In conclusion, the COVID-19 pandemic continues to wreak havoc on our providers, medical systems, economy, and populace. But as the saying goes, crisis creates opportunity. In this case, the opportunity for us as a surgical community is to lead by applying our lessons learned from combat, trauma, and critical care patient management and to take an active role in triage, resource allocation, contingency planning, and even in the care of the gravely ill patient. The alternative is to sit on the sidelines and be marginalized for a nonsurgical problem when our nation, hospitals, and patients need us most.