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New seasonal influenza vaccine and goal announced

Marine Administrative Message 453/17 provide guidances, to Marine Corps active and Reserve components, to implement the 2017-2018 mandatory Seasonal Influenza Vaccination Program. The Department of Defense goal is 90 percent of personnel vaccinated no later than Dec. 15, 2017.

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A corpsman from Naval Air Station, Joint Reserve Base, Belle Chasse, administers a flu shot to a Marine at MarForRes Headquarters Oct. 27, 2010. Vaccination is mandatory for all service members. - A corpsman from Naval Air Station, Joint Reserve Base, Belle Chasse, administers a flu shot to a Marine at MarForRes Headquarters Oct. 27, 2010. Vaccination is mandatory for all service members.

Reserve personnel undergo flu vaccination

Marines and sailors took a break from the daily work routine here to get their seasonal flu vaccinations Oct. 27. The influenza flu is a contagious respiratory illness that can cause mild sickness or even death. The Marine Corps published Marine Administrative Message 571/10 Oct. 13 as guidance to preventing the seasonal

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