Courtesy Photo | Defense Threat Reduction Agency's Chemical and Biological Technologies Department | 10.15.2018
When Ebola virus disease (EVD) reared its head in May in the Congo, the world was armed with the rVSV-ZEBOV vaccine thanks to interagency collaboration efforts by the Defense Threat Reduction Agency’s Chemical and Biological Technologies Department....
Courtesy Photo | Defense Threat Reduction Agency's Chemical and Biological Technologies Department | 10.15.2018
A number of DNA vaccine delivery devices are in commercial development which have the potential to overcome these logistical burdens. Several of them will be evaluated by medical personnel at the Delivery of Nucleic Acid Vaccines (DONAVAX) User Feedback Event (UFE). During the UFE, military medical personnel will have the opportunity to survey a range of next-generation DNA delivery devices on......
Photo by Rachel Larue | Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall | 03.19.2015
Participants in a personal protective equipment training session practice the buddy system for donning and removing PPE as part of Ebola training at Andrew Rader U.S. Army Health Clinic on the Fort Myer portion of Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall, March 19. The equipment includes two pairs of gloves, goggles, a face mask and other gear to protect health care workers. (Joint Base Myer-Henderson......
Photo by Rachel Larue | Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall | 03.19.2015
Primary Care Physician Dr. Tom Ryder, left, and Licensed Practical Nurse Mercedes Hicks, right, go through a buddy system checklist for donning simulated Ebola personal protective equipment during an Ebola response training session at Andrew Rader U.S. Army Health Clinic on the Fort Myer portion of Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall, March 19, 2015. The equipment includes two pairs of gloves,......
Photo by Rachel Larue | Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall | 03.19.2015
Personal protective equipment is laid out while medical staff practice a buddy system for donning the equipment during an Ebola response training session at Andrew Rader U.S. Army Health Clinic on the Fort Myer portion of Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall, March 19, 2015. The equipment includes two pairs of gloves, goggles, a face mask and other gear to protect health care workers. (Joint Base......
Photo by Sgt. Ange Desinor | 13th Public Affairs Detachment | 02.12.2015
Col. Heath Roscoe, commander for the 36th Engineer Brigade, and Command Sgt. Maj. Douglas Padgett, the senior enlisted adviser for the 36th Engineer Brigade, both of Fort Hood, Texas, case the brigade colors after completing their mission in Liberia in support of Operation United Assistance, Joint Forces Command – United Assistance, Paynesville, Liberia, Feb. 12, 2015. The casing ceremony......
Photo by Sgt. Ange Desinor | 13th Public Affairs Detachment | 02.12.2015
Maj. Gen. Gary Volesky, right, Joint Forces Command – United Assistance commander, attends the 36th Engineer Brigade color casing ceremony, Paynesville, Liberia, Feb. 12, 2015. The casing ceremony symbolizes the brigade’s completion of their mission in Liberia. Operation United Assistance is a Department of Defense operation in Liberia to provide logistics, training and engineering support......
Photo by Sgt. Ange Desinor | 13th Public Affairs Detachment | 02.12.2015
Soldiers of the 36th Engineer Brigade, left, and the 86th Combat Support Hospital, right, stand in formation during the joint color casing ceremony after completing their mission in Liberia in support of Operation United Assistance, Joint Forces Command – United Assistance, Paynesville, Liberia, Feb. 12, 2015. The casing ceremony symbolizes the brigade’s completion of their mission in......
