I am a fairly new J3 with an assignment date of December 2019. The learning curve was steep coming into this position. During my second drill weekend, we focused our efforts on tracking/responding to 63 wildfires. The next drill weekend, we started COVID-19 planning, demonstrating that flexibility is key. Supporting our agency partners in a response like this, is what we prepare for every month. Because our section is minimally staffed when not responding to an emergency, we developed an ad hoc Adaptive Domestic Operations Group (ADOG) to assess and plan missions. Less than a month into COVID-19 Response, we stood up our first Joint Task Force charged with statewide distribution of food/medical supplies and staffing Community Based Test Sites. Always something interesting happening in the J3!
COL Erica M. Christie
Resident Class of 2018
LG, KSNG, J3
