Defense Department Leaders Update Reporters on DOD COVID-19 Efforts

STAFF: Good afternoon, everyone. Happy Wednesday. Today we're going to focus on the coronavirus, COVID-19 and the Department's efforts to distribute and vaccinate our troops and to all other support issues that we are participating in. And so with that, we have two special briefers today to join us. I think many of you are familiar with them. The Acting Assistant Secretary for Health Affairs, Dr. Terry Adirim and Lieutenant General Ron Place, the director of the Defense Health Agency. They're each going to kick off with a few opening remarks and then we're going to take questions; room, phone, room, phone. And then closing remarks. If you have any questions outside of COVID-19, feel free to ...