{"id":48998,"date":"2020-12-14T17:19:41","date_gmt":"2020-12-14T17:19:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2020\/12\/14\/national-guard-distributing-coronavirus-vaccine-in-26-states\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T04:05:19","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T04:05:19","slug":"national-guard-distributing-coronavirus-vaccine-in-26-states","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/coronavirus\/2020\/12\/14\/national-guard-distributing-coronavirus-vaccine-in-26-states\/","title":{"rendered":"National Guard distributing coronavirus vaccine in 26 states"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Monday \u2014 as the first coronavirus vaccines went into arms across America \u2014 senior National Guard officials from Ohio, Oklahoma, and West Virginia detailed the critical role their troops are playing in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2020\/12\/09\/troops-could-begin-getting-covid-19-vaccines-as-early-as-next-week-and-they-wont-be-mandatory\/\" target=_blank>distributing the vaccine <\/a>in spite of its extreme storage temperature requirements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cCurrently, governors in 26 states and territories are planning to use the National Guard in some capacity for COVID-19 vaccine distribution,\u201d said Nahaku McFadden<b>,<\/b> National Guard Bureau\u2019s chief of media operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe first doses of the Pfizer vaccine are arriving currently,\u201d said Army Brig. Gen Murray \u201cGene\u201d Holt, assistant adjutant general of the West Virginia National Guard. His state has tapped around 100 troops, including healthcare professionals, to assist with distribution, he explained in Monday\u2019s press conference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">None of the three states participating in the Monday press conference will have troops administering the vaccine, said the Guard officials. Nor will they be escorting the shipments.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/your-military\/2020\/12\/09\/troops-could-begin-getting-covid-19-vaccines-as-early-as-next-week-and-they-wont-be-mandatory\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/6125698.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Troops could begin getting COVID-19 vaccines as early as next week, and they won\u2019t be mandatory<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The vaccine won&#039;t be mandatory until after a full FDA approval.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Ohio National Guard\u2019s main role in the distribution process is repackaging large shipments of the Pfizer vaccine at the Ohio Department of Health\u2019s warehouse facility, said Army Maj. Gen. John Harris, the Ohio National Guard\u2019s adjutant general. \u201cOur job will be to take those large Pfizer shipments\u2026[and] break them down in smaller increments,\u201d said Harris. \u201cWe\u2019ll have about 30 people here in Ohio working on that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The repackaging process is complex, explained Harris.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt\u2019s a very scripted and very disciplined process for getting it out of those ultra-low temperature coolers,\u201d he said, citing detailed training and \u201cspecialized PPE\u201d as a requirement for troops supporting the mission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">West Virginia\u2019s troops will fulfill a similar role, said Holt. \u201cWe have 100 [personnel] who will be supporting that,\u201d he explained. \u201cWe are only breaking down those [vaccine shipments] that are not going to be direct ship [to healthcare providers].\u201d For any transportation requirements, the troops will utilize rental vehicles rather than military vehicles, said Holt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Approximately 15 guardsmen in Oklahoma are assisting in repackaging and transporting doses the last mile to health-care providers, according to Army Brig. Gen. Cynthia Tinkham, assistant adjutant general of the Oklahoma National Guard. They will \u201csupport [the Oklahoma Department of Health] by safely transporting the vaccine, breaking it up from five pre-positioned sites, and distributing those to the [Okla. Department of Health] satellite sites,\u201d said Tinkham in Monday\u2019s press conference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The additional duty comes amid an extremely busy year for the National Guard.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/home\/left-column\/2020\/12\/13\/2020-saw-the-guard-used-the-most-since-world-war-ii-is-a-retention-crisis-looming\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/6381354.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">2020 saw the Guard used the most since World War II. Is a retention crisis looming?<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">A retention crisis may be over the horizon for the National Guard after an unprecedented workload in 2020.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSo far in 2020, the National Guard has mobilized more Guard members, for longer, than at any times since World War II,\u201d said Air Force Lt. Col. Devin Robinson, director of public affairs for the Air National Guard, in a statement emailed to Military Times. 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