COVID-19 pandemic

Navy COVID-19 Separations Pass 800 as Service Pushes Toward Fully Vaxxed Operational Force

Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Jacob Keeton verifies a COVID-19 vaccination card aboard the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD-3) on March 23, 2022. US Navy Photo

The Navy separated 41 sailors over the past week, as the sea service continues to move toward a fully vaccinated operational force.

The Navy has so far separated 804 sailors; the vast majority of them were active-duty. In the past week, 39 active-duty sailors were separated, bringing the total to 753, not including the...

https://news.usni.org/2022/04/14/navy-covid-19-separations-pass-800-as-service-pushes-toward-fully-vaxxed-operational-force

Nearly 300 Service Members Separated From Navy, Marine Corps For Vaccine Refusal

Lance Cpl. Carlos Benitez, assigned to the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, receives a COVID-19 booster shot aboard the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD-3) March 23, 2022. US Navy Photo

The Navy and Marine Corps separated 296 service members in the past week as the services continue to dismiss those without the mandated COVID-19 vaccination.

The Navy, which is currently prevented from separating any sailors who applied for religious exemptions for the COVID-19 vaccine due to a...

https://news.usni.org/2022/04/08/nearly-300-service-members-separated-from-navy-marine-corps-for-vaccine-refusal

HII Lays Keel of Future Aircraft Carrier USS Enterprise

An artist’s concept of the future carrier Enterprise (CVN-80). DoD Image

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. – HII has laid the keel block of the aircraft carrier Enterprise (CVN-80) on Tuesday, USNI News has learned.

The seventh U.S. warship named after the Revolutionary War sloop, Enterprise formally began fabrication at HII’s Newport News Shipbuilding yard in Virginia, Rear Adm. James Downey, the program executive officer for carriers, told USNI News on Tuesday.

The start of fabrication comes three weeks...

https://news.usni.org/2022/04/05/hii-lays-keel-of-future-aircraft-carrier-uss-enterprise

Navy COVID-19 Vaccine Separations Continue, Except for Those With Religious Exemption Requests

A Nurse Corps Officer with Branch Health Clinic on Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, prepares vaccines at MCAS Iwakuni, Japan, Feb. 2, 2022. US Marine Corps Photo

The Navy separated 80 sailors last week over refusal to get vaccinated against COVID-19.

The sea service announced the separations a day after it put out a new NAVADMIN halting all separations for those who applied for a religious exemption request. The Navy has not said how many of the separations were sailors who applied for a...

https://news.usni.org/2022/04/04/navy-covid-19-vaccine-separations-continue-except-for-those-with-religious-exemption-requests

Navy Stops COVID-19 Vaccine Separations for 4,095 Sailors Who Requested Religious Exemptions

Hospitalman Christopher Ramirez, right, from Kimberly, Idaho, assigned to PCU John F. Kennedy’s (CVN 79) medical department, administers a COVID-19 vaccine to Lt. Cmdr. US Navy Photo

The Navy is likely going to interpret it so that it can reassign based on vaccination status, Berry said.

“And thus far, in this litigation and with the vaccine mandate, the Navy has continued to act as if it’s above the law,” Berry said. “So that wouldn’t surprise me. But at the end of the day, they need to follow,...

https://news.usni.org/2022/03/30/navy-stops-covid-19-vaccine-separations-for-4095-sailors-who-requested-religious-exemptions

Supreme Court Rules Navy Can Reassign Unvaxxed SEALs

COVID-19 vaccine booster shots are pre-staged for a shot event in the hangar bay aboard USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) on Dec. 28, 2021. US Navy Photo

The Navy can now reassign 36 members of the Special Warfare community who are unvaccinated against COVID-19, the Supreme Court ruled Friday.

The Supreme Court granted a partial stay of a preliminary injunction that prevented the Navy from dismissing or reassigning the SEALs and the other members of the Special Warfare community involved in the...

https://news.usni.org/2022/03/28/supreme-court-rules-navy-can-reassign-unvaxxed-seals

Navy Exceeds 650 COVID-19 Vaccine Separations

Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Mary Ashcraft, from Honolulu, assigned to the Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Tulsa (LCS 16), administers the COVID-19 vaccine booster for Aviation Machinist Mate 1st Class Anthony Johnson, from San Diego, assigned to the “Blackjacks” of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 21, aboard the submarine tender USS Emory S. Land (AS 39) in Apra Harbor, Guam, on Jan. 10, 2022. US Navy Photo

The Navy separated an additional 108 sailors in the past week, bringing...

https://news.usni.org/2022/03/23/navy-exceeds-650-covid-19-vaccine-separations

Navy Exceeds 500 COVID-19 Vaccine-Related Separations

Hospitalman Joseph Sanchez, assigned to U.S. Naval Hospital Yokosuka Branch Health Clinic Sasebo, administers a COVID-19 vaccine booster during a shot exercise for Japanese Master Labor Contract (MLC), Indirect Hire Agreement (IHA), and MarinerÕs Contract (MC) employees employed at Commander, Fleet Activities Sasebo (CFAS) on Feb. 9, 2022. US Navy Photo

The Navy separated 75 sailors last week, bringing the total number of separations over refusal to get vaccinated against COVID-19 to 544.

Of the...

https://news.usni.org/2022/03/21/navy-exceeds-500-covid-19-vaccine-related-separations

Viewpoint: It’s a tangled game of Twister for drayage in China

Drayage is a forward-looking indicator on the impact of “zero COVID” in the movement of trade in China. People are needed to drive the trucks. Roads must be open to reach factories and warehouses — which, of course, must also be open. 

The drayage component of trade is essential, especially to ensure the fluid transportation of empty and full containers. 

Without all of this, it doesn’t matter how many vessels are available. 

The multiple testing hurdles and current stay-at-home orders in China...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/viewpoint-its-a-tangled-game-of-twister-for-drayage-in-china

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