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Creech hosts Black Nevada Guard leads COVID-19 vaccination effort in Las Vegas

History month event by Staff Sgt. Ryan Getsie “The biggest challenge is not knowing when we will

Las Vegas, Nev. be getting more vaccines,” Anderson said. “Because
there are so many community partners working here,
Soldiers and Airmen of Joint Task Force 17 have been it’s hard to turn it off and then back on again if the
mobilized since mid-January to assist and administer vaccines become unavailable again.”
COVID-19 vaccines throughout the Las Vegas valley. Despite these challenges, JTF 17 Soldiers and Air-
As of Feb. 16, more than 304,000 doses had been men continue their missions and help to stand up new
administered in Clark County, with nearly 65,000 points of distribution throughout the valley and in sur-
residents receiving both doses, according to the South- rounding areas. Four senior centers recently opened in
ern Nevada Health District. There are more than 2.2 Coleman, Parkdale, Winchester and Flamingo. More
million residents in the county, so there is still a lot of than 950 residents were vaccinated in the first week.
work ahead. Vaccinating the most vulnerable remains a constant
In recent weeks, Las Vegas opened up several dis- focus.
tribution points under the guidance of the Federal The strike team officer in charge of the mobile sites
Emergency Management Agency and the SNHD. at the senior centers, 1st Lt. Theodore McCord, has a
“We’re helping to support the distribution of the National Guard photograph by Staff Sgt. Ryan Getsie team of 12 members who assist with registrations, ap-
vaccine,” said North Las Vegas Deputy Fire Chief Nevada National Guard Spec. Demetrie Barnett with Joint pointments and vaccinations.
Travis Anderson. “... We’re administering close to two Task Force 17 administers the Pfizer vaccine to residents at “These locations are strategically placed throughout
thousand doses of the vaccine per day.” the Cora Coleman Senior Center, Feb. 16, 2021, in Las Vegas. the city,” McCord said. “We want to be able to facili-
Anderson is the incident commander at the Canyon tate all four areas of the valley: Northwest, Northeast,
Springs High School distribution site. He manages more are health care workers, Nevadans 70 years and older, Southwest and Southeast.”
than a dozen Nevada Guard Task Force members and Nevadans 65-69 years, public safety and security work- On Feb. 17, a separate group of JTF 17 personnel
20 volunteers at the site. ers, and frontline community supporters. helped open and operate the COVID-19 site at Desert
Air Force photographs “The communication between everyone has been The Silver State recently hit a milestone of roughly Pines High School. In just three days, over 1,900 people
In mid-February, the Diversity and Inclusion Council at Creech Air Force Base, Nev., hosted a Black History Month event. During the event, Col. Ronnie, Persistent Attack and awesome,” said Sgt. Anna Sahagun, the Guard’s su- 500,000 vaccines distributed, according to the Centers in that community were vaccinated.
Reconnaissance Operations Center commander, and key speaker, shared his thoughts regarding how the world, and in particular the Airmen of our Air Force, can progress pervisor at the high school. “Everybody is very friendly for Disease Control and Prevention. Despite shipping “This is a great opportunity for me to serve my
Diversity & Inclusion initiatives. “I think my biggest desired takeaway is that our youngest need to feel empowered to make a difference,” he said. “All too often, it feels like and it’s easy to resolve issues as they arise. I think that challenges due to the severe weather that struck parts of community,” McCord said. “I volunteer at my church
there’s an assumption that we have to wait until somebody like the first African-American President or the first African-American Chief of Staff enters the picture in order for contributes to the success here — we work together as the Midwest, Nevada had the ninth-highest utilization at least four times a week, but being able to protect my
real change to be realized. Real, lasting change is made by everyday people, and our Airmen can, and need, to be the engine of that change.” a team.” rate in the country — using 91 percent of its allocated community in this capacity and helping people get
The five priority groups eligible to receive the vaccine vaccines compared to the national average of 85%. vaccinated is just an added blessing.”

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