Lieutenant General Todd T. Semonite, Commanding General

Lieutenant General Todd T. Semonite, Commanding General of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot at the McCormick Place Convention Center in response to the COVID-19 pandemic in Chicago, Ill., April 1, 2020. Approximately 30 members of the Illinois Air National Guard were activated to support the US Army Corps of Engineers and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to temporarily convert part of the McCormick Place Convention Center into an Alternate Care Facility (ACF) for COVID-19 patients with mild symptoms who do not require intensive care in the Chicago area. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Senior Airman Jay Grabiec)