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June 25, 2021

Joint Task Force Civil Support Wraps Up COVID Vaccination Support

JOINT BASE LANGLEY-EUSTIS, Va. — Joint Task Force Civil Support wrapped up their mission as part of the whole-of-government COVID-19 vaccination response on June 21, 2021. The command initiated its assistance to the U.S. vaccination effort in early February, and during that time supported the administering of more than 1.87 million vaccines to communities throughout the United

Female military member administering vaccine to patient.

June 24, 2021

ARNORTH ends COVID-19 vaccination mission, leaders look back on effort

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas — With more than 5 million vaccinations administered, the Army has concluded its COVID-19 support mission, which found Soldiers helping others and building trust within some of the nation’s hardest-hit communities, Army leaders recently said.

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Madeline Negron-Lisboa, from Norwich, Connecticut, and a general purpose Airman assigned to the 335th Expeditionary Medical Operations Squadron, takes a short break at the state-led, federally-supported Medgar Evers College Community Vaccination Center in Brooklyn, New York, on March 22, 2021.

April 8, 2021

COVID survivor helps others at Brooklyn CVC

NEW YORK - — At the drop of a hat , Airmen are ready to deploy and go where they are needed, typically to a location overseas.However, the nearly 140 Airmen assigned to the 335th Expeditionary Medical Operations Squadron who deployed in support of the state-led, federally-supported Medgar Evers College Community Vaccination Center in Brooklyn, left their home

Senior Airman Can Liu, from Queens, N.Y., and a 335th Expeditionary Medical Operations Squadron general purpose Airman, pose for a photo at the state-led, federally-supported Medgar Evers College Community Vaccination Center in Brooklyn, N.Y., March 24, 2021. Liu, who is deployed from the 20th Civil Engineer Squadron out of Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla., was born in Fushun, China, is fluent in Mandarin, and moved to the U.S. with her family when she was nine years old. Liu is able to translate for Chinese community members who have questions while receiving their COVID-19 vaccination. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Ashley Nicole Taylor)

April 6, 2021

335th EMDOS Airman translates for community members at Brooklyn CVC

BROOKLYN, New York - — Efforts have been underway for almost a month to bring COVID-19 vaccine to people at the state-led, federally-supported Medgar Evers College Community Vaccination Center in Brooklyn.For Brooklynites who are most comfortable speaking a foreign language or do not speak English as their primary language, they can turn to some of the deployed U.S. Air

Jan. 23, 2021

Joint Task Force Civil Support to Conduct Training at JBLM, Camp Rilea

FORT EUSTIS, Va — Joint Task Force Civil Support (JTF-CS) will conduct Exercise Sudden Response 21 (SR21) in and around Joint Base Lewis McChord (JBLM), Washington; Camp Rilea, Oregon; and Williamsburg and Fort Eustis, Virginia; from Jan. 21 to 27. “The overall goal of this exercise is to build on our skills in providing Defense Support of Civil Authorities (DSCA)

Jan. 19, 2021

JTF-CS Chaplain Presents Patriot Award to Local Church

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — The Rev. Steven Roby, pastor at Waters Edge Church in Virginia Beach, presented Patriot Award plaques to elders of his church during Sunday service, Jan. 17. Roby, a U.S. Army Reserve major and chaplain, has served double duty as the Waters Edge Pastor and JTF-CS Command Chaplain since February 2020 when JTF-CS first responded to the COVID-19