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A soldier wearing a face mask leans over to a car window to talk to an elderly man wearing a face mask.

April 12, 2021

4th Infantry Division Soldiers Round Off Vaccination Support at historic first DOD-supported vaccine site

LOS ANGELES — The 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, deployed approximately 220 Soldiers to Los Angeles to assist the state of California and the Federal Emergency Management Agency in administering COVID-19 vaccinations to members of the Los Angeles community from Feb. 16 to April 11, at the California State University Los Angeles Community Vaccination Center. The site was the first vaccination site to receive support from active-duty service members.

An Air Force medical technician administers the COVID-19 vaccine at a state-run, federally-supported COVID-19 Community Vaccination Center.

April 9, 2021

ARNORTH to oversee military vaccination support to FEMA at four new locations

SAN ANTONIO, Texas — At the request of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, approximately 560 Department of Defense military medical and support personnel will deploy to Colorado, Louisiana, Minnesota and Oklahoma to support federal vaccination efforts in partnership with the states.

Senior Airman Can Liu, from Queens, N.Y., and a 335th Expeditionary Medical Operations Squadron general purpose Airman, pose for a photo at the state-led, federally-supported Medgar Evers College Community Vaccination Center in Brooklyn, N.Y., March 24, 2021. Liu, who is deployed from the 20th Civil Engineer Squadron out of Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla., was born in Fushun, China, is fluent in Mandarin, and moved to the U.S. with her family when she was nine years old. Liu is able to translate for Chinese community members who have questions while receiving their COVID-19 vaccination. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Ashley Nicole Taylor)

April 6, 2021

335th EMDOS Airman translates for Brooklyn CVC community

BROOKLYN, N.Y. — Efforts have been underway for almost a month to bring the COVID-19 vaccine to people at the state-led, federally-supported Medgar Evers College Community Vaccination Center in Brooklyn.

A U.S. Army combat medic administers a COVID-19 vaccine.

April 2, 2021

ARNORTH to oversee military vaccination support to FEMA at three new locations

SAN ANTONIO, Texas — At the request of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, approximately 420 Department of Defense military medical and support personnel will deploy to Maryland, Tennessee and Wisconsin to support state-run, federally supported Community Vaccination Centers.

An autonomous vehicle drives across a desert floor.

April 1, 2021

Exercise Reveals Advantages Artificial Intelligence Gives in All-Domain Ops

A global information dominance exercise showed the tremendous advantages the Defense Department would realize by applying machine learning and artificial intelligence to all-domain information, Air Force Gen. Glen D. VanHerck said.

A U.S. Army combat medic talks with a community member while administering a COVID vaccine.

March 30, 2021

ARNORTH to oversee military vaccination support to FEMA at five new locations

SAN ANTONIO, Texas — At the request of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, approximately 860 Department of Defense military medical and support personnel deployed to Massachusetts, New Jersey, and Virginia, and will deploy to Indiana and Missouri, to support state-run, federally supported Community Vaccination Centers.

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st. Class Linzie Avalos, deployed from Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado, prepares to vaccinate a Tampa community member at the Tampa Community Vaccination Center March 12, 2021 in Tampa, Florida. Avalos is one of nearly 140 Airmen on site at the state-led, federally-supported operation. U.S. Northern Command, through U.S. Army North, remains committed to providing continued, flexible Department of Defense support to the Federal Emergency Management Agency as part of the whole-of-government response to COVID-19. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Holly Roberts-Davis/Luke AFB Public Affairs)

March 29, 2021

Peterson Airmen support Florida community members

TAMPA, Fla. — U.S. Air Force Captain Stephanie McIlwraith promised herself she would never return to Florida after her mother’s funeral in August of 2020. Earlier that year, just as the nation began to implement COVID-19 restrictions, McIlwraith’s mother was diagnosed with cancer.

A U.S. Army combat medic administers a COVID vaccine.

March 25, 2021

ARNORTH to oversee military vaccination support to FEMA in Washington

San Antonio, Texas — At the request of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, approximately 100 Department of Defense military medical and support personnel will deploy to Washington to support a state-run, federally supported Community Vaccination Center.

March 17, 2021

64th AEG provides vaccination support to FEMA in Michigan

TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. — At the request of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, approximately 220 Department of Defense military medical and support personnel will deploy to Michigan to support a state-run, federally supported community vaccination center.

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Minh Tran, third from the left, a medical technician assigned to COVID Theater Hospital-1, and his civilian colleagues prepare to move a patient at Los Angeles County + University of Southern California Medical Center, Los Angeles, Calif., August 10, 2020. Tran is a member of a medical support team deployed from the 60th Medical Group, Travis Air Force Base, Calif., which integrated with hospital staff to provide additional medical support. U.S. Northern Command, through U.S. Army North, remains committed to providing flexible Department of Defense support to the Federal Emergency Management Agency in support of the whole-of-America COVID-19 response. (U.S. Army photo by Lt. Col. Charles Calio)

March 16, 2021

99th Medical Group deploys in response to COVID-19

NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. — Members of the 99th Medical Group were deployed to California at the request of the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the state of California in response to a surge of COVID-19 patients, Jan. 7 to Feb. 13, 2021.

A middle school Spanish teacher, receives her COVID-19 vaccine.

March 15, 2021

ARNORTH to oversee military vaccination support to FEMA in Michigan

San Antonio, Texas — At the request of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, approximately 220 Department of Defense military medical and support personnel will deploy to Michigan to support a state-run, federally supported Community Vaccination Center.

A U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman administers a COVID-19 vaccine to a community member.

March 9, 2021

ARNORTH to oversee military vaccination support to FEMA in Georgia and Ohio

SAN ANTONIO, Texas — At the request of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, approximately 440 Department of Defense military medical and support personnel will deploy to Georgia and Ohio to support two state-run, federally supported Community Vaccination Centers.

A hospital corpsman with assists local community members through the check-in process to receive their COVID-19 vaccine.

March 2, 2021

ARNORTH to oversee military vaccination support to FEMA in Illinois and North Carolina

SAN ANTONIO, Texas — At the request of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, approximately 360 Department of Defense military medical and support personnel will deploy to Illinois and North Carolina to support two state-run, federally supported Community Vaccination Centers.

A soldier wearing a face mask and gloves kneels down to give a shot in the arm of a woman sitting in a chair.

Feb. 24, 2021

ARNORTH to oversee military vaccination support to FEMA in Florida and Pennsylvania

SAN ANTONIO, Texas — At the request of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, approximately 780 Department of Defense military medical and support personnel will deploy to Florida and Pennsylvania to support five state-run, federally-supported Community Vaccination Centers.

A Soldier administers a COVID-19 vaccine to a local New Jersey citizen in support of COVID-19 vaccine operations.

Feb. 16, 2021

Fact Sheet: U.S. Army North COVID-19 Vaccination Site Support Since February 2021

SAN ANTONIO, Texas — U.S. Army North, U.S. Northern Command's Joint Force Land Component Command, has overseen the Department of Defense's COVID-19 response operation in support of the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Department of Health and Human Services since March 2020. This fact sheet reflects assistance to state-run, federally supported community vaccination centers since February 2021.

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