The Pentagon has a new tool in its push to fully vaccinate service members against COVID-19—a vaccine that medical officials hope will alleviate the concerns of those who have previously refused the shot. The Novavax vaccine is now widely available for service members, the Department ...
Active-duty Airmen and Guardians have until Nov. 2 to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19, while members of the Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve have until Dec. 2. Personnel will be considered fully vaccinated two weeks after the second dose of a two-dose vaccine, ...
The Pentagon’s plan to make the COVID-19 vaccine mandatory for the U.S. military is set to take effect in the coming days, as the Food and Drug Administration issued full approval for the Pfzier-BioNTech shot Aug. 23. The Defense Department “is prepared to issue updated ...
The Pentagon has vaccinated 459,921 service members, 123,550 of whom are in the Department of the Air Force, according to new data the Defense Department is providing to the public starting April 21. As the COVID-19 vaccination effort increases, the Pentagon created a new website ...
The Pentagon expects all Defense Department personnel to be able to make an appointment for a COVID-19 vaccine by April 19, and that all overseas personnel and beneficiaries can get a shot by the next month as deliveries ramp up. Within the Air Force, the ...
The Pentagon expects the broad military population to have access to a COVID-19 vaccine by May 1, with the entire Defense Department vaccinated by July. Defense Health Agency Director Lt. Gen. Ronald J. Place, in a March 26 briefing at the Pentagon, said the DOD ...
The top three leaders in the Department of the Air Force have received their first coronavirus vaccinations, as the shot rolls out across U.S. military bases worldwide. Air Force Secretary Barbara M. Barrett and Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr. were ...