The United States military’s humanitarian and evacuation response at Hamid Karzai International Airport (HKIA) for Operation Allies Refuge, along with the tragic events of Aug. 26, remain etched in our minds.
With the withdrawal from Afghanistan actively ongoing, a dynamic situation existed at HKIA, which required an adaptable and ready medical force.
A contingent of joint and multi-national medical providers, with a mixture of more than a dozen 936th Forward Resuscitative Surgical Detachment (FRSD) Soldiers and Norwegian medical forces; later augmented with U.S. and Coalition Armed Forces Medical Services, moved to action. These providers, operating out of a role 2 Enhanced (R2E) Medical Treatment Facility (MTF), continually...
Maj. Gen. Joseph Marsiglia, Commanding General of the 3rd Medical Command Deployment Support, encouraging service members to reach out for help. If you or a loved one is struggling emotionally or thinking of suicide.
Maj. Gen. Joseph Marsiglia, Commanding General, 3D Medical Command Deployment Support, and Master Sgt. Sharita Johnson, 3D Medical Command Logistics Management Branch, hosted logistics managers from Army Reserve Medical Command and the 807th Medical Command Deployment Support. These Army Reserve medical logistics leaders discussed key operational topics, including Medical Baseline Equipment Set standardization, modernization concepts, and equipment cross-leveling. Working together as the Army Reserve Medical community, this will ensure these three commands are equipped to support when the nation calls.
The U.S. Army Reserve Medical Response to COVID-19 will be one of many topics discussed during AUSA's annual meeting – virtual edition – Oct. 13-16 as part of the Warriors Corner exhibition.
“One of the nurses as we came in said, ‘It feels like Christmas,'” said Maj. Erin Velazquez, commander of Urban Augmentation Medical Task Force 332-1, as she fought to hold back tears during an interview with NJTV News. “It hits your...