VNG wraps CVC support, continues mobile vaccinations

Virginia National Guard Soldiers and Airmen continue to provide support to the Virginia Department of Health and Virginia Department of Emergency Management as they respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. VNG mobile vaccination support teams continue to operate across the commonwealth, while the task force assigned to provide logistics and administrative support to Community Vaccination Clinics has concluded their mission.

The VNG task force providing mobile vaccination support added new members from the outgoing CVC support task force, and is continuing to adapt to an ever-changing mission as VNG support of COVID-19 response operations enters July, 15 months after initially starting with testing support in April 2020.

“After transitioning from COVID testing to vaccinations, the strike teams were primarily utilized at large community testing events,” said Lt. Col. Health Phillips, commander of the task force providing mobile vaccination support. “Now, as the total vaccinated population numbers have reached 40 to 60%, we are focusing on mobile sites, for individuals who could not make it to the vaccination PODs in the higher population areas.”

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A Virginia National Guard Soldier administers a COVID-19 vaccination on board a ship June 22, 2021, in Norfolk, Virginia, as part of the VNG’s ongoing mobile vaccination support mission.