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Plan for Space Force reserve component is ‘fairly close,’ National Guard boss says May 4 Marine Corps Master Gunnery Sgt. Scott H. Stalker, the senior enlisted leader of U.S. Space Command, visits with space noncommissioned officers of the Colorado National Guard at the 117th Space Battalion headquarters on Fort Carson April 27, 2021. (Army National Guard/Staff Sgt. Zachary Sheely) Senior military officials are “fairly close” on a plan to add a reserve component to the Space Force, the head of the National Guard Bureau told lawmakers Tuesday. Army Gen. Daniel Hokanson plans to m...

  Many National Guard members who supported COVID-19 response efforts in 2020 spent much of the year conducting tests, sanitizing facilities, providing logistical support and delivering meals and personal protective equipment, Air Force Master Sgt. Erich B. Smith  reported. Now, the Guard can add another mission to a fight that is approaching the one-year mark: supporting vaccinations. As early as mid-December, select Guard units were preparing to support local health officials by collecting, securing, transporting and –when requested – administering COVID-19 vaccinations. “We’ve be...