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U.S. Army Reserve celebrates 117th birthday at historic birthplace of the American Revolution

This year, as the Army Reserve marks its 117th birthday, it is honoring its ties to the Army and a legacy of service and sacrifice...

Honoring 250 years, one mile at a time: Fort Hunter Liggett celebrates the Army’s birthday with a...

In honor of the U.S. Army’s 250th birthday and its official theme, “This We’ll Defend,” Fort Hunter Liggett (FHL) is leading a...

Army establishes new fitness test of record to strengthen readiness and lethality

The U.S. Army announced today the establishment of the Army Fitness Test (AFT) as the official physical fitness test of record for...

Tag: Coronavirus

DOD prepares invitation to bring back troops separated for refusing COVID vaccine
February 18, 2025 — The Defense Department plans to invite service members who were involuntarily separated from service for refusing to take the COVID-19 vaccine back into uniform at the same rank they held when they separated... MORE

Soldiers now have additional COVID-19 vaccine option
August 26, 2022 — A new COVID-19 vaccine will be available to Soldiers as an alternative to the Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson’s Janssen vaccines, the Army recently announced... MORE

Army nurses offer insights on living with COVID-19 now, looking into future
January 31, 2022 — One of the more challenging jobs for any public health professional is dealing with unpredictability inherent in outbreaks like the current COVID-19 pandemic. Issues like new COVID-19 variants, explaining when and where the next surge might take place, the need to sometimes adjust recommended preventive measures, and trying to combat persistent misinformation and disinformation can all lead to increased public confusion and sometimes resistance or fatigue... MORE

Army announces implementation of mandatory vaccines for Soldiers
September 15, 2021 — The Army outlined its plan today to fully comply with the Secretary of Defense’s order requiring all Service members to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19... MORE

773rd Civil Support Team administers mobile COVID testing during DEFENDER-21
June 3, 2021 — A five-member laboratory COVID testing team assigned to 773rd Civil Support Team, 7th Mission Support Command, administer COVID-19 testing for unit movement throughout Albania from April 1 through June 5, 2021... MORE

412th TEC inches toward normalcy, returns to office
May 27, 2021 — The COVID-19 pandemic has altered the dynamic of everyone’s life. It has caused many to rearrange and re-align different facets of life from raising families and children, schools or education, recreation and travel, and jobs and careers... MORE

'Desert Medics' restart COVID-19 vaccinations in CENTCOM footprint
May 13, 2021 — After a roughly one-month pause, the "Desert Medics" of the 3rd Medical Command (Deployment Support) relaunched the COVID-19 vaccination effort for personnel deployed across U.S. Central Command's area of responsibility... MORE

National Guard and Army Reservists Step Up to Help Passengers Meet Testing Requirement
April 30, 2021 — When Cindy Wilkerson (Capt., USN Ret.), Assistant Dept. Head and Quality Manager for the Laboratory Dept., US Navy Medical Readiness and Training Command Guantanamo Bay (US NMRTC GB), first learned that COVID-19 testing may be required for passengers leaving the installation, she was concerned. “There was no way we had the staff to collect that many or a location to collect as many samples needed to meet the mandate for everyone flying ‘Space-A’ or on non-funded orders, in such a short time-frame.”... MORE

Appenzeller emphasizes: Get COVID-19 vaccine, no matter where
April 20, 2021 — Army Major Gen. (Dr.) George "Ned" Appenzeller would love it if the military administered every COVID-19 vaccine to every service member. But the assistant director for combat support at the Defense Health Agency told those in attendance at the third Military Health System and Military OneSource COVID-19 Town Hall that the "where" is not important... MORE

LOGCAP Support Brigade completes various vital missions during COVID-19
March 23, 2021 — The Logistics Civil Augmentation Program Support Brigade (LOGCAP) was tasked to help stop the spread of COVID-19 based on its contracting oversight skills and technical expertise in logistics. Within a short time from its initial notification, a large portion of LOGCAP Support Brigade (LSB) mobilized and deployed to over a dozen states inside the U.S. and various locations abroad... MORE

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