Vaccination exercise trains medics

Maj. Jennie Caval, 5th Medical Operations Squadron flight commander, administers an influenza vaccination to an Airman at Minot Air Force Base, N.D., Oct. 13, 2016. As part of a point of distribution mass-epidemic exercise, medical technicians provided 70% of base personnel with the influenza vaccination. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Jessica Weissman)

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Vaccination needles lay on a table during a vaccination exercise at Minot Air Force Base, N.D., Oct. 13, 2016. The 5th Medical Group conducted a base-wide exercise to efficiently provide vaccinations to the entire base. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Jessica Weissman)

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Maj. Jennie Caval, 5th Medical Operations Squadron flight commander, administers an influenza vaccination to Master Sgt. Stephen Pearson, 5th Maintenance Squadron section chief, at Minot Air Force Base, N.D., Oct. 13, 2016. More than 1,400 high-risk personnel, to include pregnant women, anyone over the age of 65 and immunocompromised patients, were administered the vaccination first. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Jessica Weissman)

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Team Minot lines up for an influenza vaccination at Minot Air Force Base, N.D., Oct. 13, 2016. The 5th Medical Group conducted a point of distribution exercise to provide adequate vaccinations in case of a mass-epidemic virus was ever contracted here. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Jessica Weissman)

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Maj. Jennie Caval, 5th Medical Operations Squadron flight commander, administers an influenza vaccination to Airmen at Minot Air Force Base, N.D., Oct. 13, 2016. As part of a point of distribution mass-epidemic exercise, medical technicians provided 70% of base personnel with the influenza vaccination. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Jessica Weissman)

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Senior Airman Shante Burks, 5th Medical Operations Squadron medical technician, fills a syringe with medication at Minot Air Force Base, N.D., Oct. 13, 2016. More than 1,400 high-risk personnel, to include pregnant women, anyone over the age of 65 and immunocompromised patients, were administered the vaccination first. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Jessica Weissman)

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Tech. Sgt. David Holman, 5th Medical Operations Squadron NCO in charge of the personnel reliability assurance program, administers an influenza vaccination to an Airman at Minot Air Force Base, N.D., Oct. 13, 2016. The 5th Medical Group conducted a point of distribution exercise to provide adequate vaccinations in case of a mass-epidemic virus was ever contracted here. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Jessica Weissman)

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Vaccination exercise trains medics

Published Oct. 19, 2016
By Airman 1st Class Jessica Weissman
Minot Air Force Base Public Affairs

MINOT AIR FORCE BASE, N.D. -- Team Minot received influenza vaccination as part of a 5th Medical Group point-of-distribution exercise at Minot Air Force Base, N.D., Oct. 13-14, 2016. The 5th Medical Group conducted the exercise to provide adequate vaccinations in case of a mass-epidemic virus was ever contracted here. More than 1,400 high-risk personnel, to include pregnant women, anyone over the age of 65 and immunocompromised patients, were administered the vaccination first. (U.S. Air Force photos/Airman 1st Class Jessica Weissman)