{"id":40909,"date":"2021-12-21T13:23:37","date_gmt":"2021-12-21T13:23:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/uncategorized\/2021\/12\/21\/white-house-to-deploy-1000-more-troops-to-help-with-covid-surge\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T05:50:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T05:50:11","slug":"white-house-to-deploy-1000-more-troops-to-help-with-covid-surge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2021\/12\/21\/white-house-to-deploy-1000-more-troops-to-help-with-covid-surge\/","title":{"rendered":"White House to deploy 1,000 more troops to help with COVID surge"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The White House plans to mobilize <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2021\/02\/05\/pentagon-deploys-more-than-1100-troops-to-fuel-covid-19-vaccine-drive\/\" target=\"_blank\">1,000 more service members<\/a> to help support medical centers around the country early next year as part of a broader plan to battle the recent surge of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/coronavirus\/\" target=\"_blank\">coronavirus cases<\/a> in America.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The moves, to be formally unveiled by President Joe Biden in a speech this afternoon, are in response to the rapid spread of the Omicron variant of the COVID-19 virus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">White House officials have said in recent days they are planning a series of actions designed to increase vaccinations and slow the advance of the virus, but won\u2019t seek any new lockdown or restriction measures. However, numerous local communities have already begun reinstating limits on school attendance, mass gatherings and other group events.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/your-military\/2021\/08\/17\/military-deploying-medical-assistance-teams-to-battle-covid-19-surges\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"157\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/nurse1.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Military deploying medical assistance teams to battle COVID-19 surges<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Five teams will be ready to deploy.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">White House officials ahead of Tuesday\u2019s announcement said that the additional troops will deploy to \u201cCOVID-burdened hospitals\u201d and will include \u201cmilitary doctors, nurses, paramedics, and other medical personnel.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is coordinating the moves with other federal agencies to place personnel in areas of greatest need.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Biden will also announce plans to deploy federal medical personnel, expected to include some Department of Veterans Affairs staff, to additional locations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Six emergency response teams with more than 100 clinical personnel are already headed to Michigan, Indiana, Wisconsin, Arizona, New Hampshire and Vermont \u2014 some of the states hardest hit by the new variant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Another 300 federal medical personnel have been deployed to other locations in recent weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2021\/12\/17\/dishonorable-discharges-for-covid-vaccine-refusal-off-the-table-as-military-separations-begin\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"154\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/6490814.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Dishonorable discharges for COVID vaccine refusal off the table as military separations begin<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Only discharges of honorable or general under honorable conditions will be allowed under the new defense authorization bill.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Smaller teams of military medical personnel \u2014 both National Guard and active-duty \u2014 have been activated in recent months to help ease the pressure on the national health care system. But the new deployment plan represents a significant escalation of those efforts reminiscent of the height of the pandemic in America one year ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Biden will also announce efforts to expand hospital capacity in hard-hit areas and plans to rush ventilators and protective equipment to regions in need.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The White House is also planning the purchase of 500 million COVID testing kits for free distribution to Americans starting next month. 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