April 26, 2022
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The Military News on April 20, 2022 reports “On Monday, April 11, instead of getting underway with his ship, Navy Commander was ‘temporarily reassigned’ for 60 days under a new Navy policy that prohibits unvaccinated personnel from going underway on Navy ships, a declaration from the officer’s lawyer reported to the court”.
The article continues, “The commander, along with more than 30 unnamed officers and enlisted personnel from all the military branches, sued the military over the vaccine mandate in November 2021 in a federal court” but “on March 25, the Supreme Court ruled that the Navy is allowed to make its own decisions about whether to deploy sailors who refuse the coronavirus vaccine. On March 30, “following the Supreme Court’s lead,” the Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit stayed the injunction” enabling the Commander to be reassigned.
