Dec. 14, 2020 Officials Provide Update on COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution DOD, Operation Warp Speed and Department of Health and Human Services officials provided an update on COVID-19 vaccine distribution and discussed when all Americans might have access to the vaccine.
Dec. 12, 2020 Operation Warp Speed Official: First COVID-19 Vaccines to Arrive Monday The nation's first vaccines for the COVID-19 virus will be distributed Monday, following the emergency-use authorization by the Food and Drug Administration for the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, Army Gen. Gustave F. Perna said.
Dec. 11, 2020 Pro Rata Vaccine Distribution is Fair, Equitable While COVID-19 vaccines roll out in limited supply, distribution is determined in direct proportion to the nation's adult population 18 years and older.
Dec. 11, 2020 Around the Air Force: Fitness Assessment Changes, AFWERX Accelerate Event and DoD Housing surveys This week’s look around the Air Force highlights changes to the Air Force Fitness Assessment timeline along with the removal of the waist measurement requirement, the continuing innovation of AFWERX, and explains the annual Defense Department housing surveys are now available. (Produced by Staff
Dec. 9, 2020 First COVID-19 Vaccine May Be Distributed Next Week An assessment by the Food and Drug Administration shows the COVID-19 vaccine developed by U.S. drug company Pfizer is around 95% effective and could be distributed next week.
Dec. 9, 2020 DOD Officials Announce Distribution Plan for Initial Batch of COVID-19 Vaccine Defense Department officials announced a phased and coordinated strategic plan for distributing and administering the initial COVID-19 vaccines during a briefing at the Pentagon.
Dec. 9, 2020 Department of the Air Force restores leave charged during restriction of movement Effective Nov. 20, the Department of the Air Force announced the ability to restore leave charged to members during a required restriction of movement after Aug. 6.
Dec. 7, 2020 Department of the Air Force moves Physical Fitness Assessments to April 2021, removes waist measurement from composite score permanently To ensure social distancing practices remain in place during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, and to give Airmen and Space Professionals time to prepare, testing was delayed from October to January and is now further delayed to April.
Dec. 4, 2020 COVID-19 Draws Attention to Defense Industrial Base Vulnerabilities During a discussion with the Hudson Institute, a top defense official said that COVID-19 helped draw attention to the weaker links of the U.S. defense supply chain.
Dec. 3, 2020 Operation Warp Speed Leaders Say 20 Million COVID-19 Vaccines May Be Available This Month Operation Warp Speed officials provided details on the COVID-19 vaccine distribution process and encouraged Americans to educate themselves about the vaccines.