Preparing a Syringe

 

Navy Seaman Gabriel Cabral prepares a COVID-19 vaccine to be administered aboard Nimitz-class nuclear aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson in San Diego, Calif., Feb. 19, 2021­­­­.

Vaccine Site

 

People wait to receive the COVID-19 vaccine at the Globe Life Field Community Vaccination Center in Arlington, Texas, Feb. 26, 2021. Marines and sailors assigned to the 1st Marine Logistics Group established the vaccination site in partnership with the Arlington Fire Department and the city of Arlington at the request of the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Northern Command, through Army North, remains committed to responding to COVID-19 pandemic.

Assisting the Community

 

Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Samantha Kenyon, left, and Petty Officer 1st Class, Amy Cheung, both assigned to the 1st Marine Logistics Group, assist community members through the check-in process to receive their COVID-19 vaccine at the Globe Life Field Community Vaccination Center in Arlington, Texas, Feb. 28, 2021. mand, through 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.

COVID-19 Vaccines

 

Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Codi Hernes, who's assigned to the Urban Augmentation Medical Task Force-531 from Fort Belvoir Community Hospital in Virginia, prepares a COVID-19 vaccine at the state-run, federally-supported York College COVID-19 Community Vaccination Center in Queens, New York, Feb. 28, 2021.

Ammo in the Armory

 

Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Devunte Williams stores ammunition in the armory aboard the USS Sioux City at Naval Station Mayport, Fla., Feb. 4, 2021.

Cadet Competition

 

High school cadets compete in the Army Junior ROTC Raider Nationals in Molena, Ga., Feb. 27, 2021. The competition allowed cadets from across the country to compete against teams in various physical challenges.

Laboon Line

 

Sailors handle a line aboard the USS Laboon during a replenishment in the Mediterranean Sea, March 2, 2021.

Lightning Handshake

 

The aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower sails behind the guided missile destroyer USS Mitscher during Exercise Lightning Handshake in the Atlantic Ocean, March 3, 2021. The USS Dwight D. Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group is participating in the bilateral maritime exercise with the Moroccan navy and air force.

Super Delta

 

The Navy and Air Force flight demonstration squadrons, the Blue Angels and the Thunderbirds, debut the Super Delta formation over a C-130J Super Hercules at Naval Air Facility El Centro, Calif., March 2, 2021.

Medical Aid

 

Army Staff Sgt. Aidan McNulty provides medical aid in Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso, Feb. 20, 2021. U.S. service members provided medical equipment and training to Burkinabe military doctors, supporting medical examinations and treatments of more than 400 people in the country.

Dash Splash

 

A Marine participates in live-fire training at Camp Lejeune, N.C., Feb. 3, 2021.

Ceremony Colors

 

A sailor adds a streamer to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit battle colors during a ceremony aboard the USS New Orleans in Palau, Mar. 1, 2021. The unit held the ceremony to rededicate the battle colors on the unit’s 54th anniversary.

Arizona Guard, Gila River Indian Community Partner For Mass COVID-19 Vaccination Event

 March 3, 2021 | BY Army Staff Sgt. Richard Hoppe

The Arizona National Guard partnered with the Gila River Indian Community and several community organizations during a large-scale, drive-thru COVID-19 vaccination event at Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park in Phoenix on Feb. 20. During the event, more than 600 tribal members were vaccinated, providing much needed relief to the community. 

"This disease has no border. It comes for any race, color or religion," said Gila River Indian Community Lt. Gov. Monica Antone. "So to see the response of a COVID-19 effort, like this, with two communities that work together … it means a lot."

More than 40 guardsmen with Task Forces Medical and Logistics and the 996th Area Support Medical Company answered the call by serving in various roles during the event. They helped with registration support, logistics support, vaccination administration, traffic control and various other joint cooperation efforts - making this the first time that a drill status unit like the 996th has joined forces with an Arizona National Guard COVID-19 task force.

"This is a good foot in the community, in showing our presence in the community and actually helping the community with such a virus and mass efforts of providing vaccinations," said Army Maj. Robert Rodriguez, a physician assistant with the 996th Area Support Medical Company.

The event marks another partnership in the long history between the Arizona National Guard and Gila River Indian Community members, who were part of the first National Guard that stood up in the mid-1800s.

The community praised everyone involved for their help. They hope the mass vaccination event will provide much needed pandemic relief to their community and serve as a learning experience for other organizations looking to host similar events, helping to remind everyone that we are all in this together.

(Army Staff Sgt. Richard Hoppe is assigned to 123rd Mobile Detachment.)