200505-M-WU117-616 BATON ROUGE, La. (May 4, 2020) Hospitalman Christina Gonzales, a Sailor with Expeditionary Medical Facility-M and a native of Ardmore, Okla., preps to bathe and change a patient at Baton Rouge General Mid City campus, May 5, 2020. The 100 EMF-M personnel, part of the Department of Defense COVID-19 response, staff two COVID wards. EMF-M coordinates closely with state, local, and public health authorities to ensure the well-being of their personnel and the local population. The military personnel are not intended to replace existing staff or take the roles that could be filled by team members who might be reassigned from low volume areas. They work to ease the strain of the significant patient care surge as part of the BRG Mid City family. U.S. Northern Command, through U.S. Army North, remains committed to providing flexible Department of Defense support to the Federal Emergency Management Agency for the whole-of-nation COVID-19 response. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Daniel R. Betancourt Jr./Released)