Army Brig. Gen. Janeen Birckhead, commander of the Maryland Army National Guard, and other senior leaders stand by as Governor Larry Hogan speaks during a press conference at the Montgomery College Vaccination Site in Germantown, Maryland, April 7, 2021. Birckhead leads the Vaccine Equity Task Force, an initiative to promote equitable access to the COVID-19 vaccine throughout Maryland. The MDNG has been activated to support Maryland's COVID-19 response by providing direct support to county health departments in assisting with the acceleration of vaccination and COVID-19 testing efforts.

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