MHS leader flu bivalent vaccinations October 2022

Senior MHS officials and medics from the Pentagon stand together Oct. 13 after receiving their flu shots and bivalent COVID-19 boosters.."

Department of Defense leaders encourage Military Health System beneficiaries to get their annual flu shot concurrent with the COVID-19 bivalent booster. Here, senior military leaders pose with medics at DiLorenzo Pentagon Health Clinic after receiving both vaccines on Oct 13. From left to right: U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Paul Friedrichs, joint staff surgeon; Seileen Mullen, acting assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs; U.S. Army Spc. Serena Nunez, medical records technician; U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Mychaela Cammack, noncommissioned officer in charge of primary care; Dr. Mike Malanoski, deputy director, Defense Health Agency; Dr. Dave Smith, acting principal deputy assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs; Bill Saindon, executive medicine technician; and U.S. Army Sgt. Joshua Patti, medical readiness assistant NCOIC. Not pictured but also receiving vaccinations were U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. John DeGoes, U.S. Air Force deputy surgeon general, and U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Darin Via, U.S. Navy deputy surgeon general. Flu vaccines and COVID-19 bivalent booster vaccines are available at all military treatment facilities and through TRICARE participating network pharmacies.

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