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NAVAL STATION NORFOLK, Virginia (Jan. 11, 2021) – Col. Brian Duplessis, deputy commander, Expeditionary Strike Group (ESG 2), receives the COVID-19 vaccination aboard the amphibious transport dock ship USS San Antonio (LPD 17), Jan. 11, 2021. The vaccine is crucial in the fight against COVID-19 and is essential to protecting Sailors, their shipmates, families, and the nation they defend. (U.S. Navy photo by Yeoman 3rd Class Brooke A. King)