Airman 1st Class Connor Sams, 48th Medical Group technician, receives the COVID-19 vaccine at Royal Air Force Lakenheath, England, Dec.29, 2020. The arrival of the vaccine paves the way for a phased vaccine distribution plan to protect our communities against COVID-19. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Madeline Herzog)
Initial DOD COVID-19 vaccinations underway across USEUCOM region
3:54 PM12/30/2020
The initial round of COVID-19 vaccinations are underway for prioritized Department of Defense (DOD) personnel serving within the U.S. European Command (USEUCOM) area of responsibility.
NAS Sigonella Donates over $500,000 in Supplies to Aid Sicilian COVID-19 Response
2:34 PM12/29/2020
In coordination with the Defense Security Cooperation Agency’s (DSCA) Humanitarian Assistance Program and the U.S. Mission to Italy, Naval Air Station Sigonella provided the second of three donations of personal protective equipment (PPE) to local hospitals in Catania on behalf of the U.S. Navy.
U.S. Army Capt. Skyler Brown (left), Family Medicine Physician assigned to 1st Squadron, 91st Cavalry Regiment (Airborne), 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team, is the first service member in all of U.S. Army Europe and Africa to receive the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at U.S. Army Health Clinic Grafenwoehr, Tower Barracks, Grafenwoehr, Germany, Dec. 28, 2020. Pfc. Luca Weber (right) administered the COVID-19 vaccine to Brown at 8:43 a.m.
Ansbach, Grafenwoehr and Vilseck Army health clinics begin COVID-19 vaccinations
8:14 AM12/29/2020
U.S. Army Health Clinics in Ansbach, Grafenwoehr and Vilseck conducted their first inoculations of healthcare workers with the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine Dec. 28, 2020.
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.