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SHARE TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — As the Florida National Guard prepares to intensify its role in setting up mobile COVID-19 vaccination sites around the state, the size of its ranks is becoming a concern. What You Need To Know Size of Florida National Guard force a concern with COVID, storms looming The state has about 12,000 soldiers, one of the leanest forces in the nation The guard is key to Floridas vaccination strategy Lawmakers could consider an increase for the Guard in budget plans In a stat...

SHARE TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — As the Florida National Guard prepares to intensify its role in setting up mobile COVID-19 vaccination sites around the state, the size of its ranks is becoming a concern. What You Need To Know Size of Florida National Guard force a concern with COVID, storms looming The state has about 12,000 soldiers, one of the leanest forces in the nation The guard is key to Floridas vaccination strategy Lawmakers could consider an increase for the Guard in budget plans In a stat...

State National Guard chiefs call for more troops, more benefits for federal missions January 29 Spc. Elayna Luckey prepares a dose of COVID-19 vaccine Jan. 5, 2021, in Austin, Texas. Initial doses of the two-part COVID-19 vaccines currently being administered to National Guard soldiers preparing for deployment at Camp Mabry. (Andrew Smith/Texas Military Department) The heads of the Washington state, California and Michigan Guard spoke out about that strain during a media call on Friday, ma...

The Guard isn’t going home. Leaders fear retention may suffer January 28 Hundreds of National Guard troops hold inside the Capitol Visitors Center to reinforce security at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021. The House of Representatives is pursuing an article of impeachment against President Donald Trump for his role in inciting an angry mob to storm the Capitol last week. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) On the morning of Jan. 20, two divisions’ worth of National Guard ...

Wednesdays Afternoon Update | 1/27/2021 ‘It could be a double whammy.’ Florida scientists worry about Brazilian variant As the pandemic continues to worsen around the world, scientists are grappling to better understand spin-off versions of the COVID-19 virus — and one of the latest strains poses a particular threat to South Florida. The little-understood “P1” strain of the COVID-19 virus, known as the Brazilian variant, contains two of the mutations that have researchers worried: on...

Florida National Guard members getting vaccinated against coronavirus Jodi Mohrmann, Managing Editor of special projects Published:  Tags:  Maj. Gen. James Eifert, adjutant general of Florida, received his first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine last week. (Adjutant general of Florida) Members of the Florida National Guard who are fighting on the frontline against COVID-19 have started getting vaccinated against the virus. National Guard members have been assisting with the state’s response to t...