26 March 2021 Entire Force May Be Vaccinated for COVID-19 by Early Summer Depending on the rate at which the Defense Department can get vaccines, and the uptake rate, it's possible that by early summer, every person in the DOD could be vaccinated, the director of the Defense Health Agency said...
23 March 2021 Afghanistan, COVID-19, Maritime Exercises Among Topics Covered at Pentagon Briefing Pentagon Press Secretary John F. Kirby gave reporters a whirlwind tour of issues facing the Defense Department citing a maritime exercise in the Arabian Sea, issues in Afghanistan, COVID-19 vaccinations and housing migrant children in DOD facilities...
23 March 2021 Top Defense Official Calls Military's COVID Effort 'Phenomenal' Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen H. Hicks praised the military's work in both the mission to protect DOD people and readiness, and the mission to support federal, state and local officials...
25 February 2021 Austin Praises Nimitz Carrier Strike Group for Record-Breaking Deployment Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III flew out to the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz off the coast of California to thank the crew for a record-setting deployment in the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command and U.S. Central Command areas of responsibility...
05 February 2021 Defense Personnel to Support FEMA in Vaccination Push Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III announced that 1,110 active duty service members will support five Federal Emergency Management Agency vaccinations centers...
26 January 2021 Navy, DoD Respond to COVID-19 in Navajo Nation Navy personnel deployed to the Navajo Nation reservation in New Mexico and Arizona to help treat COVID-19 patients...
23 January 2021 Fleet Forces Establishes Vaccination Cell to Expedite Delivery to Fleet U.S. Fleet Forces Command (USFFC) is taking the lead in the fleet’s fight against the novel coronavirus with the stand-up of a Fleet Vaccination Cell (FVC), Jan. 11, 2021...
14 December 2020 COVID-19 Vaccine Headed to Naval Medical Center San Diego, Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton The COVID-19 vaccine that received emergency use authorization (EUA) approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) last week is headed to two military treatment facilities in Southern California...