Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Ala.)

Pentagon: One Third of Service Members Offered COVID-19 Vaccines Have Refused

Navy Corpsman HM3 Jordan Peterson with 2nd Medical Battalion, preventative medicine, plunges the COVID vaccine into a syringe in order to vaccinate the Marines and Sailors of II MEF on Camp Lejeune, N.C., Jan. 20, 2021. US Marine Corps Photo

About one-third of service members offered either of the COVID-19 vaccines in the United States are turning down the shots, according to an official working for the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

During a Wednesday hearing, witnesses repeatedly told members of the...

https://news.usni.org/2021/02/17/pentagon-one-third-of-service-members-offered-covid-19-vaccines-have-refused

Wittman: HASC Republicans Will Keep Up Push for Larger Navy

Rep. Rob Wittman (R-Va.)

Republicans on the House Armed Services Committee will maintain their focus on building a larger Navy to counter China in the Indo-Pacific, the panel’s new number-two Republican told USNI News.

Rep. Rob Wittman (R-Va.) said that, while the new Biden administration will want to evaluate the plans for Navy shipbuilding, he believes the emphasis on China as the main challenge for the U.S. will drive the strategy and make a larger fleet essential going forward.

“You might have...

https://news.usni.org/2021/02/05/wittman-hasc-republicans-will-keep-up-push-for-larger-navy

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