Story by Col. Meritt Phillips | Army Reserve Medical Command | 11.03.2020
“This event in time is another testimony of the unity, altruism, and resilience that the American people are capable of especially in times of adversity,” said Capt. Allyssa Marie Montemayor. “The American people will recover from this and we will carry the knowledge and experience forward.” An Army Reserve critical care nurse from San Francisco, Montemayor mobilized in early July......
Story by Col. Meritt Phillips | Army Reserve Medical Command | 11.01.2020
“Serving with civilian counterparts, shoulder to shoulder, was a great honor. The staff and patients I interacted with were nothing but grateful for our help,” stated Maj. Joshua Salomon Solheim, an Army Reserve nurse anesthetist, regarding his recent mission with an Urban Augmentation Medical Task Force in South Texas. He is one of more than 1,000 skilled Army Reserve medical Soldiers......
Story by Col. Meritt Phillips | Army Reserve Medical Command | 10.07.2020
“I never imagined my first mobilization would be for something like this. It was a huge honor to take care of my fellow Americans,” commented Army Reserve 1st Lt. Marcelo Novaes Gerjoi, a physician assistant from Daphne, Alabama, on his experience serving with an Urban Augmentation Medical Task Force mobilized to South Texas. Gerjoi was a member of Urban Augmentation Medical Task Force......
Story by Col. Meritt Phillips | Army Reserve Medical Command | 10.04.2020
An Army Reserve combat medic from Semmes, Alabama, has added a list of accomplishments to his resume this past year, to include participation in a federal COVID response mission in Texas. Spc. Duncan Crow joined the Army just over a year ago and had the opportunity to utilize his Army and civilian medical skills during a recent mobilization that marks a first in Army Reserve history....
Story by Col. Meritt Phillips | Army Reserve Medical Command | 10.01.2020
A family medicine physician from Irving, New York, Maj. Vivien Redeye is preparing to return home as she completes her mission as a member of an Army Reserve Urban Augmentation Medical Task Force. She is one of more than 1,000 skilled Army Reserve medical Soldiers that have mobilized since March to provide Department of Defense support to the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s......
Story by Col. Meritt Phillips | Army Reserve Medical Command | 09.28.2020
“Being here has shown me the best in humanity and I am proud to have been a part of this Task Force.” Army Reserve Spc. Okan Pekgil sharing his experience serving with an Urban Augmentation Medical Task Force....
Story by Lt. Col. Martin O'Donnell | Defense Department Support to FEMA COVID-19 | 09.23.2020
At the request of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, U.S. Army North, U.S. Northern Command’s Joint Force Land Component Command, adjusted its COVID-19 operations, and as of today, all of the approximately 740 federal military medical and support professionals from the U.S. Army, U.S. Navy and U.S. Air Force who deployed to Texas and California in July have returned to their home units....
Story by Col. Meritt Phillips | Army Reserve Medical Command | 09.19.2020
"This was a great mission of mercy and humanity,” reflected Capt. Eric Wilkins. “I will take things I learned from this with me throughout my life.” An Army Reserve psychiatric nurse from Colorado Springs, Colorado, Wilkins was one of 85 Soldiers assigned to Urban Augmentation Medical Task Force-7452 (UAMTF – 7452) that mobilized to south Texas as part of the Department of Defense......
