{"id":3898,"date":"2020-04-01T13:47:36","date_gmt":"2020-04-01T13:47:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/ng\/?p=3898"},"modified":"2020-04-01T15:55:15","modified_gmt":"2020-04-01T15:55:15","slug":"sec-of-army-visits-screening-site","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/ng\/2020\/04\/01\/sec-of-army-visits-screening-site\/","title":{"rendered":"Secretary of the Army Visits FedEx Screening Site"},"content":{"rendered":"

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”3902″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1585748743961{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-right: 0px !important;margin-bottom: 0px !important;margin-left: 0px !important;border-top-width: 0px !important;border-right-width: 0px !important;border-bottom-width: 0px !important;border-left-width: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;padding-right: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;padding-left: 0px !important;}”]Article By 1st Lt. Mary Lyons, photos by Sgt. Elise Moore, and v<\/span><\/i>ideo By Staff Sgt. Paul Porter, all members of the 29th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment<\/span><\/i><\/sup>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1585749503062{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-right: 0px !important;margin-bottom: 0px !important;margin-left: 0px !important;border-top-width: 0px !important;border-right-width: 0px !important;border-bottom-width: 0px !important;border-left-width: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;padding-right: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;padding-left: 0px !important;}”]\"\"<\/a>LANDOVER, Md (March 31, 2020) \u2014 Ryan D. McCarthy, secretary of the Army, Lt. Gen. Daniel Hokanson, director of the Army National Guard, and Congressmen Anthony G. Brown joined Army Maj. Gen. Timothy E. Gowen, adjutant general for Maryland, during a visit to Prince Georges County COVID-19 screening site located at FedEx Field Mar. 31.<\/p>\n

Brown, McCarthy and Hokanson visited the screening site to learn how the National Guard can assist civilian agencies in the nation\u2019s fight against the spread of COVID-19.<\/p>\n

\u201cI want to thank General Gowen for the outstanding work that he and his team are doing here at FedEx Field in Prince Georges County,\u201d said Brown. \u201cThey are setting up the infrastructure so that our public health officials can serve the residents of Prince Georges County and the surrounding area. We would not be able to do this as effectively if not for the Maryland National Guard.\u201d\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

The 1297th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion assembled about 12 tents where medical specialists can work. MDNG medics are supporting Prince George\u2019s County Department of Health at the site. The 115th Military Police Battalion are supporting the county police department to secure the site and the MDNG is also providing fuel for generators and water.<\/p>\n

McCarthy expressed his gratitude to the congressman for supporting the National Guard gaining approval to serve under Title 32 authority for the state\u2019s COVID-19 response. Title 32 is federally funded, allowing National Guard members to receive equal benefits and entitlements as the active military components. The Governor also remains in control of the state\u2019s National Guard under Title 32 authority.<\/p>\n

\u201cOn my way out here I had to opportunity to talk to Governor Hogan over the phone,\u201d said McCarthy. \u201cHe\u2019s been very aggressive [in the response efforts] and hitting [the support] on all cylinders.\u201d<\/p>\n

McCarthy began the visit at the hand washing station before entering the screening site.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>\u201cThe Maryland National Guard couldn\u2019t be more proud to serve our communities during this challenging time,\u201d said Army Maj. Gen. Timothy E. Gowen, adjutant general for Maryland. \u201cOur presence in the community along with our capabilities make us perfectly suited to help our neighbors get through this. We\u2019re all in this together.\u201d<\/p>\n

Gowen spoke with Hokanson on the overall support the MDNG has provided since initially activated Mar. 12.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is going to take a lot of discipline and focus in leadership of soldiers like Maj. Gen. Gowen and other soldiers to get us through this fight,\u201d Hokanson said.<\/p>\n

More than 1,600 Maryland National Guard members are actively supporting Maryland\u2019s response to combat the spread of COVID-19. The MDNG is working closely with state and local agencies providing medical augmentation, transportation, food and medical equipment distribution, and more.<\/p>\n

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Ryan D. McCarthy, secretary of the Army, Lt. Gen. Daniel Hokanson, director of the Army National Guard, and Congressmen Anthony G. Brown joined Army Maj. Gen. Timothy E. Gowen, adjutant general for Maryland, during a visit to Prince Georges County COVID-19 screening site located at FedEx Field Mar. 31.<\/p>\n

Brown, McCarthy and Hokanson visited the screening site to learn how the National Guard can assist civilian agencies in the nation\u2019s fight against the spread of COVID-19.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":141,"featured_media":3902,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2,16],"tags":[909,910,908,907],"class_list":["post-3898","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-press-media-advisories","tag-covid19nationalguard","tag-marylandnationalguard","tag-covid19c","tag-mdngcovid19response"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3898","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/141"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3898"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3898\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3917,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3898\/revisions\/3917"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3902"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3898"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3898"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3898"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}