200 Colorado Soldiers Deployed To LA To Assist With Vaccine Distribution At New FEMA Site

By CBSLA Staff, CBS Los Angeles

February 12, 2021

LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) – About 200 soldiers have been deployed from Colorado to Los Angeles to help with the COVID-19 vaccine distribution at a new federally run vaccination site opening at Cal State University L.A. next week.

The soldiers were deployed from Fort Carson on Thursday, according to KRDO-TV. They include a combination of general and medical personnel from the 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division.

“Just a week ago, nobody here knew anything about this mission and the families, there are families here, in the last five, six days they’ve all prepared themselves, personally. It’s not just about the soldiers professionally,” Lt. Col. Andy Olson, the task force manager, told KRDO.

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