U.S. Air Force surgeon general visits community vaccination center supported by 1AF’s 335

U.S. Air Force surgeon general visits community vaccination center supported by 1AF’s 335 EMDOS personnel

By Maj. Elisa Jones, CONR-1AF (AFNORTH) / Published April 15, 2021

U.S. Air Force Surgeon General Visits Brooklyn CVC

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U.S. Air Force Surgeon General Lt. Gen. Dorothy Hogg, left, takes note of the pharmacy’s operations and practices at state-led, federally supported Medgar Evers College Community Vaccination Center in Brooklyn, New York, April 8, 2021. U.S. service members from across the country are deployed in support of the Department of Defense federal vaccine response operations. U.S. Northern Command, through U.S. Army North, remains committed to providing continued, flexible DoD support to the Federal Emergency Management Agency as part of the whole-of-government response to COVID-19. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Matthew Rabahy / 14th Public Affairs Detachment)

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U.S. Air Force Surgeon General Lt. Gen. Dorothy Hogg reads letters attached to the “Kudos Board” at state-led, federally supported Medgar Evers College Community Vaccination Center in Brooklyn, New York, April 8, 2021. The Kudos Board was a platform set up for community members to show their feelings about receiving the vaccination and appreciation to the service members working at the Medgar Evers College CVC. U.S. Northern Command, through U.S. Army North, remains committed to providing continued, flexible DoD support to the Federal Emergency Management Agency as part of the whole-of-government response to COVID-19. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Matthew Rabahy / 14th Public Affairs Detachment)

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TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. --

U.S. Air Force Surgeon General Lt. Gen. Dorothy Hogg visited the state-led, federally-supported Medgar Evers College Community Vaccination Center in Brooklyn, N.Y. supported by First Air Force’s 335 Expeditionary Medical Operations Squadron (EMDOS) last week.

The EMDOS consists of approximately 140 Airmen from 28 bases. The team arrived in Brooklyn mid-February as a part of the Department of Defense’s COVID-19 response, and is uniquely equipped with Airmen who can assist community members who speak Spanish, Creole, Russian and Mandarin.

“What our Airmen are doing every day is incredibly significant,” said Col. Jeffry Hollman, Commander, 335th Air Expeditionary Group. “This team has now surpassed 140,000 vaccinations.”

Approximately 4,900 medical and support personnel nationwide from the U.S. Army, U.S. Marine Corps, U.S. Navy, and U.S. Air Force are supporting 39 community vaccination centers spread across 34 cities, 19 states, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

To date, these military personnel have administered approximately 3.1 million vaccine doses.