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US Air Force requested to bring back mandatory flu shots weeks before basic training outbreak
A worsening flu outbreak among recruits attending basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, began earlier this month while an Air Force request to reinstate a mandatory flu shot requirement axed by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth wound its way through the Pentagon bureaucracy,

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Flu outbreak strikes recruits in basic training at Lackland Air Force Base
Air Force Outbreak Grows As Military Reinstates Flu-Shot Rule For Recruits
The military traded its flu vaccine mandate for ‘medical freedom’ – an outbreak quickly followed
Amid a worsening flu outbreak at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas, the U.S. Air Force, Army and Navy are once again requiring new recruits to get vaccinated against the influenza virus, a...

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Pentagon restores mandatory flu shots for all recruits as Texas boot camp outbreak sickens nearly 300
Pentagon Restores Mandatory Flu Shots for All Recruits as Boot Camp Outbreak Sickens Nearly 300
Only 40% of the new trainees moving through the bootcamp at Lackland opted to receive the shot once it became optional, a source familiar with the situation told the Associated Press.

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US military requires flu vaccine for some after outbreak in Texas training center
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222 recruits at Lackland reported ill as flu outbreak spreads

Castro says more recruits at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland are sick with the flu as an outbreak spreads. The Air Force has said little about the outbreak, not even confirming the number ill.

Air Force trainee dies after medical emergency during basic training at Lackland AFB

Air Force’s 37th Training Wing reports the death of basic trainee Keon McDaniel after a June 12 medical emergency during week six of BMT. Cause remains under investigation as a full medical review begins.