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Nine Palms will be among the first units to benefit from a new vaccine that will do away with the painful posterior shots that have become a dreaded pre-deployment ritual. The vaccine will also save time in busy pre-deployment schedules. Expeditionary forces and SeaBees will be the first to receive the vaccine. Other Sailors and Marines will receive it as they deploy to areas where hepatitis is common. The new vaccine will replace the unpopular immunoglobulin shots, which often left large lumps under the skin after the injection.