6 Air Guardsmen mobilized for COVID-19 state active duty with UAMS, 10 Army Guard medics reassigned from Ark. Dept. of Health call center to UAMS

PA-001-20 | March 19, 2020

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MEDIA ALERT


March 19, 2020

Contact: Lt. Col. Brian L. Mason
State Public Affairs Officer
Arkansas National Guard
501-212-5020 / 501-590-0318
ng.ar.ararng.mbx.daily-guard@mail.mil

6 Air Guardsmen mobilized for COVID-19 state active duty with UAMS
~ 10 Army Guard medics reassigned from Ark. Dept. of Health call center to UAMS

WHO:
  The Arkansas National Guard

WHAT:  By order of the Governor, is mobilizing 6 Air National Guard medics from the 189th Airlift Wing to state active duty and is reassigning 10 Army Guard medics from the Arkansas Department of Health call center to UAMS to support UAMS medical staff with medical screening management

WHEN:  March 19, 2020, thru March 30, 2020

WHERE:
UAMS campus, Little Rock

WHY:        The Arkansas National Guard is tasked to assist with COVID-19 medical screening management at the UAMS campus in Little Rock. The Arkansas National Guard is a resource pool full of highly trained Soldiers and Airmen that can assist in a wide range of State emergencies when called up by the Governor. The Arkansas National Guard assumes support roles to augment civil authorities where needed to help in a crisis. 

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  • Arkansas National Guard Public Affairs Office
  • PO BOX 30, Camp Robinson, North Little Rock, AR 72199
  • Phone:501-212-5098
  • Fax: 501-212-5019
  • ng.ar.ararng.mbx.daily-guard@mail.mil