More than 9,000 retired Army medical personnel respond to call for assistance with coronavirus pandemic

Hundreds of active duty soldiers are also deploying to support field hospitals.

More than 9,000 retired soldiers have responded to the U.S. Army's call for retired medical personnel to assist with the response to the novelcoronavirus pandemic, as hundreds of active duty soldiers deploy to support Army field hospitals in New York and Seattle.

Earlier this week, the Army sent a notification to more than 800,000 retired soldiers to gauge their willingness in returning to service in a volunteer capacity. In a Pentagon briefing on Thursday, Army Chief of Staff Gen. James McConville called the initial response "very, very positive."

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