Recruits dress off in formation at Recruit Training Command on Feb. 13, 2020. US Navy Photo
Navy Recruit Tests Positive for Coronavirus at Illinois Boot Camp, Training of New Sailors Continues
Thursday, March 26, 2020
UPDATED: USS Theodore Roosevelt Quarantines Sailors on Guam as Coronavirus Outbreak Spreads
USNS Mercy is ‘Open for Business’ Says Hospital Ship’s Top Doc
Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Kimberly Wyss, from Ventura, Calif., sanitizes a medical supply shelf aboard the hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH-19) on March 28, 2020. US Navy Photo
SAN DIEGO — A day after pulling into its temporary home in the port of Los Angeles the hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH-19) Is ready to receive patients and take the pressure off local civilian hospitals inundated by the coronavirus. Read More
Trump Gives USNS Comfort a Send-Off as Hospital Ship Departs for New York
President Donald J. Trump delivers remarks at Naval Station Norfolk on March 28, 2020. US Navy Photo
USNS Comfort (T-AH-20) pushed off from Naval Station Norfolk, Va., minutes after remarks from President Donald Trump praising the whole of government effort to fight the COVID-19 effort. Read More
China Calls USS McCampbell Taiwan Strait Transit ‘Provocative
U.S. Navy Boatswain’s Mate 3rd Class Logan Brown, from Joplin, Montana, scans the horizon from the bridge wing aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS McCampbell (DDG-85) while underway conducting operations in the Taiwan Strait. Navy photo
Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS McCampbell (DDG-85) transited the Taiwan Strait earlier this week, eliciting a terse response from Chinese military officials.
USNS Mercy Arrives in Los Angeles With More Hospital Beds, Doctors
The Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH-20) arrives in Los Angeles, Calif., March 27, 2020, in support of the nation’s COVID-19 response efforts, and will serve as a referral hospital for non-COVID-19 patients currently admitted to shore-based hospitals. Navy photo
Hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH-19) arrived in Los Angeles on Friday, bringing additional beds and medical professionals to help alleviate the stress on the local healthcare system.
French Sending Amphibious Warships to Caribbean, Indian Ocean for Coronavirus Response
French Navy Photo
French President Emmanuel Macron announced Wednesday that French Navy Mistral-class LHDs Mistral (L9013) and Dixmude (L9015) will be deployed to Reunion Island and the Caribbean in support of the Coronavirus relief efforts. These new deployments will take place as part of the new operation “Résilience”. Read More
Department of Defense Coronavirus Pay, Personnel Benefits Guidance
The following are the Military Personnel Guidance for Department of Defense Components in Responding to Coronavirus Disease 2019 and a fact sheet on COVID-19 military personnel, pay and benefits policy issued on March 26, 2020. Read More
USNS Comfort Will Depart for New York on Saturday with Trump, Modly in Attendance
Supplies and personnel are loaded aboard the Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) at Naval Station Norfolk, Va., March 24, 2020. Comfort is preparing to deploy in support of the nation’s COVID-19 response efforts and will serve as a referral hospital for non-COVID-19 patients currently admitted to shore-based hospitals. This allows shore-based hospitals to focus their efforts on COVID-19 cases. US Navy photo.
THE PENTAGON – Hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH-20) will leave for New York City on Saturday, with President Donald Trump and Acting Secretary of the Navy Thomas Modly on hand to see off the ship from Naval Station Norfolk, Va. Read More
Marine Corps Training Continues – With Some Modifications – to Keep High Readiness Despite Pandemic
U.S. Marines with 1st Marine Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, participate in urban operations training during exercise Native Fury 20 in the United Arab Emirates on March 22, 2020. US Marine Corps Photo
THE PENTAGON – The Marine Corps is dedicated to remaining a “fight tonight” force for the United States despite the coronavirus pandemic and will continue training to mission-essential tasks as determined by local commanders, the commandant said today. Read More
Navy Officials Evaluating How COVID-19 Will Affect ROTC Summer Cruises
George Washington University Naval ROTC midshipmen perform a squad basic drill as part of the Mardi Gras Drill Meet hosted by the Tulane University Naval ROTC on the Tulane campus, Feb. 21. Navy photo
With the Pentagon restricting force movements to stop the spread of COVID-19, Navy training officials are trying to figure out how to get roughly 4,000 midshipmen from college Reserve Officer Training Corps programs out to commands for summer cruises.
