98 As Nurses Week comes to close, some of the military nurses, with diverse backgrounds, supporting the Community Vaccination Center in Memphis reflect on their profession and share a common goal-helping people in need.
Among the nurses, U.S. Navy Lt. J.G. Joseph Kolaszewski, a former U.S. Marine Corps gunnery sergeant, commissioned into the Navy’s nursing profession and is one of the many Marines and Sailors with 2d Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, deployed in support of the state-run, federally-supported Community Vaccination Center at the Memphis Fairgrounds in Memphis, Tennessee.
“Being a nurse was the best way I could give back,” said Kolaszewski.
CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C.
Deploying Marines and Sailors with II Marine Expeditionary Force received the coronavirus vaccination in preparation for an upcoming overseas deployment at the Russell Marine and Family Services Center in Camp Lejeune, January 15.
In compliance with the Department of Defense’s coronavirus disease 2019 vaccination plan in support of Operation Warp Speed, U.S. Navy corpsmen, nurses, and doctors with 2nd Medical Battalion worked alongside the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit to form the II MEF COVID-19 vaccination team.
The team hosted a week-long campaign to ensure deploying service members were given the opportunity to receive the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine before traveling abroad to support contingency operations and bilateral training efforts overseas.