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13 PUEBLO, Colo. – Nestled at the junction of the Arkansas River and Fountain Creek in southern Colorado is the city of Pueblo, home to just over 110,000 residents. With more Medal of Honor recipients per capita than any city in the world, Pueblo was appropriately coined “The Home of Heroes”.
Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower once joked, “What is it… something in the water out there in Pueblo? All you guys turn out to be heroes!” While he may not be receiving the Medal of Honor on this mission, U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Joshua Montelongo, a current resident of Pueblo and combat medic assigned to 52nd Brigade Engineer Battalion on Fort Carson, Colorado, has become a hometown hero in another way.
Stephanie Murphy’s scream while receiving her first COVID-19 vaccination shot was quickly followed with, “thank you,” Wednesday morning at a federally run mass vaccination site in Pueblo.
8 FORT CARSON, Colo. – Nearly 140 Soldiers assigned to 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team (SBCT), 4th Infantry Division, are providing vaccinations to members of the Pueblo community in an effort to stop the spread of COVID-19.
The Soldiers deployed from Fort Carson on Monday, April 12, 2021, in support of Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) COVID-19 response operations.
This team will join more than 4,800 troops from across the Department of Defense (DOD) supporting the federal vaccination effort. Nationwide, DOD personnel have administered upwards of 2.6 million vaccinations across 38 cities in 23 states, including the U.S. Virgin Islands territory.
“We’ve been training and preparing for a COVID vaccination mission somewhere in the U.S.,” said Lt. Col. Gary McDonald, the commander of 3rd Squadron, 61st Calvary Regiment, 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division. “When we were told we were going to Pueblo, we were very excited.”
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