Commencement of the Meningococcal Vaccination for the Republic of Korea Army.

The author emphasizes the importance of meningococcal vaccination for the South Korean military. He applauds that decision to commence vaccination of all recruits with a quadrivalent meingococcal conjugate vaccine on December 11, 2012. He also discusses the reasons for the establishment of a preventive strategy, as well as the opposition of some physicians to the introduction of the meningococcal vaccination.