DATE: July 30, 2021 8:53:37 AM CDT

GLWACH COVID-19 vaccine site to temporarily move from PX to Nutter Field House Aug. 9 to 13

Chad Ashe

FORT LEONARD WOOD, Mo. (July 30, 2021) The General Leonard Wood Army Community Hospital’s COVID-19 vaccination clinic at the Post Exchange is temporarily moving to Nutter Field House from Aug. 9 to 13. Hours will be 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Aug. 9 to 12, and 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Aug. 13. Appointments may be scheduled at https://informatics-stage.health.mil/GLWACHCOVIDApp/.

The PX clinic reopens Aug. 16. Normal business hours are 9 a.m. to noon and 1 to 3:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.

GLWACH is also hosting a mass-vaccination event from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Aug. 7 at Nutter Field House. Appointment may be scheduled at https://informatics-stage.health.mil/GLWACHCOVIDApp/.

Important criteria and guidance:

— The event is for service members, Tricare beneficiaries and Department of Defense employees and contractors.

— Anyone receiving a second or follow-up vaccine must bring their COVID-19 Vaccination Record Card to their appointment and must be at least 21 days since the initial Pfizer vaccine.

— Please wear a short sleeve or loose fitting shirt.

— Please provide a monitored email when registering; a reminder message will be sent the day before the appointment.

— Select “Pfizer” as the vaccine manufacturer if scheduling a follow up or second vaccine.

— Monitor the GLWACH Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/GLWACH for updates.

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About Fort Leonard Wood

Fort Leonard Wood is a thriving and prosperous installation that has evolved from a small basic training post more than 75 years ago to a premier Army Center of Excellence that trains more than 80,000 military and civilians each year.

Fort Leonard Wood is home to the U.S Army Maneuver Support Center of Excellence and three U.S. Army schools: the U.S. Army Engineer School; U.S. Army Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear School; and the U.S. Army Military Police School. In addition to training engineer, CBRN and military police specialties for the Army, Fort Leonard Wood also provides gender-integrated in-processing and Basic Combat Training for new Soldiers.

Fort Leonard Wood also hosts and trains with the largest Marine Corps Detachment and Air Force Squadron on any Army installation as well as a large Navy construction detachment.

More information about Fort Leonard Wood is at: https://home.army.mil/wood/index.php/about/mission