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Navy face backlash after it REFUSES to deploy multi-billion-dollar guided missile destroyer because its commander won't get COVID vaccine on religious grounds
Daily Mail ^

Posted on 03/09/2022 3:53:28 PM PST by algore

The US Navy has faced backlash following the revelation that one of its multi-billion-dollar warships on America's east coast has remained docked and 'out of commission' because it's commanded by an officer who refuses to get the COVID-19 vaccine for religious reasons.

An ongoing legal battle between the US' Department of Defense and the unnamed officer has left the battleship docked and unable to deploy, as officials from the military branch look to nix the serviceman for the refusal - despite a federal judge's recent ruling that he can't be fired for declining the vaccine on religious grounds.

On Wednesday, Republican officials reacted with ire to news of U.S. District Judge Steven Merryday's ruling, first reported Friday by Slate.

'Biden's illegal vaccine mandates now actively undermining U.S. national security,' Texas Senator Ted Cruz tweeted Tuesday.

Fellow GOP member Joey Gilbert, a gubernatorial candidate for the state of Nevada, echoed Cruz's stance on the issue.

'According to the Navy, a U.S. destroyer can’t deploy because the commanding officer refuses to get a COVID-19 vaccine' Gilbert said.

'Our country cares more about your vaccine status than our national security.'

The case is part of a class action suit filed in Florida federal court late last year, alleging servicemembers' rights are being infringed upon due to military branches' COVID vaccine mandates, after they were denied religious exemption requests for the jab.

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At least the central computer is running "Windows for Warships"

It gets boosted every month.

1 posted on 03/09/2022 3:53:28 PM PST by algore
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To: algore

Daily Mail has been pretty sketchy lately.


2 posted on 03/09/2022 3:55:03 PM PST by Dalberg-Acton
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To: algore

Yep.

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4045287/posts


3 posted on 03/09/2022 3:56:38 PM PST by ButThreeLeftsDo (The best things in life aren't things.)
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To: algore

I ask what would happen if the commander was gay and refused the vac? pentagon officials would go into overload


4 posted on 03/09/2022 3:57:37 PM PST by devane617 (RUN FOR LOCAL ELECTED OFFICE! COUNCIL,SCHOOL BOARD, ETC.)
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To: algore

Hey, tell the Navy the Covid War is over and the Climate Change War is starting. They should concentrate on converting all their ships to electricity so we can save the planet.


5 posted on 03/09/2022 3:58:15 PM PST by antidemoncrat (somRead more at: https://economicti Astronomers see white dwarf 'switch on and off' for first time)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

“search still works”

(except on windows for warships)


6 posted on 03/09/2022 3:58:58 PM PST by algore
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To: algore
> the unnamed officer has left the battleship docked and unable to deploy <

Wow. Journalists are never wrong. So evidently we have active battleships in the US Navy again. I wonder if they’re in the same ship class as the Mighty Mo.


7 posted on 03/09/2022 3:59:47 PM PST by Leaning Right (The steal is real.)
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To: algore

man, we are gonna get our asses kicked in the next major world wide war.


8 posted on 03/09/2022 4:00:18 PM PST by hillarys cankles
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To: hillarys cankles

Don’t worry Brandon took care of corn-pop, he’s got this. /s


9 posted on 03/09/2022 4:06:23 PM PST by Equine1952
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To: algore

So is it a destroyer of a battleship? Are there no literate editors anymore? They can’t even match their own headline to the body of the article.


10 posted on 03/09/2022 4:08:41 PM PST by A Navy Vet (USA Birth Certificate - 1787. Death Certificate - 2021. )
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To: A Navy Vet

Not sure, maybe it is an Assault Destroyer


11 posted on 03/09/2022 4:12:42 PM PST by algore
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To: A Navy Vet

The press doesn’t know a frigate from a leaky row boat or their arse hole from their elbow. They’d be a lot of fun to put on mail buoy watch or to send to bring back an overhead buffer.


12 posted on 03/09/2022 4:13:14 PM PST by Equine1952
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"Not sure, maybe it is an Assault Destroyer."

Okay so that makes it a Destroyer/Battleship/Amphib (assault) ship. Poor Frigates are always ignored.

13 posted on 03/09/2022 4:17:08 PM PST by A Navy Vet (USA Birth Certificate - 1787. Death Certificate - 2021. )
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To: algore

Citing Benghazi Clinton ... What difference does it make now? We are way past the initial Wuhan/Fauci virus and all its variations ... the only reason left is to ensure that all military are subjected to poisoning.


14 posted on 03/09/2022 4:18:21 PM PST by RetiredTexasVet (When Satan craps another demon possessed Progressive is born.)
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"They’d be a lot of fun to put on mail buoy watch or to send to bring back an overhead buffer."

Don't forget 10 yards of chow line.

15 posted on 03/09/2022 4:18:45 PM PST by A Navy Vet (USA Birth Certificate - 1787. Death Certificate - 2021. )
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To: algore

This is f**king madness. The Biteme administration is the worst in American history. A more feckless and inept group has never been assembled. And, what’s worse, it is by design, not accident.


16 posted on 03/09/2022 4:21:02 PM PST by ought-six (Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule. )
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To: algore

The navy creates its own problems just like President Retard - their leader 🤪


17 posted on 03/09/2022 4:21:19 PM PST by NWFree (Somebody has to say it)
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To: algore

Way back from the past...

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2707823/Royal-Navys-warship-commander-crewmate-affair-storm-never-allowed-run-ship-again.html


18 posted on 03/09/2022 4:22:09 PM PST by algore
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To: antidemoncrat

“Hey, tell the Navy the Covid War is over and the Climate Change War is starting. They should concentrate on converting all their ships to electricity so we can save the planet.”

Sail, man. Convert everything to sail; it will be so...retro.


19 posted on 03/09/2022 4:22:25 PM PST by ought-six (Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule. )
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To: A Navy Vet

Yeah, stack bats and a bucket of blue steam too. The FNG’s got it all.


20 posted on 03/09/2022 4:22:46 PM PST by Equine1952
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