European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 17, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday March 172007 stars and stripes Page s Navy issues anthrax shot guidelines by Jeff Schogol stars and stripes Arlington a the Navy has issued its guidance on anthrax shots and marines on Oki Nawa will soon find out who among them must resume the inoculations in a recent Nav admin Navy administrative the Navy announced the following sailors and marines will also have to get the anthrax shots us Pacific command Forward deployed naval forces and in Marine expeditionary Force assigned or designated As Early deploy ers up to 20 Days after the Start of the flow of forces to the korean Peninsula asked if All Iii me marines would be required to get vaccinated for anthrax a corps official would Only say the corps plans to Issue specific guidelines on the vaccination program in an upcoming Marine administrative message some personnel must receive mandatory anthrax vaccinations others that have previously received anthrax vaccine can voluntarily elect to continue to com plete their initial series receive their annual Booster according to an emailed response to questions from the Navy Bureau of Medicine and surgery the move would not affect most sailors in Guam said Navy spokeswoman it Ligia Cohen the sailors in Guam Are not considered Forward deployed except a few units with special mis Sions Cohen said in a thursday email to stars and stripes last year the defense depart ment made anthrax vaccinations the dosing schedule the cd licensed anthrax vaccine schedule Calls for doses to be administered according to the following schedule first dose 2 weeks later 4 weeks later 6 months later 8 months later 18 months later annual Booster thereafter source  mandatory again for us troops and some department civilians serving in the us Central com Mand theater of operations and on the korean Peninsula As for which sailors Are affected by the move the Navy said ships that Are currently Forward deployed include the aircraft Carrier uss Kitty Hawk with a Crew of 3000 sailors and an additional 2000 air Crew the amphibious assault ship uss Essex with a Crew of 950 and the capacity to hold 1073 troops the Cruiser uss Shiloh with a Crew of 387 the destroyer uss Curtis stars and stripes Wilbur with a Crew of 303 the defense department began vaccinating troops against anthrax in 1998 but a Federal judge stopped the program in 2004 after finding the food and drug administration made mis takes in determining that the vac Cine was Safe the judge allowed the defense department to administer the vaccinations on a voluntary basis be ginning in 2005 but when Only half of service members decided to get vaccinated the defense department made the vaccinations mandatory again for troops head ing to the Cen com area of operations and Korea adults who accompany troops and contractors to those regions can still receive the vaccinations on a voluntary basis the naval min says the Navy can compel family members to get vaccinated in Case of emergencies Accord ing to bumped under certain Public health pro visions and emergencies the Navy can require individuals to receive a vaccine As a condition of remain ing of a Navy installation or being allowed to enter or leave a Navy installation according to bumped pregnant women will Only receive the vaccine in unusual circumstances if the potential Bene fits of the vaccination outweigh the potential risks to the fetus the Nav admin says the Nav admin recommends asking women the following ques Tion before they Are vaccinated Are you pregnant or is there a Chance you could become preg Nant during the next month the query is a Standard ques Tion posed to female servicemen Bers and civilians before they Are vaccinated not a Way of asking if women Are sexually Active according to bumped the question is necessary to in form women and providers of the possibility of becoming preg Nant the bumped statement says this offers a higher level of Protection to the female and a potential fetus for More information see Nav admin at  email Jeff Schogol at vaccination timeline 1998 defense department starts a program of inoculating troops with the anthrax vaccine june 2001 inoculating troops temporarily suspended because of a Lack of anthrax vaccine when the manufacturer Bio port changed its manufacturing process without approval by the food and drug administration june 2002 defense department resumes inoculating troops after Fra approves vaccine and manufacturing process lifting the temporary suspension from a year earlier december 2003 a Federal judge bars the Dod from administering the vaccine after six Anonymous former service members file a lawsuit claiming the 1970smade vaccine was approved by the Fra to protect against the skin form of anthrax and not against inhaled anthrax january judge reverses his injunction after the Justice department produces documentation showing the Fra issued a finding that the vaccine was in fact intended to guard against both the skin and inhaled forms of anthrax october courts bar the defense department from making the vaccine mandatory citing mistakes in How the Fra determined the safety of the vaccine april 2005 the judge amends his order allowing the department to administer the vaccine on an emergency use basis but solely on a voluntary basis troops could refuse shots without reprisal the ruling also requires anyone receiving the vaccine first to be warned of possible Side effects and made aware of questions surrounding the effectiveness december 2005 Fra deems the anthrax vaccine is both Safe and effective october defense department makes anthrax vaccinations mandatory for us troops and emergency essential Dod civilians and contractors serving in the us Central command area of responsibility and on the korean Peninsula for 15 Days or More february pentagons top health official approves each services plans to resume mandatory anthrax vaccinations for troops on the korean Peninsula and in the us Central command theater of operations Dod attacks on troops in Iraq peaked in feb by Jeff Schogol and Lisa Burgess stars and stripes Arlington Vaas of Early february average weekly attacks against us and coalition troops reached their highest lev Els the most recent defense department report on Progress in Iraq says the defense department re leased the quarterly report wednesday afternoon for the first time defense officials did not Brief reporters on the quarterly report asked about the Lack of a Brief ing a defense official Down played the reports significance saying the data i the report pre dates the new Iraq strategy even though some data in the report is from february the report says attacks against coalition and iraqi forces from october to december 2006 were the highest for any three month period since 2003 from Jan 1 to feb 9 2007 weekly attacks against us and coalition forces reached 756 up from 608 from May 20 to dec 31 2006 the report says average daily casualties for us and other coalition forces remained steady at 22 during the same time periods the report says As for the Security situation As a whole the report says that the term civil War does not fully de scribe the turmoil in Iraq but ele ments of a civil War do exist in Iraq including hardening of Ethan sectarian identities and mobilization the changing character of the violence and population displacements also in the report As of feb 19 2007 about 328700 iraqi Security forces had been trained however the Day today num Ber of iraqis in uniform is consid Erable lower the actual number of soldiers present for duty is Actu ally on half to two thirds of the total due to scheduled leave absence without leave and Attri Tion the report said As of february 2007 there were 112 iraqi army combat battalions with 103 of those conduct ing operations at varying Levels of capability and 93 in the Lead during counterinsurgency operations another 27 National police battalions Are operational with six in the Lead although what constitutes in the Lead was not defined in the report the report said that Iraq civil Security Force of 188300 which include the National police iraqi police service and the Border police and Are under control of Iraq ministry of the Inte rior is now being expanded in size to 194800 about 20 percent of the civil Security Force is lost to attrition every year o global Van co Ltd local and Domestic moving Quality service on time Ever time one does it All c if thai you Money and time free estimate for All moves household goods cars office equipment merchandise delivery f year of Ono ii Chatan Branch main office English service Call Mon Fri 08001700 japanese service Call 098 8992114 Mon sat 08001700 closed weekends american holidays closed sunday japanese holidays unday the report said 100 percent of All authorized vehicle weapons and other equipment have been delivered to iraqi police in Bagh dad and nine other key cities Overall the iraqi police service has received about 83 percent of its authorized critical equipment with 100 percent of its allotment this summer however due to the ministry of interiors immature equip ment accountability system there Are no reliable figures for How much of this equipment re Mains in service the ministry also lacks a personnel accountability system and thus it is unknown How Many of the More than 306000 employees on the ministry payroll Are present for duty on a Given Day the report said coalition officials believe that less than 70 percent of those employees Are on present for duty at any Given time the us trainers both military and civilian who make up police transition teams or ptts Are working to help iraqi ministry of Interior and the police with their inventory and personnel systems according to the report email Lisa Burgess at email Jeff Schogol at