The Defense Department's mandatory Anthrax Vaccine Immunization Program has adversely affected the retention of guard and reserve pilots and aircrew members, according to a General Accounting Office report released today. GAO conducted a survey from May to September 2000 of 1,253 Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve personnel to obtain their views on the AVIP program; 843 responded. "Our findings suggest that DOD's communications efforts were largely unsuccessful in convincing most guard and reserve pilots and aircrew members that...
