“Our joint forces go where FEMA needs us, and where the Department of Defense orders us to go. This is a whole-of-government response, and right now FEMA has determined the military’s unique, surge capabilities are most needed in these two states.”-Lieutenant General Laura J. Richardson, U.S. Army North

Last week, the Federal Emergency Management Agency ‘requested’ U.S. Northern Command to deploy U.S. Army, Air Force and Navy medical personnel to Louisiana and Mississippi, to fight the new Delta pandemic.

Over the weekend of 21-22 August 2021, twenty Air Force medical personnel deployed to University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson, while 20 Army medics deployed to North Mississippi Medical Center-Tupelo, Mississippi.

U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Second Class Michael H. Lehman, 22AUG2021.

20 Air Force personnel also deployed to Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

Lafayette General Medical Center, USN photo by Mass Communication Specialist Second Class Michael H. Lehman, 21AUG2021.

The U.S. Navy deployed 20 medics to Lafayette, Louisiana.

It should be noted that it is the first time Department of Defense medical assets have deployed to Mississippi because of the pandemic.  Military medics were deployed to Louisiana in 2020.

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