Public Affairs

FORT LEONARD WOOD, Mo. (March 24, 2021) — A COVID-19 mass-vaccination event is scheduled for 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at Nutter Field House for active-duty service members, TRICARE beneficiaries, Department of Defense employees and contractors.

Anyone who has received any vaccine in the past 14 days is ineligible, and the second/follow-up Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine must be at least 21 days after the first/initial dose — patients must present their COVID-19 vaccination record card at the event if receiving their second/follow-up dose.

Register at https://informatics-stage.health.mil/GLWACHCOVIDApp. Complete and bring the screening form — available at https://leonard-wood.tricare.mil/Portals/144/Screening%20v9.pdf — to the event. Visit the General Leonard Wood Army Community Hospital Facebook page at 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