Vaccination

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Buffalo District employee Michelle Barker receives her annual flu shot, as part of the District’s annual vaccination event, October 11, 2017.

The Defense Threat Reduction Agency's Chemical and Biological Technologies Department will host the 2017 Chemical and Biological Defense Science & Technology (CBD S&T) Conference Nov. 28-30, 2017, in Long Beach, Calif.

102d Medical Group personnel provide annual flu shots during the November 2017 Unit Training Assembly at Otis Air National Guard Base, Massachusetts.

LARES, Puerto Rico – Yaritza Castro, left, a social worker with APS Healthcare, provides mental health information, while Michel Acevedo, a social worker with First Medical Health Plan, Inc., provides hygiene a More

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Rachel Fair, a medical technician with the 1st Special Operations Medical Operations Squadron, administers a flu shot to an Air Commando at Hurlburt Field, Florida, Nov. 15, 2017 More

Town Center Pharmacist Angelina Cox prepares a dose of shingles vaccine to administer to a TRICARE beneficiary at the Town Center Pharmacy. The Town Center Pharmacy recently began offering vaccines for seasonal More

PACIFIC OCEAN (May. 05, 2018) Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Rene Cruz prepares a vaccination in the medical ward aboard the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock USS Anchorage (LPD 23) during Essex Amphibio More

PACIFIC OCEAN (May. 05, 2018) Culinary Specialist Seaman Jasta Yu receives a vaccination from Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Rene Cruz in the medical ward aboard the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock USS More

Staff Sgt. Samantha Steel, an aerospace medical technician craftsman with the 1st Special Operations Medical Operations Squadron, administers a vaccine at Hurlburt Field, Fla., May 21, 2018. Air Commandos must More

U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman Cory Addison, assigned to II Marine Information Group, administers an influenza vaccine to Sgt. Dalton Morgan, a motor transport operator assigned to 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade More

Col. Cavan K. Craddock, 99th Air Base wing commander, receives his flu shot from Staff Sgt. Danielle Washington, 99th Medical Operations Squadron medical technician, Oct. 11, 2018 at a vaccination event held on More

ATLANTIC OCEAN (Oct. 11, 2018) Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Travonta Jenkins administers an influenza virus vaccine to a Sailor in the medical ward aboard the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD More

A number of DNA vaccine delivery devices are in commercial development which have the potential to overcome these logistical burdens. Several of them will be evaluated by medical personnel at the Delivery of Nu More

When Ebola virus disease (EVD) reared its head in May in the Congo, the world was armed with the rVSV-ZEBOV vaccine thanks to interagency collaboration efforts by the Defense Threat Reduction Agency’s Chemical More

U.S. Marine Col. Robert D. Curtis receives an influenza vaccine on Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina, Oct. 22, 2018. The vaccine protect and prepare service members for the upcoming flu seas More

181023-N-PL946-1011 GREAT LAKES, Ill. (Oct. 23, 2018) Recruits roll up their sleeves while waiting to receive vaccinations inside USS Red Rover In-Processing Medical and Dental Facility at Recruit Training Comm More

Staff Sgt. Taylor Brand, 5th Medical Operations Squadron medical technician, administers an influenza vaccine at Minot Air Force Base, Oct. 25, 2018. Individuals with base access can get the vaccine from the Im More

Making it stick...during Naval Hospital Bremerton's annual influenza vaccination clinic, 3,826 shots were administered to uniformed service members, eligible beneficiaries and DoD civilians November 1-6, 2018, More

Providing a boost to mission readiness...Naval Hospital Bremerton's (NHB) Hospitalman Dagen Franks administered one of 3,826 flu shots given out during NHB's annual influenza vaccination clinic for uniformed se More

Influenza awareness Week on Dec. 2-8 educates military personnel about the potential impacts of influenza, or the flu, on the Department of Defense (DoD) mission and our Force Health Protection Readiness. (U.S. More

Members of DLA Troop Support Medical supply chain’s Pharmaceutical Manufacturer and Distributor Division pose for a photo with Medical leaders at DLA Troop Support Feb. 7, 2019 in Philadelphia. The division hel More

A Marine assigned to the Military Police Company B, 4th Law Enforcement Batallion recieves a vaccination at the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Center in North Versailles, Pennsylvania, April 6, 2019. The vaccines we More

Dr. Joanna Kuecker, a veterinarian assigned to the Veterinary Clinic on Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, examines Goliath on April 29, 2019. Goliath moved with his family from Florida and came to the clinic t More

Guatemalan children peer through a schoolyard fence at U.S. Army Reserve Soldiers June 19 in Chiantla, Guatemala. A U.S. Army veterinarian and veterinary technicians from 109th Medical Detachment (Veterinary Se More

Staff Sgt. Naomi Tunender, 9th Medical Group aerospace medical technician, prepares syringes for immunizations Sept. 17, 2019, at Beale Air Force Base, California. Immunizations are vital for medical readiness More

Spc. Erin Garrison, a health specialist with Ireland Army Health Clinic, administers a flu vaccination to Maj. Gen. John Evans Jr., commander of U.S. Army Cadet Command and Fort Knox. Evans kicks off the 2019 More

SOUTH CHINA SEA (Oct. 15, 2019) Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Nicolai Watt, from Gresham, Ore., vaccinates a Sailor onboard the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Antietam (CG 54). Antietam is forward d More

Flu shot vaccinations sit on a table, Oct. 17, 2019, at Aviano Air Base, Italy. The single best way to prevent seasonal flu is to get vaccinated each year, but good health habits like covering your cough and wa More

Pressing home the point…Naval Hospital Bremerton will commence providing annual influenza vaccinations sometime after Halloween, when the annual shipment of the flu vaccine is expected to arrive. Once a delive More

Kristina Mosher, veterinary technician at the Veterinary Treatment Facility, scans a cat’s microchip at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, Oct. 21, 2019. A veterinary technician’s primary job is assisting More

Sticking it to you... Influenza Vaccinations from Naval Hospital Bremerton (NHB) will be available for all eligible family members of active duty and retired military beginning Dec. 13, 2020. This annual flu Sh More

191022-N-KM072-001 KEY WEST, Fla. (Oct. 22, 2019) Hospital Corpsman Apprentice Brandon Eubanks, right, administers a yearly flu vaccine to David Flynn, captain at Naval Air Station Key West's Fire and Emergency More

Flu shots are now available for the active duty members, children under six and retirees older than 65, at Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M. The flu vaccine assists in keeping people from getting the flu or lesseni More

Spc. Michael L. Haddon wipes blood off Spc. Matthew R. Buster after giving him a flu vaccination on Fort Sill, Okla., Nov. 15, 2019. All able members of 31st Air Defense Artillery Brigade received flu vaccinations.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention the measles-mumps-rubella vaccine is the best protection against the measles virus. The CDC reports that two doses of the MMR vaccine provides 97 perc More

Staff Sgt. Jennifer McCoy, right, 23d Healthcare Operations Squadron NCO in charge of immunizations, briefs Senior Airman Challis Fife, 23d HCOS ambulance response technician, during her immunization shot Jan. More

Cpt. Thai Huynh, 184th Sustainment Command, receives his annual influenza vaccination while attending training at Monticello, Mississippi on Feb. 8, 2020. (Mississippi Army National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Ve More

A flu shot vaccination sits on a table at 184th Sustainment Command headquarters in Monticello, Mississippi on Feb. 8, 2020. The single best way to prevent seasonal flu is to get vaccinated each year, but good More

Erika Bowers, a third grade teacher at Andre Lucas Elementary, receives her second dose of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine, Feb. 12, from Pvt. 1st Class Brianna Chamness, a medic assigned to Blanchfield Army Communit More

U.S. Army Spc. Lincoln Causey, an animal care specialist assigned to the Public Health Activity, gives a vaccination to Gator, a mini-goldendoodle, while Kris Lepikko, an animal health assistant at the veterina More

A cautionary sign is placed outside of U.S. Naval Hospital Okinawa exchange reminding personnel to practice social distancing to help fight against the spread of COVID-19, on Camp Foster, Okinawa, April 3, 2020 More

U.S. Navy Seaman Mark Rodriguez, a hospitalman with Battalion Landing Team 1/4, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, administers a vaccine during a shot exercise on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, June 3, 2020. SH More

200723-N-LW757-2001 SAN DIEGO (July 23, 2020) Hospitalman Garrett Cormier, a Sailor assigned to Naval Medical Center San Diego's (NMCSD) Immunization Clinic, prepares a vaccine July 23. NMCSD’s mission is to pr More

U.S. Army Reserve Soldiers, with the 336th Engineer Company, based out of Weirton, West Virginia, line up in preparation to receive immunizations from the U.S. Air Force Reserve 911th Aeromedical Staging Squadr More

Preventing viral spread…Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Mae L. Larimer, assigned to Navy Medicine Readiness Training Unit Bangor helps patients and visitors at the medical clinic to daily mitigate any potential spr More

Senior Airman Kara Sweeney, 911th Aeromedical Staging Sqadron aeromedical technician, administers an influenza vaccination to an Airman assigned to the 911th Airlift Wing at the Pittsburgh International Airport More

Senior Airman Kara Sweeney, 911th Aeromedical Staging Sqadron aeromedical technician, administers an influenza vaccination to Tech. Sgt. Richard Kaulfers, 911th Airlift Wing broadcast journalist, at the Pittsbu More

201020-N-EG940-1021 NORFOLK (Oct. 20, 2020) Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Kimberly DeLeon administers the influenza vaccine to Air Traffic Controller Airman Erik Arroyo aboard the Wasp-class amphibious assault sh More

YOKOSUKA, Japan (Oct. 23, 2020) - Culinary Specialist Seaman Julian Mendez from Sherman, Texas, verifies his information before participating in the annual Influenza vaccination aboard U.S. 7th Fleet flagship U More

Chief Master Sgt. Jamie L. Newman, 31st Fighter Wing command chief, receives a flu shot from Senior Airman Brandi Johnson, 31st Medical Operations Squadron allergy and immunization technician, at Aviano Air Bas More

Marcy Edwards, a Military Health System beneficiary, signs up for Operation Warp Speed, Nov. 2, 2020. Operation Warp Speed is a national initiative to accelerate the development, production and distribution of More

An influenza vaccine sits with a syringe on a medical tray prior to being administered to a patient, Nov. 5, 2020, in Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center at the Immunizations Clinic, Joint Base San Antonio- More

U.S. Army Capt. Valerie Valerie, left, Role 2 officer-in-charge from the 466th Medical Company, Area Support, New York National Guard, administers a flu shot on the arm of U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Jason Dees, More

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Bradley Debrick, 509th Medical Operations Squadron immunizations technician, fills a syringe at Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, Nov. 9, 2020. The flu vaccine is recommended by the C More

210122-N-NH199-2003 SAN DIEGO (Jan 22, 2021) A Bureau of Medicine graphic. The Department of Defense is conducting a phased, standardized, and coordinated strategy to distribute and administer Coronavirus (COVI More

Operation Warp Speed chief of plans, operations and analytics reviews information on the Tiberius software platform. Tiberius provides visibility across the entire vaccine operation – from manufacturing and cli More

Capt. Danielle Siler, 59th Medical Operations Group executive officer, administers the flu vaccine to a patient, Dec. 1, 2020, in the atrium of Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center, Joint Base San Antonio-La More

Members of the West Virginia COVID-19 Joint Interagency Task Force (JIATF) for Vaccinations participate in a tabletop exercise to discuss vaccine distribution and redistribution throughout the Mountain State at More

USAMMA’s pharmacy consultant and Distribution Operations Center, or DOC, Director Lt. Col. Todd Reeder receives an update from DOC Deputy Director Liz Andrews on the progress of the COVID-19 ordering system on More

Army Spc. Angel Laureano holds a vial of the COVID-19 vaccine, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, Md., Dec. 14, 2020. (DoD photo by Lisa Ferdinando)

WASHINGTON (Dec. 15, 2020) Dr. Charles Faselis, Washington DC Veterans Affairs Medical Center (DA VAMC) Chief of Staff, receives the first injection of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine. Dr. Faselis was the physician More

201215-N-QF345-1001 SAN DIEGO (Dec. 15, 2020) Sailors assigned to Naval Medical Center San Diego (NMCSD) fill out COVID-19 pre-screening forms before being administered the COVID-19 vaccine Dec. 15. NMCSD and N More

201215-N-DA693-2006 SAN DIEGO (Dec. 15, 2020) Staff members assigned to Naval Medical Center San Diego (NMCSD) check a temperature probe on a packing box in the hospital’s laboratory Dec. 15. The box must be ke More

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (Dec. 15, 2020) – Hospitalman Roman Silvestri prepares a dosage of the COVID-19 vaccination for administration. Naval Medical Center Portsmouth’s (NMCP) Immunizations department started adminis More

201215-N-VI515-2011 SAN DIEGO (Dec. 15, 2020) Sailors assigned to Naval Medical Center San Diego (NMCSD), fill out COVID-19 pre-screening forms before being administered the COVID-19 vaccine Dec. 15. NMCSD and More

Capt. Patricia Nolan, RN, prepares vaccinations of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020, at Madigan Army Medical Center on Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Tacoma, Wash.

Chief Petty Officer Mary Zepeda is administered the first coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccination at Base Alameda medical clinic in Alameda, Calif., Dec. 16, 2020. Coast Guard efforts to vaccinate its workforce, in More

Navy COVID-19 Vaccination Policy, Reserve Force Guidance (U.S. Navy graphic by Commander, Navy Reserve Forces Command Public Affairs)

Spc. John Deseo of the Guam National Guard's Task Force Response, assists with traffic flow on the island's first day of COVID-19 vaccine administration in Dededo on Dec. 17.

201217-N-DA693-1006 SAN DIEGO (Dec. 17, 2020) Emily Farrell, an administrative assistant assigned to Naval Medical Center San Diego’s (NMCSD) Naval Branch Health Clinic (NBHC) Kearny Mesa, checks-in a patient f More

Sgt. Paula Maafu, 996 Area Support Medical Company, combat medic, and Kevin Ontivros, Banner Medical Group, medical assistant, verifies information before administering the COVID-19 vaccine Dec. 17, 2020 at the More

COVID-19 vaccine information hand outs are displayed inside the Keesler Medical Center at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, Dec. 21, 2020. Members of the 81st Medical Group administered the COVID-19 vaccine More

SCHOFIELD BARRACKS, Hawaii – Maj. Christopher Middleman, left, battalion surgeon, 325th Brigade Support Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, receives the COVID-19 vaccines at Desmond Doss More

Naval Health Clinic Lemoore (NHCL) received its first shipment of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine, which was granted emergency use authorization (EAU) last week by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Monday, Dec. 21.

A health care employee at Lee County Healthcare Center, located in Cape Coral, Fla., receives a COVID-19 vaccination December 22, 2020. Lee County Healthcare Center belongs to the Bay Pines VA Healthcare Center More

Personnel with Naval Health Clinic Cherry Point (NHCCP), North Carolina, carry in the first shipment of the Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina, on Dec. 22, 2020. A More

Tables sit in the McGuire Fitness Center at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., Dec. 22, 2020. In preparation of the Department of Defense distributribution and administration of the COVID-19 vaccine, the More

The moment we’ve been waiting for! DLA Distribution Medical Supervisor, Jay Lightner, receiving a pallet of the Moderna vaccine that will be shipped to U.S. troops overseas and the Navy fleet. #savinglives

Capt. Christopher Warman of the Ohio Air National Guard’s 121st Air Refueling Wing draws up a dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine Dec. 22, 2020, at the Defense Supply Center Columbus in Columbus, Ohio. The U.S More

Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. David H. Berger receives the COVID-19 vaccine as part of Operation Warp Speed at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Maryland, Dec 22, 2020. Operation Warp Speed is More

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (Dec. 23, 2020) – Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Shane Henderson, assigned to the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) Medical Department, receives the COVID-19 vaccine from Hospitalman Ke More

COVID-19 vaccine documentation support …Before the the first health care workers received the COVID-19 vaccine at Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (NMRTC) Bremerton, Christopher Rona (center), Defen More

Hospitalman Cierrajaye Santella, assigned to Naval Hospital Bremerton/Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (NMRTC) Bremerton Preventive Medicine Department, prepares a Moderna COVID-19 vaccine for the c More

Covid-19 vaccinations sit on a table at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, Dec. 23, 2020. Mike O’Callaghan Military Medical Center personnel administered the base’s first COVID-19 vaccinations to first responders a More

A healthcare worker prepares the COVID-19 vaccination at the New Jersey Veterans Home in Paramus, N.J., Dec. 28, 2020. These are the first vaccinations administered at the Veterans’ Homes under the Federal Phar More

A 35th Medical Group Airman holds a dosage of the COVID-19 vaccine in preparation to deliver it to mission essential personnel at Misawa Air Base, Japan, Dec. 28, 2020. The 35th MDG Public Health office will no More

The Moderna COVID-19 vaccine is used for the first time at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Dec. 28, 2020. Since authorization, the Department of Defense has worked hand in hand with the Department of Health and Human S More

FORT DRUM, N.Y. – Capt. Breanna Johnson, the Fort Drum Veterinary Services branch chief, conducts a wellness check on a dog prior to administering vaccines during the Fort Drum Veterinary Treatment Facility dri More

Capt. Moise Bourdeau, a nurse with the Rhode Island Air National Guard poses for a photo during administration of COVID vaccines on Dec. 28, 2020, Cranston, RI. Bourdeau discussed his sense of pride and service More

A 35th Medical Group Airman holds a dosage of the COVID-19 vaccine in preparation to deliver it to mission essential personnel at Misawa Air Base, Japan, Dec. 28, 2020. The 35th MDG Public Health office will no More

Technical Sgt. Alexisa Humphrey, 8th Medical Group independent duty medical technician, administers the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine to Maj. Heather Foster, 8th MDG public health emergency officer, at Kunsan Air Ba More

U.S. Navy Seaman Dillon Botwell, a hospital corpsman with U.S. Naval Hospital Okinawa, prepares the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine to be administered to U.S. Marine Corps and Navy medical personnel and first responde More

The 48th Medical Group conducted its first inoculations of healthcare workers with the COVID-19 vaccine at Royal Air Force Lakenheath, England, Dec. 29, 2020. Initial vaccines will be limited to healthcare work More

Medics prepare the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Dec. 29, 2020. Members are highly encouraged to take the voluntary vaccine to protect their health, their families, and their com More

A bottle of Moderna COVID-19 vaccine sits on a table at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling, Washington D.C., Dec. 30, 2020. As initial quantities of the vaccine are limited, medical, fire department and security forc More

U.S. Air Force Col. Kurt Wendt, 501st Combat Support Wing commander, receives his COVID-19 vaccine from a 423rd Medical Squadron medical technician at RAF Alconbury, England on Dec. 30, 2020. The 423rd Medical More

Staff Sgt. Michael Elbo, 509th Healthcare Operations Squadron NCO in charge of immunizations, administers a COVID-19 vaccine at Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, Dec. 31, 2020. The Whiteman AFB COVID-19 vaccin More

James Baker, a healthcare information technology specialist with William Beaumont Army Medical Center receive the Pfizer vaccine.

NORFOLK, Va. (January 4, 2021)--Rear Adm. Michael Wettlaufer, Commander, Military Sealift Command (right) and CMDCM Theron Fisher, Military Sealift Command's Command Master Chief (left), pose for a photograph More

The 52nd Medical Group distributed their first batch of COVID-19 vaccinations Jan. 4, 2021, at Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany. In accordance with the Department of Defense’s distribution plan, the COVID-19 vacci More