“My wife has cancer,” said Cordova. “I wanted to be vaccinated to reduce the risk of infecting her with COVID.”

The Defense Department COVID-19 vaccine plan implements a standardized and coordinated strategy for prioritizing, distributing and administering any COVID-19 vaccine through a phased approach to vaccinate active component, reserve component, TRICARE Prime and TRICARE Select beneficiaries and select DOD civilians and contract personnel authorized to receive immunizations from DOD.