MERIDIAN, Miss. - Seven Navy health care workers from Naval Branch Health Clinic at NAS Meridian, Miss., are about to join with others flocking to COVID-19 hot spots to assist with stopping the spread of the coronavirus. NBHC Officer-in-Charge, Cmdr. Nichole Olson, said once the group - known as the "LIMA" team - gets trained up at Naval Hospital Pensacola, Fla., the call to deploy gives them 48 hours to hit the road. “Nobody really expected this to come up,” she told WTOK, “but my staff is ready to go. They know how to protect themselves. They know what the risks are and they’re ready to go help and serve in any way that they can.” Senior Medical Officer Lt. Cmdr. Michael Racs will be among the leaders of the team. “Being able to deploy is the penultimate goal” for doing anything to support the community and nation, he said. The list of personnel preparing to deploy include Lt. Cmdr. Racs, HM2 Aaron Barnes, HA Shea Buquet, HN Dylan Ehler, HM2 Dakota Neel, HN Hannah Ross and HM3 Bishop Sisemore. The eighth member of the NBHC team, Hospital Corpsman Chad Nelson, is already serving aboard the hospital ship USNS Comfort in NYC. (Source: WTOK 04/13/20) https://www.wtok.com/content/news/NAS-Meridian-sailors-prepare-to-serve-in-COVID-19-hot-spot-569599291.html?fbclid=IwAR1i-mPkXZuHo-NdUrIcybfM0nr7RckB3no_WAujcMWys_MtnLJCkmRUY7c. The NAS Meridian clinic is one of 10 branch health clinics across five states that falls under the command of NH Pensacola.
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