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The 990th Engineer Company completes departure ceremony for overseas deployment

The 990th Engineer Company held a departure ceremony on January 6, 2025, at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, marking the start of...

PHOTO GALLERY: Army Reserve Soldiers participate in airborne, civil affairs training

U.S. Army Reserve Soldiers with the 450th Civil Affairs Battalion (Airborne), 360th Civil Affairs Brigade (Airborne), 352nd Civil...

Realistic medical training challenges U.S. Army Reserve Soldiers, Italian Red Cross

Wounds from a groaning Italian man leaked on Caserma Ederle’s fitness center floor as Pfc. John Faire worked feverishly to wrap...

Tag: 3rd Medical Command (Deployment Support)

327th Medical Detachment teaches Soldiers the BASICS of mental health
August 7, 2020 — If you or your Soldiers are struggling with mental health issues while deployed odds are there are people right around the corner ready to help. ... MORE

Partnerships and interoperability continue despite COVID-19 challenges
July 31, 2020 — Leaders from the 1st Theater Sustainment Command, 311th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary), 3rd Medical Command Forward and Kuwaiti Col. Dr. Raed Altajalli, liaison officer to Kuwait Ministry of Defense (KMOD) met to discuss future partnership opportunities at the Operational Command Post on July 20, 2020... MORE

CAMP ARIFJAN, KUWAIT – Key leaders, (L to R) Kuwaiti Col. Dr. Raed Altajalli, liaison officer to Kuwait Ministry of Defense (KMOD), Col Simon Hamid, 1st Theater Sustainment Command, command surgeon, Command Sgt. Maj. George Luedtke, 311th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary), and Brig. Gen. Dianne Del Rosso, deputy commanding general, 1st TSC, 311th ESC, come together for a meeting on interoperability in medical cooperation between the U.S. and Kuwait at the Black Jack Conference Room in the Operational Command Post on July 20. (U.S. Army Reserve photo by Staff Sgt. Manuel Quiros July 20, 2020)

One Mission, Many Faces: U.S. Army Sgt. Tasia Blair, Behavioral Health Technician, 327th Medical Detachment (Combat Operational Stress Control)
July 29, 2020 — My grandpa was in the Army. Before he passed away he had some really bad dementia and started thinking the family was the enemy and started being really combative with the family. It was hard to watch. I thought about Soldiers who are younger who aren't near death who are coming home with those same issues... MORE

Task Force Spartan and 3rd MCDS tour results of host nation partnership
July 23, 2020 — The 3rd Medical Command (Deployment Support) and Task Force Spartan toured a unique quarantine facility operated by the Kuwait Ministry of Defense residents of Kuwait on July 3, 2020... MORE

Kuwaiti Soldiers stand with U.S. Army Soldiers of the 3rd Medical Command at a quarantine facility in Kuwait, July 3rd, 2020. U.S. and Kuwaiti forces have been working together to stop the spread of COVID-19 in Kuwait. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Andrew Valenza)

Somewhere between a Soldier and a civilian
July 21, 2020 — The U.S. Army Medical Materiel Development Activity at Fort Detrick, Maryland, is comprised of military, civilian and contractor personnel working together to fulfill the organization's mission to develop and deliver quality medical capabilities to our Warfighters throughout the world. Included among USAMMDA's staff are members of our nation's military reserve force, and one such member, Timothy Hales, was called up recently to active duty in support of our global response to the COVID-19 effort... MORE

Protecting the protectors: Reserve Soldier on front lines helps contain COVID-19 spread
June 24, 2020 — She left for her first Army mission without knowledge of her final destination, or when she’d be able to return home to her two dogs, cat and bearded dragon. As she prepared to leave for the mission in early April, Capt. Holly Beard, an Army Reserve entomologist, had only one certainty: she’d be battling against the spread of a deadly virus... MORE

Childhood tumor leads hockey player to health care career, the Army and COVID-19 battle
June 17, 2020 — He had taken hits on the ice before. But not like this. During a hockey game in 2001, an opponent knocked 13-year-old Jimmy Ennis to the floor and swiped him briskly on the chin. The incident led to the discovery of a brain tumor, and his treatment inspired his future work in health care, which now includes serving as part of an Army Reserve Urban Augmentation Medical Task Force in response to COVID-19... MORE

1Lt. James Ennis, resident of Salem, N.H. just completed a deployment to combat COVID-19 at Elmhurst Hospital-Queens, as part of an Urban Augmentation Medical Task Force with the US Army Reserve.

Sgt. Workman balances COVID-19 response and college graduation
June 2, 2020 — COVID-19 complicated college and graduation for virtually every student in the U.S. For Sgt. Melanie Workman, a Soldier with the 75th Field Hospital and a student at Georgia State University, COVID-19 has been life-changing. For Workman, her final semester before graduating was very difficult to stay on top of, “School started back up the same day that I was activated for a COVID-19 support mission with the Army Reserve. I was at my mobilization base as classes were starting, I was literally clicking between screens of class lectures and FEMA training courses as I prepared to mobilize.”... MORE

COVID-19 complicated college and graduation for virtually every student in the US. For Sgt. Melanie Workman, a Soldier with the 75th Field Hospital, and student at Georgia State University, COVID-19 has been life changing.

Behavioral health team supports University Hospital
May 31, 2020 — When we arrived at University Hospital in New Jersey, there was no other spot as far forward in the COVID fight. First arriving, you are excited and scared at the same time, but you adapt, find your job focus and get the job done. We quickly learned, no one Soldier or civilian could do it alone. I was the officer In charge (OIC) for our behavioral health team. The BH team worked out of several areas at the hospital: emergency psychiatric, inpatient psychiatry, and chaplains office. I worked out of the chaplains office and with nurse manager we provided psychological support for the Hospital staff, who have gone through so much. The team and I also worked closely with the associate director for nursing on development and implementation of a staff resilience program... MORE

The Behavioral Health team worked out of several areas at University hospital: Emergency Psychiatric, Inpatient Psychiatry, and Chaplains Office. I worked out of the Chaplains office and with Nurse Manager we provided psychological support for the Hospital staff, who have gone through so much. The team and I also worked closely with the Associate Director for Nursing on development and implementation of a staff resilience program.

Newly commissioned officer supports UAMTF
May 28, 2020 — For many Army Reserve medical officers, they have a career filled with deployments and medical support missions to prepare them for the unexpected. This is not the case for 1st Lt. Michael Dolan, a 66S, critical care nurse, who has only two drill weekends under his belt. Looking back on the mission and forward on starting his military career, Dolan said, “This experience has been lifechanging for me. I feel like I have had the opportunity to really answer the call in a time of need for my country. The people I have gotten to know and experience that I have gained from this mission will be with me forever.” ... MORE

I was excited to potentially be involved in this mission and I knew that critical care nurses were likely going to be in demand so I volunteered immediately. Even though I was still very new to the military I felt confident that my experience as a critical care nurse would still be a valuable asset to the mission

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