Dec. 2, 2020 Air Force hits record retention levels, reviews voluntary force management efforts The Department of the Air Force is seeing its highest retention levels in 20 years, second only to rates recorded shortly after 9/11 in 2002.
Dec. 1, 2020 COVID-Related Telework Accelerates DISA's Zero-Trust Adoption The increase in telework as a result of COVID-19 has provided adversaries more attack surface to cause harm to defense networks. This, among other factors, has increased the Defense Department's focus on zero trust architecture, the director of the Defense Information Systems Agency said.
Nov. 23, 2020 Warp Speed Readies to Distribute New Drug Cocktail for COVID-19 The Food and Drug Administration issued an emergency use authorization for casirivimab and imdevimab — drugs that together have been shown to reduce hospitalization or emergency room visits in patients who have contracted COVID-19.
Nov. 23, 2020 Operation Warp Speed Refines Vaccine Delivery Plan Charged with developing and delivering a vaccine to 300 million Americans, Operation Warp Speed paired military planners with experts at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to work the details of a monumental plan.
Nov. 18, 2020 Officials Optimistic About COVID-19 Vaccines in Near Future Optimism exists for two safe and highly effective vaccines that could soon be authorized by the Food and Drug Administration from pharmaceutical companies Pfizer and Moderna, Operation Warp Speed officials said in a press conference.
Nov. 16, 2020 Norquist Highlights DOD Efforts to Produce COVID Treatments Deputy Defense Secretary David L. Norquist spoke at the Defense Health Agency where he thanked blood plasma donors and the workers who collected it for their work in combating the COVID-19 pandemic.
Nov. 12, 2020 Technology, Expertise Help Determine Vaccine Distribution Ten military officers assigned to Operation Warp Speed are embedded at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to assist the allocation and distribution of COVID-19 vaccine.
Oct. 28, 2020 I'm the FDA point person on COVID-19 vaccines. We'll make sure they're safe and effective. This Op-Ed by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration was originally published in USA Today. Placement of this Op-Ed does not imply promotion, nor unofficial or official endorsement, by the United States Air Force Office of the Air Force Surgeon General.
Oct. 27, 2020 Operation Warp Speed Leader Discusses Vaccine Distribution Army Gen. Gustave F. Perna, chief operating officer of Operation Warp Speed, spoke about the administration's efforts to produce and deliver a COVID-19 vaccine during a Heritage Foundation event.
Oct. 24, 2020 Military to Play Logistics-Only Role in COVID-19 Vaccine Effort Although military personnel won't be administering any COVID-19 vaccines to the American people, U.S. military expertise in logistics will be relied upon to help ensure vaccines are available across the nation.