BREMERTON, WA, UNITED STATES
12.29.2020
Photo by Douglas Stutz
Naval Hospital Bremerton/Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Bremerton
A stickler for emergency services…Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Brittany Vain provides the COVID-19 vaccine to a Federal Fire Emergency Services staff member on Dec. 29, 2020, at Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (NMRTC) Bremerton. Initial doses of the vaccine were given to emergency medical services personnel, along with other first responders such as frontline health care workers, security forces, and other essential workers. An initial shipment of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine that received emergency use authorization (EUA) from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration arrived at NMRTC Bremerton on Dec. 22, 2020, with vaccinations starting the day after. In conjunction with Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Department of Defense (DoD) distribution plan for administering the vaccine at military medical treatment facilities like NMRTC Bremerton calls for prioritizing through a phased approach to vaccinate all active duty and reserve components, TRICARE Prime and TRICARE Select beneficiaries, and select DoD civilians and contract personnel authorized to receive immunizations from DoD (Official Navy photo by Douglas H Stutz, NHB/NMRTC Bremerton public affairs officer).
