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  • Team Dover front-line workers stand in line outside the 436th Medical Group Clinic waiting for their turn to receive the COVID-19 vaccine Jan. 22, 2021, at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware. Front-line workers voluntarily received the vaccine in accordance with Department of Defense guidance. The vaccine was granted emergency use authorization by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for use in prevention of COVID-19. (U.S. Air Force photo by Roland Balik)

    Dover AFB continues COVID-19 vaccinations

  • Senior Airman Bianca Robichaud, 436th Health Care Operations Squadron acting family health noncommissioned officer in charge, is administered the COVID-19 vaccine by Staff Sgt. Kelsey Loeser, 436th Medical Group unit training manager, Jan. 15, 2021, at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware. Robichaud was the first person on Dover AFB to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. The vaccine was granted emergency use authorization by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for use in prevention of COVID-19. (U.S. Air Force photo by Roland Balik)

    Dover AFB Airmen receive COVID-19 vaccinations

    The first round of the COVID-19 vaccine arrived at Dover AFB last week. The 436th Medical Group started administering the vaccine to Team Dover frontline workers on January 15, 2021.Base leaders developed a vaccination plan for selected individuals who volunteered to receive the vaccination in concurrence with Department of Defense guidance.The
  • Image of medics loading an actor into an ambulance outside of the base theater.

    Dover AFB first in AMC to host new medical exercise

    Dover AFB is the first Air Mobility Command base to conduct Readiness Exercises and Assessments in a Goal-oriented Learning Environment (Ready EAGLE) since the COVID-19 outbreak Oct. 8-9, 2020.

  • Dover AFB adjusts base access

    In an effort to ensure unit readiness, protect the community and address the COVID-19 threat, Col. Matthew Jones, the 436th Airlift Wing commander, directed new base access procedures.

  • Active-duty SICK program: What is it?

    Active-duty members assigned to primary care managers at the 436th Medical Group can save time and money by using the Self-Initiated Care Kit (SICK) program to access over-the-counter medications for mild symptoms without needing appointments. Medications that are available through the SICK program include Tylenol, Motrin, Mucinex, Zyrtec and many others (or their generic equivalents) to self-manage minor illnesses. TRICARE covers all of the costs of these medications, and they will be provided as needed. Individuals are authorized, at most, three medications per month per patient.
  • James White, a Health System Specialist with Regional Health Command Europe, uses video conferencing to discuss periodic health assessments with Sgt. 1st Class Todd Hall, the noncomssioned officer in charge of Virtual Health Europe. (Courtesy photo)

    VIPRR clinic now available to Dover AFB Airmen

    Dover AFB Airmen welcomed a quicker and more flexible process to complete their health assessments, Nov. 21, 2019.
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