European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 17, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday March 17 2007 s t a r s and s t rip e s pages Navy guidelines Japan sailors must get anthrax shots by Jeff Schogol stars and stripes Arlington a sailors in Japan Are again required to get mandatory anthrax vaccinations the Navy has announced sailors who previously received anthrax vaccine can elect to continue to Complete their Ini tial series receive their an Nual Booster according to an emailed response to questions from the Navy Bureau of medi Cine and surgery 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 Hima Rine expeditionary Force As signed or designated As Early de players up to 20 Days after the Start of the flow of forces to the korean Peninsula the Navy said the move would affect sailors on ships for War deployed to Japan including the aircraft Carrier uss Kitty Hawk with a Crew of 3000 sailors and an additional 2000 air Crew amphibious assault ship uss Essex with a Crew of 950 and the capacity to hold 1073 kanto Plains Baptist Church Southern Baptist Church Tel 0425511915 fax Sun school am Sun evening 6 pm Sun worship 11 am wed evening pm ii Yokooji Cotaa air Boe International Christian Assembly Yokota Christian Center located just South of Supply Gate on it 16 tall our website it prayer sunday school worship service childrens Church English Aji Pancie holy grounds 1 St sunday All Church prayer 2nd sunday Fellowship sunday 3rd sunday prayer walk 4th sunday am am am am pm pm pm pm family night pm adult Bible study pm youth Royal rangers and pm Mission ettes Honor bound mens ministries prayer breakfast 3rd saturday All Church work Day 4th sunday am Church office 0425514772 parsonage 0425510966 pastors cell 09034373206 pastors Dan Linda Alvarez 11 Jay Elj Bali the dosing schedule the cd licensed anthrax vaccine schedule Calls for doses to be administered according to the following schedule first dose weeks later 4 weeks later 6 months later 8 months later 18 months later annual Booster thereafter source  troops the Cruiser uss Shiloh with a Crew of 387 the destroyer uss Curtis Wilbur with a Crew of 303 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 the Marine corps would not say thursday How Many marines on Okinawa would have to get the anthrax regimen asked if All Iii me marines would be required to get vaccinated for anthrax a corps offi Cial would Only say the corps plans to Issue specific guidelines on the vaccination program in an upcoming Marine administrative message last year the defense depart ment made anthrax vaccinations mandatory again for us troops and some department civilians serving in the us Central com Mand theater of operations and on the korean Peninsula 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 beginning in 2005 but when Only stars and stripes half of service members decided to get vaccinated the defense department made the vaccinations mandatory again for troops heading 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 according to bumped under certain Public health provisions and emergencies the Navy can require individuals to receive a vaccine As a condition of remaining on a Navy installation or being allowed to enter or leave a Navy installation according to bumped f 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 if they Are pregnant or if there is a Chance they could become pregnant Dur ing the next month before administering the shot the query is a Standard question posed to female service members and civil ians before they Are vaccinated not a Way of asking if women Are sexually Active according to bumped the question is necessary to inform women and providers of 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 2004 the 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 stars and stripes 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 if Povia  grand Kopeinig March 15 Yokohama California pizza Kitchen Lala port Yokohama Lala port Yokohama 3f 40351 Ike Echo stud Okiku Yokohama 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