Senior Chief Payhurst administers an anthrax vaccination to a sailor aboard the USS John C. Stennis. Senior Chief Petty Officer John Payhurst administers the first in a series of anthrax vaccinations to one of 6,200 sailors aboard the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) on March 17, 1998. Stennis and its embarked Carrier Air Wing 7 are on station in the Persian Gulf in support of Operation Southern Watch, which is the U.S. and coalition enforcement of the no-fly-zone over Southern Iraq. Payhurst, from Virginia Beach, Va., is a Navy hospital corpsmen. The Stennis is homeported in Norfolk, Va. SHARE IMAGE: Download Image: Full Size (0.06 MB) Photo By: VIRIN: 782326-S-RMF00-823.jpg Photo Gallery