CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa (Feb. 9, 2021) Hospitalman Gaitan August, assigned to U.S. Naval Hospital Okinawa (USNHO), prepares the COVID-19 vaccine to be administered to Marine Corps Installations Pacific (MCIPAC) leaders at the USNHO, at Camp Foster in Okinawa, Japan, Feb. 9, 2021. The vaccine is crucial in the fight against COVID-19 and is essential in mitigating further spread of the ongoing virus. MCIPAC leadership received their second dose of the vaccine as part of the Department of Defense’s phased approach to remain a lethal and ready expeditionary fighting force. August is a native of Colton, California. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Alex Fairchild)