The Department remains committed to protecting our service members, civilian employees, and families around the globe; safeguarding our national security capabilities; and supporting the whole-of nation response The U.S. government has purchased COVID-19 vaccines and is making them available to the DOD for distribution and administration to DOD personnel DOD will use initial sites to validate distribution, administration, and reporting processes, which will then inform the Department’s selection of additional distribution sites This data-driven, phased approach creates a feasible, scalable, safe plan for effective vaccine distribution, administration, and monitoring