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More Than 8,000 Navy Personnel Remain Unvaccinated Against COVID-19 as Reserve Deadline Passes

30 December 2021

Hospital Corpsman Julio Trujillo, from Orlando, Fla., administers a flu vaccine aboard the guided-missile cruiser USS Shiloh (CG-67) transits the Philippine Sea on Oct. 25, 2021. US Navy Photo

More than 8,000 members of the Navy remain unvaccinated after deadlines for both active-duty and reservists passed.

There are 5,328 active-duty sailors and 3,002 Ready Reserve service members who are unvaccinated, as of Dec. 29, according to the Navy. Included in the number are those who are in the process...

https://news.usni.org/2021/12/29/more-than-8000-navy-personnel-remain-unvaccinated-for-covid-19-as-reserve-deadline-passes

DoD Investigation into Military Sealift Readiness

28 January 2020

The following is the Department of Defense Inspector General January 2020 report, Audit of Surge Sealift Readiness Reporting.

From the report

The objective of this audit was to determine whether U.S. Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM) provided adequate oversight of the reporting on surge sealift activation requirements. To assess the accuracy of this reporting, we reviewed surge sealift readiness reporting in the Defense Readiness Reporting System-Navy (DRRS-N) and the Defense Readiness...

https://news.usni.org/2020/01/28/dod-investigation-into-military-sealift-readiness

Panel: Cyber-Securing the Web Requires Rethinking of How Data Flows

10 May 2019

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. – The best way to achieve future cybersecurity is scrapping the web of today and start over by baking protections into the new version, according to the top security official at the Maritime Administration.

However, a dramatic shift to a new web is unlikely to occur any time soon, Cameron Naron said on Tuesday at the 2019 Sea-Air-Space symposium.

“We’re wedded to the current web, [but] it was never designed for cybersecurity,” Naron said. “We’re unprepared for what comes...

https://news.usni.org/2019/05/10/panel-cyber-securing-the-web-requires-rethinking-of-how-data-flows

MARAD: U.S. Must Address Military Sealift Vessel and Crew Shortage

9 May 2019

SATTAHIP, Thailand—A UH-60 Black Hawk is raised from Military Sealift Command’s voyage-charter, general purpose, heavy-lift vessel MV Ocean Grand at the pier in Sattahip, Thailand. Military Sealift Command Far East photo.

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — The few American-built and-operated tankers available to carry fuel for aircraft, tanks, fighting vehicles and trucks into war zones throws into sharp relief the strategic sealift problems facing the nation, a senior Maritime Administration official told...

https://news.usni.org/2019/05/09/marad-u-s-must-address-military-sealift-vessel-and-crew-shortage