Fact Sheet: U.S. Army North COVID-19 Vaccination Site Support Since February 2021

SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, UNITED STATES

03.02.2021

Story by Col. Martin O'Donnell 

Federal Vaccine Response

U.S. Army North, U.S. Northern Command's Joint Force Land Component Command, has overseen the Department of Defense's COVID-19 response operation in support of the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Department of Health and Human Services since March 2020. This fact sheet reflects joint assistance to state-run, federally supported community vaccination centers since February 2021. Approximately 2,260 military medical and support personnel from four of the six service branches are currently working, or will soon work, in eight states and one territory as part of the federal vaccine response to the pandemic.

DoD Community Vaccination Center Support

As part of new COVID-19 support efforts, and sourced from new Active Duty personnel recently announced by DoD to support the new effort.

• California

o In California, 222 service members, who arrived Feb. 11, will support one team in one city.
 One, 222-person, Type 1 Team from the U.S. Army, will support the Community Vaccination Center at California State University Los Angeles in Los Angeles.

• Florida

o In Florida, 556 service members, who arrived Feb. 26, will support four teams in four cities.
 One, 139-person, Type 2 Team from the U.S. Army will support the CVC at Valencia College – West Campus in Orlando.
 One, 139-person, Type 2 Team from the U.S. Army will support the CVC at Miami Dade Community College (North Campus) in Miami.
 One, 139-person, Type 2 Team from the U.S. Navy will support the CVC at Gateway Mall in Jacksonville.
 One, 139-person, Type 2 Team from the U.S. Air Force will support the CVC at the Tampa Greyhound Track in Tampa.

• Illinois

o In Illinois, 222 service members, arriving March 5, will support one team in one city.
 One, 222-person, Type 1 Team from the U.S. Army will support the CVC at the United Center in Chicago.

• New York

o In New York, 278 service members, who arrived Feb. 19, will support two teams in two cities.
 One 139-person Type 2 Team from the U.S. Navy will support the CVC at York College in Jamaica.
 One 139-person Type 2 Team from the U.S. Air Force will support the CVC at Medgar Evers College in Brooklyn.

• North Carolina

o In North Carolina, 139 service members, arriving March 5, will support one team in one city.
 One, 139-person, Type 2 Team from the U.S. Air Force will support the Four Seasons Town Centre in Greensboro.

• Pennsylvania

o In Pennsylvania, 222 service members, who arrived Feb. 26, will support one team in one city.
 One, 222-person, Type 1 Team from the U.S. Marine Corps, will support the CVC at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia.

• Texas

o In Texas, 500 service members, who arrived Feb. 19, will support three teams in three cities.
 One, 222-person, Type 1 Team from the U.S. Air Force, will support the CVC at the NRG Center in Houston.
 One, 139-person, Type 2 Team from the U.S. Army will support the CVC at Fair Park Cotton Bowl Stadium in Dallas.
 One, 139-person, Type 2 Team from the U.S. Marine Corps will support the CVCs at Globe Life Field and AT&T Stadium in Arlington.

DoD Community Vaccination Center Support

As part of ongoing COVID-19 support efforts, and sourced from Active Duty personnel previously identified to support the ongoing effort.

• New Jersey

o In New Jersey, 100 service members will support four teams in eight cities.
 One, 25-person, Type 4 Team from the U.S. Army and U.S. Navy, who arrived Feb. 11, will support the CVC at the First Baptist Church of Lincoln Gardens in Somerset and the CVCs at Calvary Baptist Church and the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist, both in Paterson.
 One, 25-person, Type 4 Team from the U.S. Army, who arrived Feb. 19, will support the CVCs at Iglesia Pentecostal Church and Trenton Central High School, both in Trenton, and a CVC in Camden.
 One, 25-person, Type 4 Team from the U.S. Army and U.S. Navy, who arrived Feb. 19, will support the CVC at Thomas G. Dunn Sports Center in Elizabeth and at a CVC to be determined in Jersey City.
 One, 25-person, Type 4 Team will support two, to-be-determined CVCs in Orange and Newark, arriving on a date to be determined.

• U.S. Virgin Islands

o In the U.S. Virgin Islands, 25 service members, who arrived Feb. 26, will support one team on one island.
 One, 25-person, Type 4 Team from the U.S. Army and U.S. Navy will support a CVC at the University of the Virgin Islands campus on St. Thomas.

For more information regarding CVCs, please refer to the FEMA Community Vaccination Centers playbook at: https://www.fema.gov/sites/default/files/documents/fema_community-vaccination-centers_playbook.pdf.

For additional information, contact the ARNORTH and JFLCC public affairs office at 210-428-9835 or [e-mail]; for photos and/or videos, visit: https://www.dvidshub.net/unit/FedVaxResp.

• Date Taken: 03.02.2021
• Date Posted: 03.02.2021 13:51
• Story ID: 390349
• Location: SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, US