The Army on Tuesday became the final military service to set the deadline for service members to be fully vaccinated. Here is what the services have said: Army: Active duty…
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Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin officially made the COVID-19 vaccine mandatory in a memo that was publicly released Wednesday. “I… direct the secretaries of the military departments to immediately begin full…
The COVID-19 pandemic has made the Navy reconsider its plan to cut medical staff, the service’s top doctor told reporters last week. A pre-pandemic proposal would have cut 18,000 medical…
About 260 soldiers from the Oregon Army National Guard have deployed to hospitals hit hard by the coronavirus delta variant, The Oregonian reported. Their mission is non-clinical. “We will find…
The Pentagon will announce in the coming days a deadline by which service members must get the COVID-19 vaccine, Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said Monday at a press briefing. The…
More than 600 veterans have died from COVID-19 in the latest surge, according to the Department of Veterans Affairs, which also said the number of COVID-19 patients has more than…
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin will add the COVID-19 vaccine to its list of mandatory shots by mid-September, requiring them for the roughly two million service members and setting up clashes…
Pearl Harbor, Hawaii -area service members and their families can get COVID-19 vaccines at the Navy Exchange, thanks to a partnership among Naval Health Clinic Hawaii, Tripler Army Medical Center…
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin may announce as soon as Friday that all active duty service members will be required to get a COVID-19 vaccine, according to reports from multiple news…
The top enlisted leaders in the Navy and Marine Corps said this week that service members should be required to get the COVID-19 vaccine as virus spread rises again, Marine…