With vaccination rates at Fort Campbell nearing 50-percent, the leadership is deciding how soldiers and families will be granted leave this summer for vacations and trips home.
During a town hall Tuesday, Garrison Commander Colonel Jeremy Bell said the post is seeing its lowest weekly COVID-19 case total since last fall.
click to download audioColonel Bell said 65-percent of people on the installation have chosen to receive a COVID-19 vaccine with 44-percent fully vaccinated.
Major General JP McGee, Fort Campbell’s commanding general, called the vaccination totals good news.
click to download audioOver 23,100 personnel have been vaccinated with the Pfizer vaccine. Major General McGee said those who have been vaccinated should have no trouble being granted leave to return home or for vacations this summer.
click to download audioMcGee said leave will be tougher for those soldiers who have not been vaccinated.
click to download audioThe commanding general said bringing COVID-19 back to the army post has wide-ranging effects.
click to download audioMcGee said Fort Campbell has been at the forefront in the fight against COVID-19 with units running three vaccination support sites in Chicago, Cleveland, and Orlando responsible for over 700,000 vaccinations. McGee called their mission “inspirational.”
