Georgia’s insurance commissioner has been deployed to the front lines of the coronavirus battle, working with his National Guard unit as they help cities across the country turn convention centers into hospitals.

King is a major general in the guard. When he served as Doraville’s police chief, King was deployed to Iraq. Now, he has been deployed in his own country to fight COVID-19. “It’s something unlike we’ve seen since World War II,” Commissioner King told WSB Television.

King said he got called up a few weeks ago to help organize the U.S. Army’s efforts to transform huge convention centers in New Orleans, and then in New Jersey, into minimum care hospitals. Commissioner King has been in the National Guard for 34 years.

As Georgia’s insurance commissioner, King is in charge of logistics and supply chain issues for the governor’s coronavirus task force.  He has been fulfilling his duties as insurance commissioner remotely while being deployed.

Commissioner King will be speaking with WZQZ News in an exclusive interview.  You can hear the Major General’s interview coming up on Friday morning after the 8 AM and Noon News on WZQZ.

We will also post the interview online.