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Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Gregzon Fontanilla, who hails from Guam, prepares a COVID-19 vaccine aboard amphibious assault carrier USS Tripoli in the Pacific Ocean, May 10, 2022. The Tripoli is conducting routine operations in the U.S. 3rd Fleet.

Robert G. Acosta, a registered nurse at Tripler Army Medical Center, Hawaii, administers a COVID-19 booster to Ryoko W. Kiyohara, family member and beneficiary, May 2, 2022.

Army Staff Sgt. Javier Torres, a combat medic of Joint Task Force - Puerto Rico, performs a COVID-19 test in Orocovis, Puerto Rico, April 20, 2022. As part Operation Continue Safe, the Puerto Rico National Guard continued its commitment to provide the island's citizens with a better quality of life.

Army 2nd Lt. María Cardín, assigned to the Puerto Rico State Guard, administers a COVID-19 test in Orocovis, Puerto Rico, April 20, 2022. As part Operation Continue Safe, the Puerto Rico National Guard continued its commitment to provide the island's citizens with a better quality of life.

Air Force Master Sgt. Jamie Bethune, the 185th Air Refueling Wing crew chief, receives a nasal swab for a COVID-19 test being administrated by 1st Lt. Amber Franco, assigned to the 185th ARW Medical Group, at the Iowa Air National Guard Unit in Sioux City, Iowa, April 18, 2022. Unit members assigned to the 185th ARW are required to receive a rapid COVID-19 test prior to departing for a U.S. Central Command deployment this week.

Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Henry Beaty administers a COVID-19 booster shot aboard the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge in the Atlantic Ocean, March 23, 2022. The Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group with embarked 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit is on a scheduled deployment in the 2nd Fleet area of operations.

Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Jason Ricketts, assigned to Navy Medicine and Readiness Training Unit Diego Garcia, helps contractors receive COVID-19 vaccine boosters during a shot exercise at Naval Support Facility Diego Garcia in Diego Garcia, British Indian Ocean Territory, March 28, 2022.

Navy Seaman Genessis Santiago, assigned to Naval Medicine Readiness and Training Unit Atsugi, Japan, administers the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine booster to a local employee aboard Naval Air Facility Atsugi, Japan, Feb. 24, 2022. NMRTU Atsugi provides U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved vaccines to prevent the further spread of COVID-19.

An airman seals a COVID-19 nasal swab to be sent to the medical lab at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va., March 2, 2022.

Royal Danish Army Capt. Katrine May, a chief nurse, gives a COVID-19 booster shot to U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Natasha Heard, force protection member assigned to the 386th Expeditionary Civil Engineering Squadron, at the medical building in Ali Al Salem Air Base, Kuwait, Feb. 22, 2022. May has been a nurse for 30 years and is a member of the National Support Element in support of Operation Inherent Resolve.

Air Force Capt. Michael Burnett, a physician assistant assigned to the 75th Operation Medical Readiness Squadron, Hill Air Force Base, prepares a syringe for a patient at Yuma Regional Medical Center in Yuma, Ariz., Feb. 24, 2022.

Navy Seaman Derek Rojas prepares a COVID-19 vaccine booster aboard the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock USS Portland in the Pacific Ocean, Feb. 13, 2022.

Royal Danish Army Capt. Katrine May gives a COVID-19 booster shot to Air Force Airman 1st Class Jacob McCauley at Ali Al Salem Air Base, Kuwait, Feb. 22, 2022.

Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Steven Gonsalves, the 513th Air Control Group senior enlisted leader, receives a COVID-19 vaccine at Tinker Air Force Base, Okla., Feb. 7, 2021.

Soldiers assigned to the New Jersey National Guard's Task Force Covid Guardian work with local authorities at the Passaic COVID-19 vaccine mega site in Passaic, N.J., Jan. 27, 2022. The soldiers are assisting with temperature screening, registering and guiding individuals through the various stations, as well as monitoring people after they received their vaccinations.

Air Force Tech. Sgt. David Hoang, left, noncommissioned officer in charge of pediatrics assigned to the 18th Healthcare Operations Squadron, and Senior Airman Kim Williams, right, aeromedical evacuation technician assigned to the 18th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, administer pediatric doses of COVID-19 vaccine to children at Kadena Air Base, Japan, Jan. 28, 2022.

Navy Seaman Tanner Huffman, assigned to the Naval Hospital Yokosuka Branch Health Clinic Sasebo, administers a COVID-19 vaccine booster during a shot exercise for Japanese Master Labor Contract, Indirect Hire Agreement, and Mariner’s Contract employees at Commander, Fleet Activities Sasebo, Japan, Feb. 9, 2022. CFAS has administered more than 750 booster shots to MLC, IHA, and MC employees as part of an ongoing immunization drive that began in June 2021.

Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Courtney Minchew administers a COVID-19 vaccination booster to a base employee at Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan, Jan. 28, 2022.

Air Force Capt. Benjamin Dahlberg monitors a patient's heart rate and breathing at St. Cloud Hospital, Minn., Jan. 26, 2022. The medical response team is currently deployed to the hospital in support of the continued Department of Defense COVID-19 response operations to help communities in need.

A local employee with Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni receives the COVID-19 booster at MCAS Iwakuni, Japan, Feb. 2, 2022. The event offered an opportunity for employees to receive their COVID-19 booster in order to bolster their immunity and prevent the spread of the virus, thus protecting the air station’s ability to continue to safeguard the security of Japan.