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.
The Pentagon will deploy more than 1,100 troops to five vaccination centers in support of the White House campaign to get more Americans inoculated against COVID-19.
WASHINGTON (AP) 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
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Pentagon deploys troops to fuel COVID-19 vaccine drive
President Joe Biden has called for 100 mass vaccination centers around country
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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.