
Navy lifts deployment restrictions on sailors not vaccinated against COVID-19
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The Navy will no longer consider COVID-19 vaccination status when making decisions about sailor deployments; reversing more than a year of COVID policy.
"Commanders should seek advice from medical providers regarding medical readiness of personnel to inform deployment and other operational mission decisions," according to NAVADMIN 38/23. "COVID-19 vaccination status shall not be a consideration in assessing individual service member suitability for deployment or other operational missions."
The new guidance is consistent with that from the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Michael Gilday told reporters Thursday at West 2023, hosted by the U.S. Naval Institute and AFCEA.
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