Reserve Units/Personnel

 

I am currently mobilized serving as U.S. Army North’s Mission Command Element-Southwest Border’s Pre-Deployment Site Survey Chief for the COVID-19 Pandemic. As such, I am the facilitator for ensuring deployable command, control, logistics, administration, and support capabilities for units responding to crises on the Southwest Border in support of Customs and Border Protection (CBP) spanning the entire Southwest border. In addition to the COVID-19 mission, we are ensuring robust support to CBP and ICE for the continuing Southwest Border Mission.

COL Vince A. Rice
Distance Class of 2017

 

I am the Commanding General for the 3D Medical Command, U.S. Army Reserves, and on March 24^th, 2020, Army Reserve Headquarters, Ft. Bragg, tasked my organization to mobilize, as rapidly as possible, four Field Hospitals in support of COVID-19 operations.  Within 72 hours, the requirement changed to creating a new force design called the Urban Augmentation Medical Task Force (UAMTF).  Building from existing force structures, this command, along with its sister divisions, built 17 total UAMTFs (6 from the 3d Division) aggregated, trained and deployed 15 of them in less than 9 days.  These units deployed into the Northeast portion of the United States including New York City, New Jersey, Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Michigan where they provided much needed medical capacity for overburdened and overwhelmed health care systems.  This new force generation has proven the concept of Reserve Ready Force units and provides a new capacity and capability to the U.S. government for war time and disaster response.

MG Joe D. Robinson
Distance Class of 2011
Commanding General
3d Medical Command (Deployment Support)

 

Mike Pyle, DDE ‘16

BG Michael Pyle is assigned as a Deputy CG to 3d Medical Command (Deployment Support) working the COVID-19 response. The command is actively engaged in supporting the COVID-19 “all of government response” as one of three medical divisions in the Army Reserve. What the Soldiers of this command are embarking on has never been done before in the history of Army Reserve medicine. The 3d Medical Command is mobilizing hundreds of Soldiers in a matter of days across the U.S. This mission was to mobilize critical medical support through several 85-Soldier Urban Augmentation Medical Task Forces (UAMTFs), supporting FEMA-led Field Medical Stations (FMS) across the U.S. They aligned with fellow sister military services and federal partners to assist, as necessary. In less than two weeks, the command created and mobilized five UAMTFs designed to provide medical staffing to a FEMA-led FMS and provide comprehensive care for everything short of surgery and ICU care. These teams are meant to decant clinical work from overloaded areas in COVID-19 hotspots and are deployed throughout the east coast areas of operation to provide critical medical support in hard-hit areas. This Army Reserve Medical Command is doing everything possible in this fight. Building these teams from the Reserve Force is challenging because medical Reserve Soldiers are largely practicing their craft in their own communities. It took critical analysis from senior leadership and G-staff to mobilize a provider while ensuring they’re not already essential in the COVID-19 medical fight. As we monitor the flattening of the curve, we’re able to pull individuals from areas not saturated with patients, and move them to where they’ll be most needed.

BG Michael K. ‘Mike’ Pyle
Distance Class of 2016
Deputy Commanding General
3d Medical Command (Deployment Support)

 

Craig Parsons, DDE ‘18

COL Craig Parsons is assigned to the Headquarters, 3d Medical Command (Deployment Support) (3d MC (DS)) working in collaboration for the COVID-19 Response. The command is actively engaged in supporting the COVID-19 “all of government response.” It is one of three medical divisions in the Army Reserve and key to the command’s response has been the contribution of its seven USAWC graduates, from the Commanding General, MG Joe Robinson (DDE ’11), to his three Deputy Commanding Generals, to his three lead Division Staff officers (the Chief of Staff, Deputy Chief of Staff G3/5/7, and the Deputy Chief of Staff G1).

What the Soldiers of the 3d MC(DS) are embarking on has never been done before in the history of Army Reserve medicine. With critical analysis and focused USAWC-trained senior leadership, the leaders of this organization navigated managing complex strategic operational planning, in an ever-changing environment, using a model outside of Army Doctrine or the utilization of medical forces. The 3d Medical Command is mobilizing hundreds of Soldiers, in a matter of days across the United States. This mission was to mobilize critical medical support through several 85-Soldier Urban Augmentation Medical Task Forces (UMATFs), supporting FEMA-led Field Medical Stations (FMS) across the U.S. Our folks aligned with fellow sister military services and federal partners to assist, as necessary. In less than two weeks, the 3d MC(DS) created and mobilized five (UAMTFs) to provide medical staffing to a FEMA-led FMS and provide comprehensive care for everything short of surgery and ICU care. These teams are meant to decant clinical work from overloaded areas in COVID-19 hotspots and are deployed throughout the east coast areas of operation to provide critical medical support in hard-hit areas.

As an Army Reserve Medical Command, we are doing everything we can in this fight. Building these teams from the Reserve Force is challenging because this is largely a zero-sum game. These Reserve medical Soldiers are largely practicing their craft in their own communities. It took critical analysis from senior leadership and G-staff to mobilize a provider while ensuring they’re not already essential in the COVID fight. As we monitor the flattening of the curve, we’re able to pull individuals from areas not saturated with patients, and move them to where they’ll be most needed.

COL Craig E. Parsons
Distance Class of 2018
Deputy Chief of Staff, G3/5/7
3d Medical Command (Deployment Support)

 

BG Nelson Rosen is assigned as a Deputy CG to 3d Medical Command (Deployment Support) working the COVID-19 response. The command is actively engaged in supporting the COVID-19 “all of government response” as one of three medical divisions in the Army Reserve. What the Soldiers of this command are embarking on has never been done before in the history of Army Reserve medicine. The 3d Medical Command is mobilizing hundreds of Soldiers in a matter of days across the U.S. This mission was to mobilize critical medical support through several 85-Soldier Urban Augmentation Medical Task Forces (UAMTFs), supporting FEMA-led Field Medical Stations (FMS) across the U.S. They aligned with fellow sister military services and federal partners to assist, as necessary. In less than two weeks, the command created and mobilized five, 85-person UAMTFs designed to provide medical staffing to a FEMA-led FMS and provide comprehensive care for everything short of surgery and ICU care. These teams are meant to decant clinical work from overloaded areas in COVID-19 hotspots and are deployed throughout the east coast areas of operation to provide critical medical support in hard-hit areas. This Army Reserve Medical Command is doing everything possible in this fight. Building these teams from the Reserve Force is challenging because medical Reserve Soldiers are largely practicing their craft in their own communities. It took critical analysis from senior leadership and G-staff to mobilize a provider while ensuring they’re not already essential in the COVID-19 medical fight. As we monitor the flattening of the curve, we’re able to pull individuals from areas not saturated with patients, and move them to where they’ll be most needed.

BG Nelson G. Rosen
Distance Class of 2012
Deputy Commanding General
3d Medical Command (Deployment Support)

 

 

Beth Salisbury, DDE ’14

BG Beth Salisbury is assigned as a Deputy CG to 3d Medical Command (Deployment Support) working the COVID-19 response.  The command is actively engaged in supporting the COVID-19 “all of government response” as one of three medical divisions in the Army Reserve.  What the Soldiers of this command are embarking on has never been done before in the history of Army Reserve medicine.  The 3d Medical Command is mobilizing hundreds of Soldiers in a matter of days across the U.S.   This mission was to mobilize critical medical support through several 85-Soldier Urban Augmentation Medical Task Forces (UAMTFs), supporting FEMA-led Field Medical Stations (FMS) across the U.S.  They aligned with fellow sister military services and federal partners to assist, as necessary.  In less than two weeks, the command created and mobilized five UAMTFs to provide comprehensive care for everything short of surgery and ICU care.  These teams are meant to decant clinical work from overloaded areas in COVID-19 hotspots and are deployed throughout the east coast areas of operation to provide critical medical support in hard-hit areas.  This Army Reserve Medical Command is doing everything possible in this fight.  Building these teams from the Reserve Force is challenging because medical Reserve Soldiers are largely practicing their craft in their own communities.  It took critical analysis from senior leadership and G-staff to mobilize a provider while ensuring they’re not already essential in the COVID-19 medical fight.  As we monitor the flattening of the curve, we’re able to pull individuals from areas not saturated with patients, and move them to where they’ll be most needed.

BG Beth A. Salisbury
Distance Class of 2014
Deputy Commanding General
3d Medical Command (Deployment Support)