Essential Team Travis medical personnel receive base's first COVID-19 vaccine

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Lori McCarty, 60th Healthcare Operations Squadron allergy immunization technician, fills an injection needle with the COVID-19 vaccine Dec. 22, 2020, at Travis Air Force Base, California. David Grant U.S. Air Force Medical Center is the largest Air Force medical facility and provides care to more than 276,000 Department of Defense and Veteran Affairs eligible beneficiaries. Essential medical personnel from the 60th Medical Group were the first to receive the vaccine at Travis AFB. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Cameron Otte)

Essential Team Travis medical personnel receive base's first COVID-19 vaccines

U.S. Air Force 1st Lt. Christabel Muñoz, 60th Aeromedical Staging Flight clinical nurse, takes a photo while 1st Lt. Fanny Perez, 60th Inpatient Squadron intensive care unit nurse, injects Tech. Sgt. Tara Dougherty, 60th Dental Squadron advanced education general dentistry flight chief, with the COVID-19 vaccine Dec. 22, 2020, at Travis Air Force Base, California. Dougherty was among the first Airmen to receive the vaccine at Travis AFB. David Grant U.S. Air Force Medical Center is the Air Force’s largest medical facility and provides care to more than 276,000 Department of Defense and Veteran Affairs eligible beneficiaries. Members of the 60th Medical Group were tasked to support local hospitals in Southern California and assist with pandemic relief efforts. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Cameron Otte)

Essential Team Travis medical personnel receive base's first COVID-19 vaccine

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Yadira Wood, 60th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron aerospace medical technician, administers the COVID-19 vaccine to Lt. Col. Joseph Sky, 60th Surgical Squadron chief of medical staff, Dec. 22, 2020, at Travis Air Force Base, California. Sky was the first person to receive the vaccine at Travis AFB. Sky will join several Airmen from the 60th Medical Group on a deployment to Southern California to assist with pandemic relief efforts. David Grant U.S. Air Force Medical Center is the largest Air Force medical facility and provides care to more than 276,000 Department of Defense and Veteran Affairs eligible beneficiaries. Essential medical personnel from the 60th Medical Group were the first to receive the vaccine at Travis AFB. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Cameron Otte)

Essential Team Travis medical personnel receive base's first COVID-19 vaccine

Airmen from the 60th Surgical Operations Squadron, 60th Inpatient Squadron, 60th Healthcare Operations Squadron and 60th Operational Medical Readiness Squadron are cleared through a three-step process to receive the COVID-19 vaccine Dec. 22, 2020, at Travis Air Force Base, California. The Airmen were among the first to receive the vaccine at David Grant U.S. Air Force Medical Center, the Air Force’s largest medical facility, which provides care to more than 276,000 Department of Defense and Veteran Affairs eligible beneficiaries. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Cameron Otte)

Essential Team Travis medical personnel receive base's first COVID-19 vaccine

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Yadira Wood, 60th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron aerospace medical technician, places a band aid on the right arm of Lt. Col. Joseph Sky, 60th Surgical Squadron chief of medical staff, after administering the COVID-19 vaccine to Sky Dec. 22, 2020, at Travis Air Force Base, California. David Grant U.S. Air Force Medical Center is the largest Air Force medical facility and provides care to more than 276,000 Department of Defense and Veteran Affairs eligible beneficiaries. Essential medical personnel from the 60th Medical Group were the first to receive the vaccine at Travis AFB. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Cameron Otte)

Essential Team Travis medical personnel receive base's first COVID-19 vaccine

U.S. Air Force 1st Lt. Fanny Perez, 60th Inpatient Squadron intensive care unit nurse, injects 1st Lt. Shelby Hannigan, 60th Inpatient Squadron critical care nurse, with the COVID-19 vaccine Dec. 22, 2020, at Travis Air Force Base, California. Perez was among the first Airmen at Travis AFB to receive the vaccine. Members of the 60th Medical Group were tasked to support local hospitals in Southern California and assist with pandemic relief efforts. David Grant U.S. Air Force Medical Center is the largest Air Force medical facility and provides care to more than 276,000 Department of Defense and Veteran Affairs eligible beneficiaries. Essential medical personnel from the 60th Medical Group were the first to receive the vaccine at Travis AFB. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Cameron Otte)

Essential Team Travis medical personnel receive base's first COVID-19 vaccines

Published Dec. 23, 2020
By Senior Airman Cameron Otte
60th Air Mobility Wing Public Affairs