Photo By Maj. Anthony Delmonico | Members of UAMTF 452-1 receive an in-briefing from New Jersey Department of Health and...... read more read more
452-1, an Urban Augmentation Medical Task Force with 85 Soldiers, mostly from Wisconsin and Minnesota, was rapidly deployed to Field Medical Station (FMS) Edison on April 8, 2020.
Working in coordination with members of the New Jersey Department of Health, New Jersey Army and Air National Guards, and staff from the Edison Convention Center, Soldiers spent the next two days putting finishing touches on the FMS.
The first COVID-19 positive patient was accepted on Saturday April 11 2020. The 500-bed facility was designed to care for low-acuity patients, and was staffed with both DOD and civilian medical personnel.
The majority of 452-1 had just returned home in June of 2019 after a year-long deployment to Kuwait in support of Operation Spartan Shield.
SGT Craig Barrows, a Medic from the Minneapolis area, summed up the attitude of the team when he said, "As reservists we train to be ready. Always ready, whether it's to deploy with one month - one week - or one day’s notice. We all volunteer to serve our country in the manner it needs us. We are all proud to be here helping the people of New Jersey, and are proud to serve our country."
| Date Taken: | 04.28.2020 |
| Date Posted: | 06.12.2020 16:49 |
| Story ID: | 368701 |
| Location: | EDISON, NJ, US |
| Hometown: | EDISON, NJ, US |
| Hometown: | MILWAUKEE, WI, US |
| Hometown: | MINNEAPOLIS, MN, US |
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