An alumnus of both Princeton University and the Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy, Pamela Berkowsky is proud of her decades of public service. During her Clinton Administration Pentagon tenure, Pamela Berkowsky served as the Department of Defense liaison to the National Security Council and federal, state and local agencies on domestic terrorism preparedness and homeland defense issues. As a champion of enhancements to DOD and government-wide biodefense capabilities, she studied potential biological threats to the United States, including infectious diseases such as COVID-19, and sought to strengthen DOD's ability to respond to such threats at home. Numerous national security assessments, including a recent RAND Corporation study, conclude that the global coronavirus pandemic is the greatest threat to the nation in a century. Compared to World War II, which had an average of 9,000 American deaths per month, COVID-19 has claimed an average of 30,000 lives per month, with numbers expected to rise. It is not surprising, therefore, that Department of Defense assets have played a larger role in responding to the pandemic than any other domestic event in history. What began earlier this year with limited involvement in assisting stranded cruise ship passengers has since grown into a response engaging every branch of the military, including active, reserve and Guard forces; many new assets have received their debut in the midst of the pandemic. Troops and DOD civilian personnel have been engaged in numerous missions ranging from manning field hospitals and urban augmentation medical facilities, deploying hospital ships and rural response teams, distributing PPE, serving meals, conducting virus screening tests, and vaccine development and distribution. Throughout the pandemic, ensuring the safety and protection of its own military and civilian personnel and their families has also been a primary DOD objective.

1. COVID-19 as a US National Security
Emergency
Pamela Berkowsky

2. Introduction
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3. An alumnus of both Princeton University and the
Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy, Pamela Berkowsky
is proud of her decades of public service. During her
Clinton Administration Pentagon tenure, Pamela
Berkowsky served as the Department of Defense liaison
to the National Security Council and federal, state and
local agencies on domestic terrorism preparedness and
homeland defense issues. As a champion of
enhancements to DOD and government-wide
biodefense capabilities, she studied potential biological

4. Numerous national security assessments, including
a recent RAND Corporation study, conclude that the
global coronavirus pandemic is the greatest threat
to the nation in a century. Compared to World War
II, which had an average of 9,000 American deaths
per month, COVID-19 has claimed an average of
30,000 lives per month, with numbers expected to
rise. It is not surprising, therefore, that Department
of Defense assets have played a larger role in
responding to the pandemic than any other

5. What began earlier this year with limited
involvement in assisting stranded cruise ship
passengers has since grown into a response
engaging every branch of the military, including
active, reserve and Guard forces; many new
assets have received their debut in the midst of
the pandemic. Troops and DOD civilian personnel
have been engaged in numerous missions ranging
from manning field hospitals and urban
augmentation medical facilities, deploying