Skip to main content (Press Enter).
 News
    
        Photos

    Week in Photos

    Air Force TV

    Commentaries

    Features

    Art

    About Us
    
        Air Force Senior Leaders
    
        SECAF

    CSAF

    CMSAF

    Biographies

    Fact Sheets

    SECAF Reading List

    CSAF Leadership Library
    
        CSAF Leadership Library 2022

    CSAF Leadership Library 2021

    CSAF Reading List Pre-2020 Archive
    
        2018 CSAF Reading List

    2017 CSAF Reading List

    2016 CSAF Reading List

    CSAF Leadership Library 2023

    CMSAF Leadership Library

    50 Years of the CMSAF

    Adjunct Professors

    Air Force Strategic Documents

    Arctic Strategy

    Empowered Airmen

    State Licensure Portability

    Careers

    AF Federal Advisory Committees

    AF 75th Anniversary

    Policy Updates

    AF Content Management

    Contact Us

    AF Sites
    
        Site RegistrationU.S. Air Force LogoAir Force

        Policy UpdatesNewsroomReoptimizationBIOGRAPHIESAF Senior Leaders      Task Force-Southeast Defense Support to Civil AuthoritiesAir Force Master Sgt. Nick Hallman, 85th Engineering Installation Squadron cable technician stationed at Keesler Air Force Base, Miss., installs cable inside the newly-established Joint Operations Center for Task Force-Southeast at Shaw Air Force Base, S.C., March 30, 2020. Deployed as part of U.S. Army North, Task Force-Southeast provides defense support of civil authorities in Federal Emergency Management Agency regions III and IV on behalf of the DoD’s COVID-19 response. TF-SE will provide medical, planning, communication, transportation and logistics support. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Megan Floyd)
                
                Photo Details /
                        Download Hi-Res

Task Force-Southeast supports COVID-19 fightPublished April 17, 2020
                    
                    By Senior Airman Benjamin Ingold
                    
                    
                    Task Force-Southeast Public Affairs
            **SHAW AIR FORCE BASE, S.C. (AFNS) --**The Department of Defense has stood up task forces across the U.S. to provide relief to state health care systems fightingCOVID-19.

Task Force-Southeast, led byNinth Air Force, is the primary DoD support organization for the Federal Emergency Management Agency response to COVID-19 in FEMA Regions III and IV.

“When Hurricane Dorian hit the Bahamas, we were asked if we could potentially lead the JTF for relief,” said Col. Jason Jensen, Task Force-Southeast operations director. “We were asked again to respond to the COVID-19 outbreak and were selected, which was a great opportunity to demonstrate what we have been training toward.”

Ninth AF was scheduled to participate in a major exercise before pivoting to provide support to FEMA’s fight against COVID-19.

“Standing up the Ninth Air Force as the Southeast regional task force was a Herculean team effort,” said Senior Master Sgt. Christopher Sikora, TF-SE communications superintendent. “On short notice, we had to prepare two facilities to conduct command and control of forces across 13 states to respond to the national COVID-19 crisis.”

Task Force-Southeast is based out ofShaw Air Force Base but consists of service members from units across U.S. Northern Command, as well as representatives from FEMA.

“We as Airmen, think like Airmen,” Jensen said. “A Soldier brings the different perspective and expertise the Army has acquired regularly performing these operations in the homeland. We also bring in-state representatives to the task force so we can see the command and control operations on the federal side.”

As the response to the COVID-19 pandemic progresses, Task Force-Southeast is ready to provide much-needed relief to overworked healthcare workers and save lives.LR 



USAF 



AF 



Air Force 



COVID-19 



coronavirus 



Task Force-Southeast 



ACC 



Air Combat Command 



FEMA 



Federal Emergency Management Agency 



Shaw AFB 



ninth air force 



health 



medical 



relief Featured News
        Senior Leader Priorities
                SecAF, CSAF, CMSAF begin Indo-Pacific trip focused on ACE
                    
                    DAF leaders talk budget, reoptimizing the force
                    
                    DAF leaders speak at National Character and Leadership Symposium
                    
                    DAF members recognized during BEYA STEM awards
                    
                    DAF senior enlisted advisors discuss Airmen, Guardians in the fightInnovation
                F-16s arrive to be modified for autonomous testing
                    
                    AFWERX director discusses role of tech startups, quick innovation in Great Power Competition
                    
                    DAF delivers lethality at the speed of data during Project Convergence Capstone 4
                    
                    DAF welcomes industry partners to HQ development program
                    
                    DAF announces Spark Tank 2024 finalistsMAJCOM News
                Safety enterprise announces new mission, vision, goals in 2024 strategic plan
                    
                    Air Combat Command welcomes new commander
                    
                    USAFE-AFAFRICA commander discusses Integrated Air, Missile Defense during Munich Security Conference
                    
                    Flosi to AFMC family: Embrace change, make every day count
                    
                    AMC rises to increasing global tension
 Quick Links
AccessibilityContact UsEqual OpportunityFOIA | Privacy | Section 508Information QualityInspector GeneralJAG Court-Martial DocketLink DisclaimerNo FEAR ActOpen GovernmentOSI Tip LinePlain LanguageQuestionsResilienceRSSSite MapVeterans Crisis LineCareers
Join the Air ForceAir Force BenefitsAir Force CareersAir Force ReserveAir National GuardCivilian ServiceConnect
            Get Social with Us
            
            Official United States Air Force Website
    Hosted by Defense Media Activity - WEB.mil