The Coast Guard Chief of Staff concurred with this action. In November 1993, DoD established the policy, responsibilities and procedures for stockpiling vaccines and determined which personnel should be vaccinated and when the vaccines should be administered. Personnel who are unable to begin the series before deployment, may still be deployable based on individual Service policy. A minimum of one vaccination is desirable. However, should extenuating medical or administrative circumstances preclude vaccination of deploying personnel before arrival in a high-threat area, vaccine stocks and operational immunization tracking systems are in place to allow immediate initiation of the primary series.
Decisions regarding deployability are still a commander s responsibility.
Each Service participated in the development of the Armed Forces immunization plan. Early deploying forces who will deploy immediately upon notification to forces who may deploy within 35 days of notification. The remainder of the Total Military Force, accessions, and program sustainment. Directive 6205.3, Immunization Program for Biological Warfare Defense, designates the Secretary of the Army as the executive agent for the DoD immunization program for biological warfare defense. The Department of Defense and the Coast Guard will have a unified system to track vaccinations in place by 2000.