In the aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, the Fort Sam Houston Caisson Platoon was formed in honor of U.S. Army Col. Karen Wagner's death at the Pentagon. Wagner, a San Antonio, Texas native and former Fort Sam Houston Soldier perished during the attack on the Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2001. The U.S. Army North Caisson Platoon proudly honors fallen members of the military with funeral honors at the Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery and the surrounding area. (U.S. Army video by Spc. DeAndre Pierce)
At the request of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, approximately 20 military medical personnel from the U.S. Navy will deploy to Louisiana as part of a Department of Defense COVID-19 response operation. U.S. Army North, under U.S. Northern Command’s oversight, will provide operational command of the active-duty military COVID-19 response in support of federal efforts and the state.
SAN ANTONIO, Texas – At the request of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, U.S. Army North, U.S. Northern Command's Joint Force Land Component Command, made final adjustments to its COVID-19 vaccine response operation today when military medical personnel from the U.S. Air Force departed the New Jersey Institute of Technology Naimoli Family Recreational Facility in Newark, New Jersey.
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 and federal vaccination sites since February 2021. Approximately 5,150 military medical and support personnel from the U.S. Army,...
