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| Destroyer can't deploy because CO won't get COVID vaccine, Navy says |
| 2022-03-09 |
| [Navy Times] An ongoing legal battle over whether the military can force troops to get vaccinated against COVID-19 has left the Navy with a warship they say they can’t deploy because it is commanded by an officer they cannot fire. It’s a standoff the brass are calling a "manifest national security concern," according to recent federal court filings. The issues stem from a lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida late last year alleging servicemembers’ rights are being infringed upon by the COVID vaccine mandate because their religious beliefs prevent them from taking the vaccine. Judge Steven D. Merryday issue an order last month banning the Navy and Marine Corps from taking any disciplinary action against the unnamed Navy warship commander and a Marine Corps lieutenant colonel for refusing the vaccine. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #9 they have no reason to take MP's on the ship, wouldn't that be about the same as a mutiny if the CO has done nothing wrong? Evidently he hasn't , why give out exemptions if they can't be used. I know I'm not the smartest individual here but some really need to get out of their bullshit thinking from 50 years ago. |
| Posted by: Chris 2022-03-09 22:36 |
| #8 I always heard for 'ossifers' it was Obey, Resign, or Leavenworth Seems a judge outranks the Pentagon. |
| Posted by: Angaiper Ulavins1210 2022-03-09 22:23 |
| #7 so in other words mike you're readily available to take it in the ass like you're saying do to an adulthood long service member. Guess you would sit down willingly and when they put one of the letter people in a foxhole with you. |
| Posted by: Chris 2022-03-09 22:15 |
| #6 I'm so old I remember when the Navy was famous for helping to win wars. Nowadays, it is poor ship-handling and goofy policies. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2022-03-09 18:28 |
| #5 How peculiar... I always heard for 'ossifers' it was Obey, Resign, or Leavenworth |
| Posted by: magpie 2022-03-09 17:57 |
| #4 The CO is unnamed. That's a tell right there, as the ID would shed unwanted light on the actual issue - perhaps something to do with the alphabet. |
| Posted by: Rex Mundi 2022-03-09 16:33 |
| #3 So, they can't relieve the guy? |
| Posted by: ed in texas 2022-03-09 12:36 |
| #2 ...Seen this story elsewhere, and something just doesn't feel right about it. What they should do - and I may catch some Hell for this - is tell them to prepare to get underway, then get a squad of MPs aboard to carry this guy off, and not let him loose until the ship is out to sea. Mike |
| Posted by: Mike Kozlowski 2022-03-09 12:01 |
| #1 So, take the next best thing - Already safer than the Covid Vaccine proved with over 2 Centuries of use, and still going strong, with endorsements by most of today's medical community (who prescribed the 21st Centuries' Pfizer, J&J, Merck remedies) as an "all else fails fallback remedy" Demand plummets for Vaccine |
| Posted by: Glomoque Guelph1253 2022-03-09 11:58 |