Column: Single dose vs double dose Efficacy vs effectiveness Fear of needles Panel of vaccine experts answer common questions on COVID-19 vaccine chicagotribune.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from chicagotribune.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Army Alaska wants to recruit cold-weather lovers and have them train with Norwegians, Indians in Himalayas December 15, 2020 Paratroopers participate in U.S. Northern Command s Exercise Arctic Edge at the Donnelly drop zone on Fort Greely, Alaska, Feb. 29, 2020. (Staff Sgt. Diana Cossaboom/Army)
U.S. Army Alaska has struggled to be the service’s proponent for cold weather warfare amid two decades of missions that push it’s units out to far different environments, namely the Middle East, according to Army Alaska commander Maj. Gen. Peter Andrysiak. “The Army went through a massive transformation and it went to a [brigade combat team]-centric Army to standardize the equipment and organizational structure,” Andrysiak said Friday. “So the equipment was largely very similar across the force and we no longer had niche capabilities to operate in very unique environments.”
By ROSE L. THAYER | STARS AND STRIPES Published: December 15, 2020
Stars and Stripes is making stories on the coronavirus pandemic available free of charge. See other free reports here. Sign up for our daily coronavirus newsletter here. Please support our journalism with a subscription. AUSTIN, Texas – Within about three hours of the first shipments of the coronavirus vaccine arriving Monday morning at Joint Base San Antonio, Maj. Andrew Gausepohl became the base’s first military health care worker to receive the injection. “While I was first in line, while I was the first one to get it, it wasn’t for me. It was for my patients. For the patients that I can now see and not be concerned about spreading this disease,” said Gausepohl, who is the medical director of the 59th Medical Wing Family Emergency Center.
The nation’s first vaccines for the deadly COVID-19 virus that has plagued most of 2020 will be distributed Monday, following yesterday’s emergency-use authorization by the Food and Drug Administration for the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, Army Gen. Gustave F. Perna said in a press briefing today.
Perna is the chief operating officer for Operation Warp Speed an effort led by several U.S. government components and public partnerships to move the development, manufacturing and distribution of COVID-19 vaccines, therapeutics and diagnostics.
“Make no mistake distribution has begun,” Perna said, adding that right now, boxes are being packed and loaded with vaccines, with emphasis on quality control.
Service King Provides Ongoing Support for Veterans Through Employment Initiatives
Leading national operator of comprehensive, high-quality auto collision repair facilities develops recruitment, training and retainment strategies to employ veterans
News provided by
Share this article
RICHARDSON, Texas, Dec. 14, 2020 /PRNewswire/ Through recent, current and future initiatives, Service King Collision
® has shown its continuous commitment to the brave men and women who protect and serve our country.
On Nov. 5, Service King participated in the North Central Texas Red, White and You virtual career fair, hosted by the Texas Workforce Commission and Texas Veterans Commission. During the event, Service King Chief Human Resources Officer Sean Huurman hosted a webinar for veterans attending to provide a company overview and discuss job openings.