Courtesy Story | Office of the Secretary of Defense Public Affairs | 02.19.2021
COLLEGE STATION, Texas – For the past four months, 10 Soldiers of the 153 Medical Detachment (Blood Support) – the Wolfpack – at Joint Base Lewis-McChord have been deployed to the FUJIFILM Diosynth Biotechnologies (FDBT) facility here to provide essential quality control support to COVID-19 vaccine manufacturing efforts....
Story by Lisa Simunaci | Office of the Secretary of Defense Public Affairs | 01.19.2021
Operation Warp Speed is updating processes and boosting supply kits to accommodate more doses of COVID-19 vaccine than originally planned....
Story by Lisa Simunaci | Office of the Secretary of Defense Public Affairs | 12.31.2020
As 2020 came to a close, Operation Warp Speed leaders looked back on their nearly eight-month old mission and tallied some of the milestones on the journey to get America past the COVID-19 pandemic....
Story by Lisa Simunaci | Office of the Secretary of Defense Public Affairs | 12.31.2020
The Defense Production Act is bolstering Operation Warp Speed’s mission to get safe and effective COVID-19 vaccines and therapeutics to the American people....
Story by Airman 1st Class Melody Bordeaux | 59th Medical Wing | 12.30.2020
The San Antonio Military Health System's first Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine arrived at about 8:45 a.m. on Monday, Dec. 14, 2020, at Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas. The logistics and immunizations teams in charge of getting the vaccine from the delivery truck to as many patients as possible, trained for three months before receiving the first......
Story by Lisa Simunaci | Office of the Secretary of Defense Public Affairs | 12.23.2020
From Operation Warp Speed’s inception to the last tactical mile of vaccine delivery, a focused team of security specialists safeguards the COVID-19 vaccine every step of the way....
Courtesy Story | Office of the Secretary of Defense Public Affairs | 12.20.2020
Denise Boehm receives Operation Warp Speed's first vaccination, part of the effort to provide safe and effective COVID-19 vaccines to all Americans....
Story by Lisa Simunaci | Office of the Secretary of Defense Public Affairs | 12.19.2020
ATLANTA - As an Army Reserve nurse from Montana, Col. Melody Mount is accustomed to performing her military duty inside hospital operating rooms. Her current assignment to Operation Warp Speed is a stark contrast to that environment....
