise of one another during MEDREX 19-1
March 13, 2019 — Successful medical readiness training exercises do not depend just on doctors’ and nurses’ abilities. Additional medical professionals who maintain the necessary equipment are vital to achieving the events’ objectives... MORE

Defeating a migraine while deployed
August 30, 2018 — When he arrived in the Middle East, U.S. Army Spc. Tariq Booker, an Army Reserve Soldier stationed at Ali Al Salem Air Base, Kuwait, was suffering from daily migraines which left him unable to perform his duties and barely able to get out of bed. However, thanks to a perfect mix of factors, Booker was able to undergo an operation at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, which immediately alleviated his headaches... MORE

Lifesaving training comes to Fort McCoy in Regional Medic
July 3, 2018 — Summer is the time for annual training for many Army Reserve Soldiers across the country. Training can be fun and hard but for many Soldiers it is also lifesaving. Tactical medical training is what is happening at Regional Medic CSTX 86-18-04, at Fort McCoy, Wis., June 9-29, 2018. CSTX 86-18-04 is a Combat Support Training Exercise that ensures America’s Army Reserve units and Soldiers are trained and ready to deploy on short-notice to bring capable, combat-ready, lethal firepower in support of the Army and geographic combatant commands anywhere in the world... MORE

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