Update on the Department of Defense's Evolving Roles and Mission in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic, Committee on Armed Services, House of Representatives, One Hundred Seventeenth Congress, First Session, February 17, 2021   [open pdf - 2MB]

This is the February 17, 2021 hearing, "Update on the Department of Defense's Evolving Roles and Mission in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic," held before the U.S. House Committee on Armed Services. From the opening statement of Adam Smith: "We are here this morning to get an update from the Department of Defense on their evolving roles and missions in response to the COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] pandemic. [...] [A]s we go forward, it is going to be really important to see how the Department of Defense can help with the vaccine distribution. I would really like to learn this morning more about how you are participating in that, how you are coordinating with FEMA [Federal Emergency Management Agency] and HHS [Department of Health and Human Services] to maximize the most rapid distribution of the vaccine possible." Statements, letters, and materials submitted for the record include those of the following: Steven S. Nordhaus, Robert G. Salesses, and Jeffrey B. Taliaferro.