First Pendleton service members receive COVID vaccine.
U.S. Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Dante NavarroDelorosa, a corpsman with Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton, Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Camp Pendleton, prepares the COVID-19 vaccine to be administered to service members at Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Dec. 16, 2020. Navy Medical Center San Diego and NHCP were selected by the DOD's COVID Task Force to receive the first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine based on recommendations from the military services and U.S. Coast Guard, to best support several criteria to include anticipated supply chain requirements, such as cold and bulk storage facilities and sufficient medical personnel to administer vaccines and actively monitor vaccine recipients. Original public domain image from Flickr