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)

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)

Vandenberg welcomes new command chief

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Chief Master Sgt. Ryan Peterson, 30th Space Wing command chief, speaks about his vision for Vandenberg and background here Monday, August 27, 2012. The native of Granite Falls, Minn. has had extensive experience in leadership, having been stationed stateside, overseas and on multiple contingency deployments. (U.S. Air Force photo/Jerry E. Clemens Jr.)

Vandenberg welcomes new command chief

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Chief Master Sgt. Ryan Peterson, 30th Space Wing command chief, speaks about his vision for Vandenberg and background here Monday, August 27, 2012. The native of Granite Falls, Minn. has had extensive experience in leadership, having been stationed stateside, overseas and on multiple contingency deployments. (U.S. Air Force photo/Jerry E. Clemens Jr.)

Northstar Exercise

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Airman 1st Class Stephen Kwak, a 30th Contracting Squadron contract specialist, and Senior Airman Alexander Leik, a 30th Comptroller Squadron customer service technician, mark the location of an unexploded ordnance during a Northstar deployment exercise here Thursday, August 9, 2012. (U.S. Air Force photo/Michael Peterson)

Northstar Exercise

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Maj. Christopher Black, a 30th Medical Operations Squadron flight surgeon, helps carry an injured airman on a stretcher as the medical personnel evacuate the wounded during a Northstar deployment exercise here Thursday, August 9, 2012. (U.S. Air Force photo/Michael Peterson)