Within 48 hours of emergency authorization, the Department of Defense aims to have shots in the arms of some 44,000 mostly healthcare military personnel across 16 global locations, the Pentagon said Wednesday.

Among the first to receive shots will not be those safeguarding U.S. national security.

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