Navy Exceeds 1,500 COVID-19 Vaccine Refusal 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),...
View ArticleNavy Says 2,600 Active Duty Sailors Aren’t Vaccinated Against COVID-19
Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Mark Forrey, from Boise, Idaho, administers a Covid-19 vaccine to Aviation Boatswain’s Mate (Equipment) Airman Micah Dayoub, from Lancaster, California, aboard aircraft...
View ArticleNavy COVID-19 Vaccine Refusal Separations Nears 2,000
A Navy Corpsman prepares a vaccine booster. US Navy Photo The Navy separated 180 active-duty sailors in the past month for refusing to get vaccinated against COVID-19, according to the sea service’s...
View ArticlePentagon Unclear How Military Would Manage End of Mandatory COVID-19 Vaccines
Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Gregzon Fontanilla, from Guam, prepares a COVID-19 vaccine aboard the America-class amphibious assault ship USS Tripoli (LHA-7) on May 10, 2022. US Navy Photo The Pentagon...
View ArticleCongress Urges Pentagon to Fund COVID-19 Detection Dog Study
COVID-19 detection canine Poncho indicates a positive sample from multiple items presented on a canine training wheel in 2020. US Army Photo COVID-19 research in the military is going to the dogs....
View Article2,100 Sailors in Limbo as Pentagon Grapples With End of COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate
A Navy Corpsman prepares a vaccine booster. US Navy Photo The Navy separated 25 active duty sailors between Nov. 28 and Dec. 28 due to their failure to get vaccinated against COVID-19, the service told...
View ArticlePentagon Rescinds COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate, Questions Remain for Separated...
Seaman Apprentice Johnnese Poomaihealani, from Waianae, Hawaii, receives a COVID-19 vaccine booster shot during a shot event in the foc’sle aboard USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) on Jan. 3, 2022. US Navy...
View ArticlePentagon COVID-19 Personnel Policy Delays Leave Unanswered Questions
Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Alexander Roth administers the COVID-19 vaccine booster to Aircrew Survival Equipmentman Airman Kiana Briley aboard USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76), in the Philippine Sea, on...
View ArticleNavy Lifts Deployment Restrictions on Sailors Not Vaccinated Against COVID-19
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 SAN DIEGO – The Navy will no longer consider...
View ArticlePentagon Not Pursuing Separate Reentry Path For Vaccine Separated Service...
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) on March 23, 2022. US...
View Article