US Military Flies COVID-19 Vaccine to Australia for US Troops

United States Marines (left) Lance Corporal Brandon James and Lance Corporal Devyn Dockery prepare to raise the national flag of the United States of America before the start of the opening ceremony of Exercise Southern Jackaroo 21 at 1st Brigade headquarters, Darwin on June 15. PTE Jacob Joseph/ADF

The U.S. military has flown its own COVID-19 vaccine supply into the Northern Territory to inoculate the Marine Rotational Force based in Darwin in Australia’s “top end.”

About 2,200 servicemen and women in the NT have started receiving their first doses, which are being administered by U.S. Navy medical officers.