Fort Campbell and its soldiers were recently recognized for its high vaccination rate by the director of the Defense Health Agency.
According to a news release, about 78 percent of division soldiers on Fort Campbell had at least one vaccination and 74 percent were fully vaccinated—Blanchfield Army Community Hospital is responsible for the vaccine mission on Fort Campbell and has administered about 56,000 doses to its TRICARE-eligible population and the civilian workforce on the installation who chose to receive the vaccine.
Director and U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Ronald J. Place says, “Across the Department of Defense about 68 percent have gotten at least one vaccination across the active-duty Force, and we’re at about 56 percent who are fully vaccinated. On this installation, and specifically this 101st Airborne Division is much higher than that. So we’re doing well across the Department of Defense, but leaders here in the greater Fort Campbell area really took it on and have done an outstanding job.”
He says that high rate is especially important as they continue to monitor the progression of the delta variant, which is becoming one of the most prominent variants in the United States.