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News | March 26, 2020

USAMMC-K plays key role in fight against COVID-19 in Korea

By C.J. Lovelace

Soldiers assigned to U.S. Army Medical Materiel Center-Korea (USAMMC-K) maintain a “fight tonight” mindset.

But they never thought “the enemy” would be a virus.

In late December, well before news of a highly contagious coronavirus called COVID-19 began to receive widespread U.S. media attention, USAMMC-K leaders were already at battle -- ensuring U.S. Forces on the Korea peninsula had access to life-saving personal protective equipment (PPE).