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Archive: May, 2020

Nurses lead the way: Army Reserve surgical nurse answers call to assist in Philadelphia
May 8, 2020 — This year, 2020, marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of Florence Nightingale, the founder of modern nursing, and has been designated as the Year of the Nurse by the World Health Organization. This year’s theme is “integrating for excellence,” and it could not have fit a better year... MORE

Army Reserve captain gives personal perspective on dealing with COVID-19 infection
May 7, 2020 — A personal perspective by a colleague in our command — Capt. Michael Leach, 658th Regional Support Group legal advisor — on dealing with being infected by COVID-19 virus... MORE

Citizen-Soldier living motto 'One Team, One Fight' in battle against COVID-19
May 7, 2020 — “The military team here includes some of the greatest healthcare workers I have ever worked with,” stated Army Reserve Lt. Col. John Patrick O'Donnell. “I am very proud to be part of the team working at the Javits Center and Lincoln Hospital.”... MORE

Citizen-Soldier living the motto 'One Team, One Fight' in battle against COVID-19

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

81st Readiness Division leverages technology to get troops out the door more efficiently
May 5, 2020 — Readiness doesn’t take a day off. Despite travel restrictions, military technicians with the 81st Readiness Division (RD) ensured Reserve Soldiers were ready to respond in a moment’s notice. Reserve Personnel Action Centers (RPACs) in Puerto Rico and Georgia processed several Soldiers through both virtual and face-to-face Level-1 Soldier Readiness Program (SRP) events in order to prepare them to deploy for COVID-19 operations... MORE

Army Reserve Forward Engineer Support Team members assist USACE’s COVID-19 response projects for Navajo Nation
May 5, 2020 — Within the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the Albuquerque District has the lead assisting the Navajo Nation with their COVID-19 response... MORE

Army Reserve Soldiers deliver food to Polish citizens amid COVID-19 pandemic
May 5, 2020 — Soldiers from Bravo Company, 418th Civil Affairs Battalion, 308th Civil Affairs Brigade, 1st Infantry Division Forward, 353rd Civil Affairs Command, worked with Polish forces from 1st Brigade, Territorial Defense Force here. The U.S. Soldiers and Polish service members distributed food to local authorities and medical facilities on April 28, 2020, in Monki, Poland, in support of Operation Resilient Spring (ORS)... MORE

Soldier virtual battle assemblies: Sustaining mission readiness during a pandemic
May 4, 2020 — From unit battle assemblies to Family programs and Yellow Ribbon events, units and leaders across the Army Reserve are finding new ways of accomplishing their training and military requirements through virtual means... MORE

Glen Mills, Pa., native mobilized to the Bronx as Army Reserve physician assistant
May 4, 2020 — “I am excited that we will be able to have a very direct effect on Americans’ lives,” stated 1st Lt. Gabriella Colombo, an Army Reserve 65D, physician assistant. “To apply lessons that I have learned, throughout my Army training as well as civilian training, to assist our citizens so we can defeat COVID-19 together.”... MORE

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