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Archive: February, 2021

Targeted Vaccination Teams bring partnership, success
February 26, 2021 — Missouri National Guard Sgt. Joshua Roth recently was in the right place at the right time because of his assignment with the Missouri National Guard Targeted Vaccination Teams (TVT) working in St. Louis and Kansas City. The teams have been mobilized to assist with COVID-19 vaccinations. Roth, a member of 935th Aviation Support Battalion, had just set up a for vaccination event at Florissant Valley Community College in St. Louis when two seniors became trapped in an elevator. Roth, an emergency medical technician and firefighter in his civilian role, put his training to work. ... MORE

Missouri Army National Guard Staff Sgt. Jeremy Brown, 1107th TASMG, being interviewed by Emma Hogg of KMOV at a targeted vaccination team site in St. Louis on February 24, 2021.

Missouri National Guard Airmen Defines Her Legacy Through Authenticity
February 25, 2021 — Although the pathway to medicine is well defined, Chief Master Sgt. Carla Hampton, Superintendent of the 131st Medical Group, Missouri Air National Guard, took her passion for science and helping people down a path she could not have predicted. The only people Hampton knew with any military background were her two uncles, but they didn’t really talk about their experiences. It wasn’t until she joined her high school’s Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (JROTC) that she was given a window into what military life was like... MORE