PANDEMIC RESPONSE
prototypes, and then sourced the electronic components, to build power supplies for ventilators. Our artisans utilized their unique backgrounds to focus on what the country needed in response to the pandemic.
MOVING SUPPLIES It is impossible to overstate the importance of getting supplies where they are needed, at the right time. TACOM’s Sierra Army Depot in California is directly contributing to the COVID-19 response through the reception, storage and shipment of test kits and PPE. In late April, the depot began receiving millions of pieces of equipment, including gowns, surgical masks and face coverings, shoe covers, surgical caps, gloves, eye protection, face shields, hand sanitizer, thermometers, collection kits and test kits. Also, U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command’s Letterkenny Army Depot in Pennsylvania produced medical isolation gowns for a Pennsylvania-based health care system as part of a public- private partnership.
Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command (SDDC) coordinated more than 200 line-haul, or freight, move- ments of critical medical units, equipment and supplies as part of the COVID-19 response. In addition, the command executed deployment and distribution operations at strategic seaports in the U.S. and overseas while also supporting sustainment require- ments, often exceeding 1,000 supply containers per week, for the Defense Logistics Agency, Army and Air Force Exchange Service and Defense Commissary Agency. Te SDDC workforce balanced COVID-19 missions with its support of DEFENDER- Europe 20, demonstrating its ability to project strategic readiness. DEFENDER-Europe 20 was designed as a deployment exercise to build strategic readiness in support of the U.S. National Defense Strategy and NATO deterrence objectives. Although the exercise was scaled back in response to COVID-19, SDDC moved more than 3,000 pieces of equipment through multiple seaports from the United States to Europe.
Contracting has also played a key role. Te Army Contracting Command (ACC) awarded and oversaw contracts, completed thousands of contracting and government purchase card actions, and mobilized teams in support of the Federal Emer- gency Management Agency in 14 locations around the country, including New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Seattle, Dallas and other cities.
Outside of the U.S., AMC is also working with U.S. Army Security Assistance Command to provide medical supplies and materials to our allies and partners overseas. One example of this
SAFETY FIRST
Hazel Ann Swan, supervisory program specialist at the Child Development Center (CDC), takes a child’s temperature on July 24 during morning drop-off. CDCs at U.S. Army Garrison Wiesbaden in Germany have implemented safety measures as they provide care to the children of mission- critical personnel during the COVID-19 pandemic. (Photo by Emily Jennings, U.S. Army Garrison Wiesbaden)
is a foreign military sales case that includes COVID-19-related protection materials, including masks and surgical gowns, for the Afghanistan National Army.
TAKING CARE OF OUR PEOPLE While supporting the COVID-19 fight, we continued taking care of our workforce and their families. Like many across the Army, our workforce has been using telework and work flexibil- ities. At the headquarters, we have maximized telework, so there are limited staff in the building. As in other Army organizations, those who work in the building are wearing face coverings in common areas and are maintaining social distance at all times.
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