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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.

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 Medicine Readiness and Training Command San Diego’s Intensive Care Unit staff and command leadership pose for a photo during a DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses ceremony at a hospital in San Diego, April 13, 2022. The award offers recognition to healthcare workers who provide extraordinary compassionate care and create environments that foster care, trust, mutual respect and continued professional development. NMCSD's mission is to prepare service members to deploy in support of operational forces, deliver high quality healthcare services and shape the future of military medicine through education, training and research while combating the COVID-19 pandemic. NMCSD employs more than 6,000 active-duty military personnel, civilians, and contractors in Southern California who aim to provide patients with world-class care.

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.

Army Sgt. Antonio Walker, an infantryman assigned to the 1st Battalion, 175th Infantry Regiment, Maryland Army National Guard, collects a nasal swab from a patient at a COVID-19 testing site at the University of Maryland Shore Medical Center in Easton, Md., Feb. 4, 2022. Up to 1,000 Maryland guardsmen were activated to assist state and local health officials with their COVID-19 response.

Air Force Maj. Rosemary Citizen, a critical care nurse assigned to the 316th Medical Group, completes routine patient care at St. Francis Medical Center in Monroe, La., Feb. 14, 2022. The Air Force medical team, working side-by-side with civilian medical professionals, is deployed in support of continued Defense Department COVID-19 response operations to help communities in need.

Air Force Capt. Raquel Serrano, a critical care nurse assigned to the 316th Medical Group, Joint Base Andrews, Md., checks COVID-19 patients' personal records using medical equipment at St. Francis Medical Center in Monroe, La., Feb. 10, 2022.

Air Force 2nd Lt. Nichole Hendricks, left, a clinical nurse, and Teresa Perez, a registered nurse with INTEGRIS Health, provide care to a patient at INTEGRIS Baptist Medical Center in Oklahoma City, Feb. 7, 2022.

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 Humvee ambulance sits idle during the Army's Best Medic Competition at Fort Hood, Texas, Jan. 27, 2022. Soldiers from around the world are competing in the finals to be named the Army’s best medic.

Gabby Blazek, a laboratory technician assigned to the Naval Medical Research Center Silver Spring, processes laboratory specimens at Camp Foster, Okinawa, Japan, Jan. 24, 2022.

Air Force Airman 1st Class James Hobayan, an aircraft loadmaster assigned to the 118th Airlift Squadron, 103rd Airlift Wing, Connecticut Air National Guard, administers a COVID-19 test at the Milford Urgent Care Center, Milford, Conn., Feb. 3, 2022.

Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Maria Potts-Szoke, a hospital corpsman assigned to the Naval Medical Research Center Silver Spring, conducts a COVID-19 swab test at Camp Foster, Okinawa, Japan, Jan. 24, 2022.

Army Spc. Kimberly Broche, assigned to the Joint Task Force - Puerto Rico, performs a COVID-19 testing in Fajardo, Puerto Rico, Jan. 28, 2022. Almost two years in response to COVID-19, the Puerto Rico National Guard continued to assist the Department of Health to carry out COVID-19 tests throughout the island.

Army Staff Sgt. Brandon Samuels, a respiratory therapist assigned to the 14th Field Hospital, monitors a patient’s breathing during COVID-19 response operations at Lifespan Community Health Institute in Providence, R.I., Jan. 24, 2022.

Army Sgt. Christian Oliveros Catala performs a COVID-19 test for Army Spc. Angeles Virella Marquez at Bayamon Regional Hospital in Bayamon, Puerto Rico, Jan. 19, 2022.

Army Spc. Elizabeth Torres, a combat medic assigned to the Puerto Rico National Guard, performs a COVID-19 test in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, Jan 24, 2022.