TY - JOUR T1 - Swiss Armed Forces deployment during the COVID-19 pandemic: militia pharmacy officers’ roles and duties JF - BMJ Military Health JO - BMJ Mil Health SP - 141 LP - 141 DO - 10.1136/bmjmilitary-2020-001605 VL - 167 IS - 2 AU - Nicolas Widmer AU - C Abbet AU - J Brunner AU - J Faro Barros AU - S Ullmann AU - C Beeler AU - B Hug AU - C Reichert AU - V A D Bättig AU - G Caglioti AU - M Flück AU - H Moll AU - R Herklotz Y1 - 2021/04/01 UR - http://militaryhealth.bmj.com/content/167/2/141.abstract N2 - From 6 March to 30 June 2020, because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Swiss government has mobilised several conscript (militia) formations of the Swiss Armed Forces to assist the cantons (states) with healthcare, logistics and security in the fight against SARS-CoV-2. With 5000 members of the military, mostly from the medical troops, it was the largest mobilisation since the Second World War.1 During the first pandemic wave, four hospital battalions were mainly dispatched in support of civilian hospitals and nursing homes and a medical logistic battalion was primarily assisting the Swiss Armed Forces Pharmacy. The professional collaborators of this central pharmacy, including full-time pharmacists, were mainly involved in the supply of therapeutic products for the troops deployed (medical material; supply class … ER -