This post and headline have been updated with additional information from the U.S. Naval Academy. Naval Academy midshipmen would need be eligible to receive their first COVID-19 vaccinations starting the last week of March “to preserve the safe and healthy bubble” they will enter in the fleet this summer, the superintendent told a House panel Tuesday. Unlike the other service academies, where cadets would be among the last to receive the shots, Vice Adm. Sean Buck told the House Appropriations defense subcommittee the Navy has approved this program for Annapolis so “we can conduct summer training [that is] essential to … Continue reading USNA: Midshipmen Would Need COVID-19 Vaccines This Month to Start Summer Training