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Air Force Medical Service

Team V participates in first time mass inoculation

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Team V personnel board a bus for the Point of Distribution (POD) at the Installation Deployment Readiness Cell to receive vaccinations here Thursday, Oct. 18, 2012. Active duty Airmen reported to the POD in an exercise simulating mass immunization against anthrax, and base authorities used the opportunity to distribute this year’s real world influenza vaccine. The POD distributed Skittles candy representing the anthrax prophylaxis to over 1,900 Airmen and then vaccinated over 1,500 Airmen for influenza, raising the wing’s flu vaccination rate to over 90%. The purpose of the exercise was to evaluate the wing’s response to a public health emergency by testing the 30th Medical Group’s ability to stand up a POD and rapidly distribute countermeasures. Mass inoculation of this scale was a first for Vandenberg Air Force Base. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Lael Huss)

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Team V participates in first time mass inoculation

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Team V members receive a briefing at the entrance of the Point of Distribution (POD) here Thursday, Oct. 18, 2012. Active duty Airmen reported to the POD in an exercise simulating mass immunization against anthrax, and base authorities used the opportunity to distribute this year’s real world influenza vaccine. The POD distributed Skittles candy representing the anthrax prophylaxis to over 1,900 Airmen and then vaccinated over 1,500 Airmen for influenza, raising the wing’s flu vaccination rate to over 90%. The purpose of the exercise was toevaluate the wing’s response to a public health emergency by testing the 30th Medical Group’s ability to stand up a POD and rapidly distribute countermeasures. Mass inoculation of this scale was a first for Vandenberg Air Force Base. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Lael Huss)

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Team V participates in first time mass inoculation

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Maj. Dawn Hinckley, 30th Medical Group healthcare integrator, prepares to administer the flu vaccine to an active duty Airman at the Point of Distribution (POD) in the Installation Deployment Readiness Cell here Thursday, Oct. 18, 2012. Active duty Airmen reported to the POD in an exercise simulating mass immunization against anthrax, and base authorities used the opportunity to distribute this year’s real world influenza vaccine. The POD distributed Skittles candy representing the anthrax prophylaxis to over 1,900 Airmen and then vaccinated over 1,500 Airmen for influenza, raising the wing’s flu vaccination rate to over 90%. The purpose of the exercise was toevaluate the wing’s response to a public health emergency by testing the 30th Medical Group’s ability to stand up a POD and rapidly distribute countermeasures. Mass inoculation of this scale was a first for Vandenberg Air Force Base. (U.S. Air Force photo illustration/Senior Airman Lael Huss)

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Team V participates in first time mass inoculation

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – – A 30th Medical Group technician administers the flu vaccine to an active duty Airman at the Point of Distribution (POD) in the Installation Deployment Readiness Cell here Thursday, Oct. 18, 2012. Active duty Airmen reported to the POD in an exercise simulating mass immunization against anthrax, and base authorities used the opportunity to distribute this year’s real world influenza vaccine. The POD distributed Skittles candy representing the anthrax prophylaxis to over 1,900 Airmen and then vaccinated over 1,500 Airmen for influenza, raising the wing’s flu vaccination rate to over 90%. The purpose of the exercise was toevaluate the wing’s response to a public health emergency by testing the 30th Medical Group’s ability to stand up a POD and rapidly distribute countermeasures. Mass inoculation of this scale was a first for Vandenberg Air Force Base. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Lael Huss)

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Team V participates in first time mass inoculation

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Staff Sgt. Zavier Grier, 30th Medical Operations Squadron aerospace medical technician, administers the flu vaccine at the Point of Distribution (POD) in the Installation Deployment Readiness Cell here Thursday, Oct. 18, 2012. Active duty Airmen reported to the POD in an exercise simulating mass immunization against anthrax, and base authorities used the opportunity to distribute this year’s real world influenza vaccine. The POD distributed Skittles candy representing the anthrax prophylaxis to over 1,900 Airmen and then vaccinated over 1,500 Airmen for influenza, raising the wing’s flu vaccination rate to over 90%. The purpose of the exercise was toevaluate the wing’s response to a public health emergency by testing the 30th Medical Group’s ability to stand up a POD and rapidly distribute countermeasures. Mass inoculation of this scale was a first for Vandenberg Air Force Base. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Lael Huss)

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Team V participates in first time mass inoculation

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – A container of syringes containing flu vaccine sits on a table at the Point of Distribution (POD) in the Installation Deployment Readiness Cell here Thursday, Oct. 18, 2012. Active duty Airmen reported to the POD in an exercise simulating mass immunization against anthrax, and base authorities used the opportunity to distribute this year’s real world influenza vaccine. The POD distributed Skittles candy representing the anthrax prophylaxis to over 1,900 Airmen and then vaccinated over 1,500 Airmen for influenza, raising the wing’s flu vaccination rate to over 90%. The purpose of the exercise was toevaluate the wing’s response to a public health emergency by testing the 30th Medical Group’s ability to stand up a POD and rapidly distribute countermeasures. Mass inoculation of this scale was a first for Vandenberg Air Force Base. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Lael Huss)

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Team V participates in first time mass inoculation

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – 30th Medical Group technicians rapidly process Team Vandenberg Airmen at the Point of Distribution (POD) in the Installation Deployment Readiness Cell here Thursday, Oct. 18, 2012. Active duty Airmen reported to the POD in an exercise simulating mass immunization against anthrax, and base authorities used the opportunity to distribute this year’s real world influenza vaccine. The POD distributed Skittles candy representing the anthrax prophylaxis to over 1,900 Airmen and then vaccinated over 1,500 Airmen for influenza, raising the wing’s flu vaccination rate to over 90%. The purpose of the exercise was toevaluate the wing’s response to a public health emergency by testing the 30th Medical Group’s ability to stand up a POD and rapidly distribute countermeasures. Mass inoculation of this scale was a first for Vandenberg Air Force Base. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Lael Huss)

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Team V participates in first time mass inoculation

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – After a quick medical records screening, Team V members proceed to the inoculation area at the Point of Distribution (POD) in the Installation Deployment Readiness Cell here Thursday, Oct. 18, 2012. Active duty Airmen reported to the POD in an exercise simulating mass immunization against anthrax, and base authorities used the opportunity to distribute this year’s real world influenza vaccine. The POD distributed Skittles candy representing the anthrax prophylaxis to over 1,900 Airmen and then vaccinated over 1,500 Airmen for influenza, raising the wing’s flu vaccination rate to over 90%. The purpose of the exercise was toevaluate the wing’s response to a public health emergency by testing the 30th Medical Group’s ability to stand up a POD and rapidly distribute countermeasures. Mass inoculation of this scale was a first for Vandenberg Air Force Base. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Lael Huss)

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Team V participates in first time mass inoculation

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – A syringe is filled with influenza vaccine at the Point of Distribution (POD) in the Installation Deployment Readiness Cell here Thursday, Oct. 18, 2012. Active duty Airmen reported to the POD in an exercise simulating mass immunization against anthrax, and base authorities used the opportunity to distribute this year’s real world influenza vaccine. The POD distributed Skittles candy representing the anthrax prophylaxis to over 1,900 Airmen and then vaccinated over 1,500 Airmen for influenza, raising the wing’s flu vaccination rate to over 90%. The purpose of the exercise was toevaluate the wing’s response to a public health emergency by testing the 30th Medical Group’s ability to stand up a POD and rapidly distribute countermeasures. Mass inoculation of this scale was a first for Vandenberg Air Force Base. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Lael Huss)

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Team V participates in first time mass inoculation

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – A 30th Medical Group technician inserts a needle into a vial of influenza vaccine at the Point of Distribution (POD) in the Installation Deployment Readiness Cell here Thursday, Oct. 18, 2012. Active duty Airmen reported to the POD in an exercise simulating mass immunization against anthrax, and base authorities used the opportunity to distribute this year’s real world influenza vaccine. The POD distributed Skittles candy representing the anthrax prophylaxis to over 1,900 Airmen and then vaccinated over 1,500 Airmen for influenza, raising the wing’s flu vaccination rate to over 90%. The purpose of the exercise was toevaluate the wing’s response to a public health emergency by testing the 30th Medical Group’s ability to stand up a POD and rapidly distribute countermeasures. Mass inoculation of this scale was a first for Vandenberg Air Force Base. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Lael Huss)

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Team V participates in POD

Published Oct. 25, 2012

USAF. (U.S. Air Force Graphic by Rosario "Charo" Gutierrez)

Team V participates in first time mass inoculation

Team V participates in first time mass inoculation

Team V participates in first time mass inoculation

Team V participates in first time mass inoculation

Team V participates in first time mass inoculation

Team V participates in first time mass inoculation

Team V participates in first time mass inoculation

Team V participates in first time mass inoculation

Team V participates in first time mass inoculation

Team V participates in first time mass inoculation