new states and as you mentioned the navajo nation in new mexico who will have some of these medical staffs. this is actually a program or an operation that s been going on since august of 2021 so about six months now. you remember back in the beginning of the pandemic the military was deploying out large numbers of medical specialists around the country to the hardest hit areas like new york state. well, what they ve learned since then is it s much more effective for them to send these small groups out, shore up the local hospitals, rather than sending out big groups and try to build a facility in and of itself in large tents or whatever. that this is much more effective. the requests come through fema, defense officials believe that these as requests come in they will continue to staff them and support them as best that they can, hallie. courtney kube live at the pentagon with that breaking news. thank you for that breakdown. appreciate it. staying on the pandemic we have brand-ne