In a ceremony steeped in tradition, U.S. Fleet Forces Command (USFFC) held a chief petty officer (CPO) pinning ceremony, Jan. 29, 2021, at the USFFC headquarters in Norfolk, Virginia...

Naval Station (NAVSTA) Rota, Spain, personnel began receiving the first dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at U.S. Naval Hospital (USNH) Rota, Spain, Jan 15. The hospital began administering the vaccine to personnel on a voluntary basis, using a phased prioritization strategy implemented by the...

Naval Air Station (NAS) Sigonella received the first shipment of the COVID-19 vaccine Jan. 8 as part of the Department of Defense’s effort to protect its personnel against the virus...

A total of more than 25 Naval Military Treatment Facilities on Navy and Marine Corps facilities around the world have received COVID-19 vaccines as a continuation of the “Controlled Pilot,” or first phase, of the DOD COVID-19 vaccination plan. ...

NORFOLK — Rear Adm. Michael Wettlaufer, Commander, Military Sealift Command (MSC), received his initial COVID-19 vaccination at the U.S. Navy’s Sewell’s Point Branch Medical Clinic in Norfolk, Va., Jan. 4...

Implementing public health best practices on their own among young adults may not be enough to prevent SARS-CoV-2 transmission, and additional actions, such as widespread and repeated testing, are recommended to reduce risk of viral spread, according to research published today in the New England...

A multidisciplinary team of U.S. Navy Medicine personnel published a comprehensive analysis of the spring 2020 USS Theodore Roosevelt SARS-CoV-2 outbreak in the New England Journal of Medicine Nov. 11...

On July 12, 310 Sailors aboard the amphibious dock landing ship USS Germantown (LSD 42) received nasal swab tests to determine whether they had contracted COVID-19...