In addition to the hospital ships, the Army is deploying field hospitals and the Navy is activating expeditionary medical units to assist local hospitals by taking over their non-virus patient load.

The Army Corps of Engineers is retrofitting hotels and other facilities into medical clinics.

TRANSCOM is air-evacuating US citizens from overseas and the National Guard chief expects tens of thousands of Guard personnel to ultimately be called upon during the crisis.

Son-in-law is a medic in the army station at Ft. Hood. He shipped out last Thursday and is now in New York City. They told him to expect to be there at least two months.