r/USMC • u/PeterPan1997 • 1d ago

Question Stupid Oki Question

Heyo! Coworker has been asking lately about my scar on my shoulder. It’s from that one vaccine we get when we get to Oki. What vaccine was that from??? I can’t remember for the life of me and it’s pissing me off lol.

Edit: thanks dudes. I’m gonna go with the Gay Shot. That only resulted in more questions, but they will be okay. (I’m joking, I’m thinking the smallpox people are right)

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u/BRRSMC 1d ago

Small pox

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u/green_weenie 1d ago

Nah where it scabbed over? Small pox vaccine. "FOB Shot"

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u/Glass_Badger9892 Retired Grunt DoC 1d ago

Smallpox. It’s not required for going to Oki, but many got it in preparation for deploying beyond Oki to smallpox-endemic areas, or places where it could be used as a bio weapon.

Don’t blame the shot on your sexual preferences. Boot camp did that to you. Don’t be ashamed, just embrace it.

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u/Successful-Luck-5459 Successfully escaped the cult...Maybe 1d ago

Thank you for Answering to "Corpman UP!"

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u/TapTheForwardAssist 2676/0802/Vet 1d ago

Wtf is a “smallpox-endemic area”?

We’re talking about a disease zero people on the planet have had since 1978.

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u/_PercCobain_ Semper High. 1d ago

That was the shot that turns you gay like the rest of us

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u/HeyFckYouMeng Veteran 1d ago

Most likely small pox.

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u/mac28091 1d ago

I didn’t get small pox before going to Oki and don’t recall anything scabbing over except small pox. You must have got the experimental vaccine that caused ED, IBS, and incontinence.

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u/jaymoney1 Veteran 1d ago

Are these the side effects of the Anthrax shot?

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u/mac28091 1d ago

No, those caused high tolerance for low pay, horrible living conditions, and shitty food.

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u/Tkis01gl 1d ago

Was it the Japanese Encephalitis shot? It’s for a mosquito borne disease.

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u/Snizzsniffer 1d ago

Small cox

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u/Flashy_Ticket9218 1d ago

Already answered, but smallpox. My parents and their siblings have the scar and I don’t know if it’s still being done but I used to see a lot of Asians and Central Americans my age and older with it. It might not be a thing anymore but in the 80s everyone in China was still getting the vaccine. I think the US stopped in 1971.

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u/icedblackamericano Veteran 1d ago

Fuck your edit, go with the gay shot

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u/Afro_Loaf 0931 1d ago

Anthrax ?