Troops and families report mixed results in COVID vaccine availability 3 days ago Michelle Farley of Lincoln, an Air Guard spouse, receives her first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine March 6, at the Nebraska National Guard Joint Force Headquarters in Lincoln. (Maj. Scott Ingalsbe/Nebraska National Guard) One active-duty member stationed at the Pentagon was so determined to get his COVID-19 vaccination that he took leave and drove hundreds of miles to his home state in the south, spending about $800 on two trips to get both shots. “My experience at the Pentagon has been awful….. the only people who received vaccines in my office were the leadership, because they’re the oldest,” the service member, who is in his late 20s, wrote in an email to Military Times