Fort Bragg expands COVID-19 vaccination operation to include more military beneficiaries

Now, like Cape Fear Valley Health System and the Cumberland County Health Department, Womack Army Medical Center is including a wider group of military beneficiaries who are now eligible to receive the vaccine.

"We've expanded our capacity to 16 and plus and [those who are] high risk," said Rapael Colon with Womack Army Medical Center. "Some of those high risks are things like type-2 diabetes, cancer and some heart complications. All these are established by the CDC. They pretty much gave us the play book and said this is the criteria."

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You don't have to live on Post or be in the Army in order to qualify. You just have to be what the military considers a beneficiary of the Department of Defense.

"You might have a Marine, airman or naval person who has retired and decided to reside in the Fort Bragg, North Carolina area, he or she would also be eligible to receive the shot at Fort Bragg," Colon said.

Officials said they've vaccinated about 50,000 and that 25% of the force at Ft. Bragg has been inoculated. They've expanded their operation to include a drive-thru service.