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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.

USS Connecticut surfaces in support of Ice Exercise 2018, Beaufort Sea, March 10, 2018 (U.S. Navy/Micheal H. Lee)

April 1, 2021

Deter in Competition, Deescalate in Crisis, and Defeat in Conflict

As the world’s security environment has evolved over time, our legacy systems have become increasingly challenged, even as our attention drifted away from the possibility of major conflict, especially the possibility of conflict in North America.

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.

Vaccine administration

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.

Photo of an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile.

March 15, 2021

COMMANDER NORAD and USNORTHCOM releases Strategic Vision

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. — Today, General Glen VanHerck, commander of North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command (NORAD and USNORTHCOM) released his strategic vision for the future and his priorities for ensuring the defense of the United States and Canada.