Military ends active-duty COVID vaccination support, but Guard effort endures

Tuesday was the final day for the last active-duty troops tasked with assisting the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s COVID-19 mass vaccination sites — but the National Guard’s efforts continue.

At the mission’s peak, around 5,150 active-duty troops from the Army, Navy, Marine Corps and Air Force were working at the FEMA vaccination centers, according to a press release from U.S. Army North. The troops administered approximately 5 million vaccines since Feb. 4, when Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin first authorized active-duty vaccination support for civilian authorities.