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15th Wing Prepares for SHOTEX

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  • By 1st Lt. Kathleen Eisenbrey
  • 15th Medical Group
JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii --  Leaders from the 15th Wing here received their annual influenza vaccinations Sept. 6 in preparation for a mass-immunizations exercise scheduled for Sept. 18-20.

The Citadel SHOTEX 12 is a Navy-sponsored mass-immunization exercise involving medical personnel from Headquarters Pacific Air Forces, 13th Air Force, Naval Health Clinic Hawaii, the 15th Wing Medical Group and the 154th Medical Group. The exercise aims to vaccinate approximately 12,000 military personnel and Category 1 and 5 civilian personnel.

"The Citadel SHOTEX 12 will test the capability of the Air Force and Navy to rapidly respond to a pandemic event," said Dan DuBois, Director of Emergency Management here. "It is our goal to vaccinate 70-percent of shore-based active duty personnel and 70-percent of Category 1 and 5 civilians stationed on Joint Base Pearl-Harbor Hickam within three days."

"Early vaccination is key to a successful seasonal flu vaccination campaign," said Col. Johnny Roscoe, 15th WG commander. "It is of the utmost importance that first-line supervisors ensure personnel attend the immunizations exercise during their unit's scheduled chalk time."

There will be two distribution points; Bloch Arena on Pearl Harbor and the Makai Recreation Center on Hickam. Hours at Bloch Arena will be from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sept. 18-19 and from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Sept. 20. Hours at the Makai Recreation Center will be from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Sept. 18-20.

"The (point of distribution) layout at the Makai Recreation Center has been designed to accommodate approximately a ten-minute processing time for units consisting of 200 personnel," said Staff Sgt. Aimee Braxton, NCO in charge of the Hickam Immunizations clinic and Joint Vaccine Working Group representative.

In conjunction with the SHOTEX at JBPHH, the majority of Department of Defense personnel stationed on Oahu will be participating in simultaneous mass immunization exercises.

"The island-wide vaccination goal is to immunize 30,000 military personnel within 72 hours," said Lance Golder, Military Vaccine Analyst at Pacific Command and Joint Vaccine Working Group advisor.

For information regarding scheduled chalk times, personnel should contact their unit's Command Master Chief, First Sergeant, and Unit Deployment Manager or designated Ombudsman. It is requested that all personnel bring a completed copy of a SF600 that has been distributed electronically to units, as well as their Common Access Card.