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Ex. AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-024 Context (guidance or announcement) Primary source read

Arkansas National Guard media alert, '20 Guardsmen mobilized for state active duty with Ark. Dept. of Health'

Mobilization of 20 Army National Guard medics of the 39th Infantry Brigade Combat Team to State active duty, Mar. 15-20, 2020, at the ADH Emergency Operations Center, at the request of the Arkansas Division of Emergency Management

Arkansas National Guard Public Affairs Office (Lt. Col. Brian L. Mason), 'By order of the Governor' · Arkansas National Guard (by order of the Governor, at the request of the Arkansas Division of Emergency Management); State level (State)

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Jurisdiction
Arkansas National Guard (by order of the Governor, at the request of the Arkansas Division of Emergency Management); State level · Arkansas
Level
State
Authority
Ark. Code Ann. § 12-61-113
Issued
2020-03-14 Mar. 14, 2020
Effective
2020-03-15
End
2020-03-20 (needs assessment Mar. 19); the Arkansas Guard's COVID-19 mission expanded thereafter under Title 32 (Ex. AGY-DEFENSE-GUARD-004 et seq.) (read as 2020-03-20)
In force
Mar. 15, 2020 to Mar. 20, 2020
Limitation types
Emergency declarationOther
Addressees
  • Arkansas National Guard members ordered to State active duty
  • Arkansas Department of Health
Functions reached
  • WF civilian employers of the mobilized Guard members (workforce removed to State duty; USERRA reemployment obligations)
  • OP
Character
context
Collection
State corrections, emergency management and Guard AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD

Operative words

WHAT: The Arkansas National Guard By order of the Governor, is mobilizing 20 Army National Guard medics from the 39th Infantry Brigade Combat Team to state active duty WHEN: March 15, 2020, thru March 20, 2020 WHERE: The Arkansas Dept. of Health Emergency Operations Center, Little Rock WHY: Arkansas National Guard has been requested by the Arkansas Division of Emergency Management to provide medics to answer phone calls and return phone calls... in support of the Arkansas Department of Health's Emergency Operations Center.

Enforcement

Orders to State active duty under Ark. Code Ann. § 12-61-113

Notes

The earliest dated State-active-duty mobilization in this cluster; documents the ADEM-Guard-ADH mechanism used in every State.

Retrieval note

Hosted on the Arkansas Department of Corrections' COVID-19 document library. in_force_quarters is per instrument (brief, sec.