Military medical treatment facilities in Europe will receive the initial shipment of the COVID-19 vaccine at 28 locations in nine countries across the U.S. EUCOM area of responsibility starting this week.
Staff Sgt. Brenda Collins, medical specialist, from Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center administers the COVID-19 vaccination to a patient during the phase one process Dec.15, 2020 at on Fort Hood, Texas. Distribution of the vaccine will be conducted in phases based on CDC guidance. The vaccine is stored and distributed under various controls to ensure the safety of the recipient.
Army medical treatment facilities to receive initial distribution of COVID vaccine
9:48 AM12/23/2020
Army medical treatment facilities in Europe will soon receive an initial allocation of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine, which recently received U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval under an Emergency Use Authorization.
Chief Warrant Officer 2 Dave Acton, CH-47F Chinook pilot assigned to B Company, 6th General Support Aviation Battalion, 101st Combat Aviation Brigade, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), stands in front of a helicopter at Storck Barracks in Illesheim, Germany, Dec. 16, 2020. Acton, three other flight crew members, and a medical officer from the CAB landed in a field to provide medical assistance following a car accident they witnessed while flying back to Illesheim from a routine training mission, Dec. 15, 2020. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Garrett L. Dipuma)
U.S. Army Spc. Bruce Cook, a CH-47F Chinook crew chief assigned to B Company, 6th General Support Aviation Battalion, 101st Combat Aviation Brigade, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), stands in front of a helicopter at Storck Barracks in Illesheim, Germany, Dec. 16, 2020. Cook, three other flight crew members, and a doctor from the CAB landed in a field to provide medical assistance following a car accident they witnessed while flying back to Illesheim from a routine training mission. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Garrett L. Dipuma)
Sgt. Patrick Carter, a CH-47F Chinook flight engineer assigned to B Company, 6th General Support Aviation Battalion, 101st Combat Aviation Brigade, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), stands in front of a helicopter at Storck Barracks in Illesheim, Germany, Dec. 16, 2020. Carter, three other flight crew members, and a doctor from the CAB landed in a field to provide medical assistance following a car accident they witnessed while flying back to Illesheim from a routine training mission, Dec. 15, 2020. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Garrett L. Dipuma)
U.S. Army pilot Chief Warrant Officer 2 Dave Acton, flight engineer Sgt. Patrick Carter, medical officer Maj. Benjamin Stork, crew chief Spc. Bruce Cook and pilot Chief Warrant Officer Robert Riedel, a CH-47F Chinook crew chief assigned to B Company, 6th General Support Aviation Battalion, 101st Combat Aviation Brigade, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), stand in front of a helicopter at Storck Barracks in Illesheim, Germany, Dec. 16, 2020. The CAB flight crew landed in a field to provide medical assistance following a car accident they witnessed while flying back to Illesheim from a routine training mission, Dec. 15, 2020. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Garrett L. Dipuma)
Chief Warrant Officer 2 Robert Riedel, a CH-47F Chinook pilot assigned to B Company, 6th General Support Aviation Battalion, 101st Combat Aviation Brigade, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), stands in front of a helicopter at Storck Barracks in Illesheim, Germany, Dec. 16, 2020. Riedel, three other flight crew members, and a doctor from the CAB landed in a field to provide medical assistance following a car accident they witnessed while flying back to Illesheim from a routine training mission, Dec. 15, 2020. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Garrett L. Dipuma)
U.S. Army Col. Kenneth J. Burgess, commander of the 173rd Airborne Brigade, left, and Italian Army Brig. Gen. Beniamino Vergori, commander of the Folgore Brigade, during airborne operation onto Nella Drop Zone, Altopascio, Italy, Oct. 15, 2020 under Covid-19 prevention conditions. (U.S. Army Photos by Paolo Bovo)
The 86th Medical Group established a coronavirus disease 2019 drive-thru testing process in the Ramstein Medical Clinic parking lot, giving patients treatment from their own vehicles.
U.S. Marines Complete Norway Deployment for Arctic Warfare Training
3:21 PM12/4/2020
U.S. Marines and Sailors from Marine Rotational Force-Europe completed their intensive arctic training Sunday, marking the end of a six-week deployment to Setermoen, Norway, and have returned to their home station, Camp Lejeune, N.C.
U.S.-Based B-52 Bomber Conducts Mission Over Barents Sea
7:36 AM12/4/2020
The latest Bomber Task Force (BTF) mission in Europe occurred Thursday over the Barents Sea as a U.S. Air Force B-52 Stratofortress bomber aircraft conducted integration operations with NATO Allies.
Hunt Forward Estonia: Estonia, US strengthen partnership in cyber domain with joint operation
2:40 PM12/3/2020
Estonian and U.S. cyber commands jointly conducted a defensive cyber-operation on Estonian Defence Forces’ networks from September 23 to November 6. The operation, designed to counter malicious cyber actors, strengthened the cyber defense capability of both nation’s critical assets.
A Georgian soldier engages from a window during Exercise Saber Junction 20 at the Hohenfels Training Area, Germany, Aug. 20, 2020.Saber Junction 20 is a 7th Army Training Command-conducted, U.S. Army Europe-directed annual exercise designed to assess the readiness of the U.S. Army’s 173rd Airborne Brigade to execute unified land operations in a joint, combined environment, and to promote interoperability with participating allies and partner nations. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Thomas Stubblefield)
