DoD

Pentagon 2020 Freedom of Navigation Report

The following is the Fiscal Year 2020 summary of the Department of Defense’s freedom of navigation operations.

From the report

For more than 40 years, the U.S. Freedom of Navigation (FON) Program has continuously reaffirmed the United States’ policy of exercising and asserting its navigation and overflight rights and freedoms around the world. These assertions communicate that the United States does not acquiesce to the excessive maritime claims of other nations, and thus prevents those claims...

https://news.usni.org/2021/03/10/pentagon-2020-freedom-of-navigation-report

DOD planning ‘every logistical detail’ of COVID vaccine distribution

U.S. military personnel unloading equipment from back of a

U.S. military leaders and logistics specialists are working on multiple fronts to ensure rapid distribution of COVID-19 vaccines. Efforts include reducing red tape for imports and exports of clinical trial materials and coordinating logistics plans with public health jurisdictions across the country.

The Department of Defense is essentially serving as a lead logistics provider, applying its vast logistical capabilities to coordinate with private sector manufacturing and freight transportation...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/dod-planning-every-logistical-detail-of-covid-vaccine-distribution

US Air Force could deploy freighters to fly truckloads of vaccine

A big gray U.S. Air Force cargo jet takes off. Military planes might be used to delivery COVID vaccines.

U.S. military aircraft will play a major role in emergency distribution of a COVID-19 vaccine because there aren’t enough private-sector cargo jets to handle the surge of millions of doses that must be maintained at subfreezing temperatures, according to a logistics expert with close ties to the government. 

On Wednesday, federal health officials released their COVID-19 vaccine distribution strategy and said they plan to start shipping supplies within 24 hours after the Food and Drug...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/us-air-force-could-deploy-freighters-to-fly-truckloads-of-vaccine

Government Shutdown Puts Coast Guard Heavy Icebreaker Program at Risk

USCGC Healy (WAGB-20), a polar-class icebreaker, transits Southeast Alaskan waters on Nov. 24, 2018. US Coast Guard Photo

A looming partial government shutdown will not directly affect the Department of Defense operations, but several agencies that work with DoD will either have to stop or severely curtail their activities.

The U.S. Coast Guard, which works closely with the Pentagon, especially the Navy in patrolling offshore waters, is among the agencies that will be without funding without an...

https://news.usni.org/2018/12/21/39806

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