Moderna Vaccines Improperly Stored at Fort Meade; Recipients Will Likely Need Third Shot U.S. Marines from MARFORCYBER, receive the COVID-19 vaccination at the McGill Training Center on Fort George G. Meade, Maryland, Mar. 10, 2021. (Brian Stippey/U.S. Marine Corps) 23 Apr 2021 The Capital, Annapolis, Md. | By Heather Mongilio Approximately 800 Department of Defense employees and members of the military community who received COVID-19 vaccines at Fort George G. Meade on two days this month will likely need to get a third dose after officials discovered some Moderna vaccine vials were improperly stored. Eighty vials of the vaccine were stored outside of the temperature range recommended by Moderna, which affects the viability, according to a statement released Thursday from Kimbrough Ambulatory Center, the main medical facility at Fort Meade. The doses were administrated on April 7 and April 12.