Pentagon deploys more than 1,100 troops to fuel COVID-19 vaccine drive
February 5
Air Force Lt. Col. Roy Loque, 17th Operational Medical Readiness Squadron commander, readies a COVID-19 vaccination at the Mathis Fitness Center on Goodfellow Air Force Base, Texas, Jan. 20, 2021. (Senior Airman Abbey Rieves/Air Force)
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon will deploy more than 1,100 troops to five vaccination centers in what will be the first wave of increased military support for the White House campaign to get more Americans inoculated against COVID-19.
President Joe Biden has called for setting up 100 mass vaccination centers around the country within a month. One of the five new military teams will go to a vaccination center opening in California. Other centers are expected to be announced soon.