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hot2na

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2. Don't understand why they are allowed to go unvaxxed

Reply to HAB911 (Original post)

Thu Dec 16, 2021, 03:40 PM

Dec 2021

As a former navy sailor from 1975 - 1979 I recall rolling up my sleeves and dropping my drawers numerous times to get all kinds of vaccinations. Nobody questioned it because it was what was needed to ensure readiness. Could you imagine an aircraft carrier in a hostile situation while an active outbreak of COVID threatens the crew of 5000 sailors.

Get the damn shot or get the hell out.

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The Navy needs about six months to separate unvaccinated sailors; here's what they can expect [View all] HAB911 Dec 2021 OP

Sounds like they're being pretty accommodating Hekate Dec 2021 #1

Don't understand why they are allowed to go unvaxxed hot2na Dec 2021 #2

Wonder what the vax rate is on the USS Roosevelt? keithbvadu2 Dec 2021 #3

I likewise don't understand why the Navy isn't just requiring PoindexterOglethorpe Dec 2021 #4

I don't understand why the Navy isn't dropping the hammer on them for disobeying a direct MarineCombatEngineer Dec 2021 #6

FORCE READINESS. The military is not ready if a bunch of them have COVID Captain Zero Dec 2021 #12

It would take years to process that many cases madville Dec 2021 #15

Yeah, you're right, MarineCombatEngineer Dec 2021 #20

People have a misconception that the military can physically force members madville Dec 2021 #17

it wasn't that way when I enlisted in '64, MarineCombatEngineer Dec 2021 #21

Something strange about this. bluestarone Dec 2021 #5

Maybe the Joint Chiefs of Staff agreed on a timeline for everyone? taxi Dec 2021 #7

Having worked in the bureaucracy of the military and federal government madville Dec 2021 #18

Sounds lame. Why is this vaccine treated differently from all the military's other shots ... ancianita Dec 2021 #8

They're being way, way accomodating... SKKY Dec 2021 #9

Navy 77-81. The Navy would have dropped the hammer in a week for refusing a vaxx. denbot Dec 2021 #10

Joe needs to call some brass orangecrush Dec 2021 #11

Pull them all off ship. Assign to a desert post in Nevada. With No Leave. Captain Zero Dec 2021 #13

... orangecrush Dec 2021 #22

shit-can the slaggards pfitz59 Dec 2021 #14

Well, like every other legal and administrative process, it takes time maxrandb Dec 2021 #16

Great reply madville Dec 2021 #19

You mean it's not?!? orangecrush Dec 2021 #23