Fort Carson Soldiers Return To Colorado After Building Field Hospital In Washington

(CBS4) -- Fort Carson soldiers are back here in Colorado after being deployed for three weeks in Washington state, helping medical staff in the fight against COVID-19. They returned to their home base Thursday night.

About 200 soldiers set up a field hospital at Centurylink Field, where the Seattle Seahawks play.

"They built that hospital, 250-bed hospital, with their own hands so this is pretty amazing," said Col. Hope Williamson-Younce.

The unit is now on a 48-hour standby, to see if they need to deploy to another part of the country to help.

As those soldiers return home long term, they will self-quarantine for two weeks, out of an abundance of caution.