COVID-19 pandemic

Navy Approves First Religious COVID-19 Vaccine Exemption With Conditions

Hospitalman Tanner Huffman, 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) in Japan on Feb. 9, 2022. US Navy Photo

The Navy conditionally approved a religious exemption for the COVID-19 vaccine, the first time for any vaccine in seven years, the Navy...

https://news.usni.org/2022/02/16/navy-approves-first-religious-covid-19-vaccine-exemption-with-conditions

Marine COVID-19 Vaccination Separations Pass 500

Marine Corps 1st Lt. Elvin D. Richard, a cyberspace officer with Command Element, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), receives a COVID-19 booster on Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, on Jan. 6, 2022. US Marine Corps Photo

Approximately 0.3 percent of the Marine Corps has been separated due to refusal to get vaccinated against COVID-19, according to the service’s COVID-19 update.

The Marine Corps has separated 566 Marines due to their continued refusal to get vaccinated against COVID-19. The Marines...

https://news.usni.org/2022/02/10/marine-covid-19-vaccination-separations-pass-500

Navy Speeding Up Rate of Separations Over COVID-19 Vaccinations

Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Nash Bovard, right, administers a COVID-19 vaccine booster to Culinary Specialist (Submarine) 3rd Class Zhabaron Brown during a shot exercise aboard USS Missouri (SSN-780) on Jan. 17, 2022 in Yokosuka, Japan. US Navy Photo

The Navy is accelerating the rate of separations from the service due to refusal to get vaccinated against COVID-19 removing 112 sailors this week, according to the service’s latest COVID-19 update.

Of the 240 total sailors separated for vaccine...

https://news.usni.org/2022/02/09/navy-speeding-up-rate-of-separations-over-covid-19-vaccinations

Marines COVID-19 Vaccination Separations Surpass 450

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 Marine Corps separated an additional 70 Marines over the past week due to refusal to get vaccinated against COVID-19 , bringing the total to 469.

The Marine Corps leads the military branches in the number of separations due to COVID-19 vaccination refusal. The next closest is the Air Force, which has separated 125 active-duty airmen...

https://news.usni.org/2022/02/03/marines-covid-19-vaccination-separations-surpass-450

Navy Surpasses 100 Separations for COVID-19 Vaccination Refusal

Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Courtney Minchew, from Ocala, Florida, assigned to the U.S. Navy’s forward-deployed aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), administers a COVID-19 vaccination booster to a Japanese base employee on Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka, on Jan. 28. US Navy Photo

The Navy separated an additional 73 active-duty sailors for refusal to get vaccinated against COVID-19, bringing the total to 118.

The Navy has separated 22 active-duty sailors who were all within their...

https://news.usni.org/2022/02/02/navy-surpasses-100-separations-for-covid-19-vaccination-refusal

SECNAV Del Toro Tests Positive for COVID-19

Lt. Khiana Odekirk briefs Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro aboard the Freedom-variant littoral combat ship USS Milwaukee (LCS 5) in Ponce, Puerto Rico, Jan. 25, 2022. U.S. Navy Photo

Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro has tested positive for COVID-19, the service announced on Monday.
After traveling last week, Del Toro tested positive for the virus on Monday, according to a statement from the Navy secretary issued on Monday.

“I returned from official travel last Friday afternoon and my most...

https://news.usni.org/2022/01/31/secnav-del-toro-tests-positive-for-covid-19

Marine Corps Nears 400 Separations Over COVID-19 Vaccine Refusal

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Erika Mendoza an administrative specialist assigned to Installation Personnel Administration Center, Headquarters Battalion, Marine Corps Base Hawaii, receives the COVID-19 vaccine at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, on Feb. 17, 2021. US Marine Corps Photo

Nearly 400 Marines have been separated due to continued refusal to get vaccinated against COVID-19, the service announced Thursday.

The Marine Corps separated 65 Marines in the past week, bringing the total number...

https://news.usni.org/2022/01/27/marine-corps-nears-400-separations-over-vaccine-refusal

Rating Secretary Pete: Infrastructure boom or supply chain bust?

National exposure as a presidential candidate in the 2020 presidential election made Pete Buttigieg probably the most well-known U.S. transportation secretary in history when he was sworn in on Feb. 3, 2021.

He joined the Biden administration just as the COVID-19 pandemic was beginning to wreak havoc on domestic supply chains, while at the same time President Biden was under pressure to deliver on a main pillar upon which his campaign was built: a transformational transportation infrastructure...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/rating-secretary-pete-infrastructure-boom-or-supply-chain-bust

Navy Shifts COVID-19 Strategy on Ships To Adhere to CDC Guidance as Omicron Variant Surges

Hull Maintenance Technician 1st Class Jenny Wilkinson, from Mt. Upton, N.Y., assigned to the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Dewey (DDG-105), simulates a class alpha fire during an in-port emergency team (IET) drill while underway in the South China Sea on Jan. 15, 2022. US Navy Photo

New naval guidance for operating under COVID-19 will include shorter isolation periods for those with the virus, as the Navy moves to a fully vaccinated fleet.

The new standard operating guidance,...

https://news.usni.org/2022/01/26/navy-shifts-covid-19-strategy-on-ships-to-adhere-to-cdc-guidance-as-omicron-variant-surges

Navy Says Aircraft Carrier Supply Chain Improving; USS Gerald R. Ford to Deploy by Fall

Carriers USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) and John F. Kennedy (CVN-79) at Newport News Shipbuilding on Nov. 12, 2021. USNI News Photo

The Navy is confident in its supply chain and the availability of spare parts to build and sustain its aircraft carriers, as the lead ship in the Gerald R. Ford class gears up for its first deployment, two service officials said last week.

After taking parts from the future USS John F. Kennedy (CVN-79), the Navy is beginning to receive orders to replace those parts....

https://news.usni.org/2022/01/26/navy-says-aircraft-carrier-supply-chain-improving-uss-gerald-r-ford-to-deploy-by-fall

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