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Midshipmen were allowed back to bars and restaurants after May 1 when the Naval District Washington, which covers the Naval Academy, reverted to Health Protection Condition Bravo.
By SETH ROBSON | STARS AND STRIPES Published: May 4, 2021
Stars and Stripes is making stories on the coronavirus pandemic available free of charge. See more staff and wire stories here. Sign up for our daily coronavirus newsletter here. Please support our journalism with a subscription. Coronavirus restrictions have hurt sailors’ morale and may prompt some to jump ship when their terms of service expire, a Navy commander wrote recently in an independent journal. Cmdr. Matt Wright, a 2002 U.S. Naval Academy graduate who leads Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 22 at Norfolk, Va., brought up his concerns in the April edition of the U.S. Naval Institute’s monthly magazine, Proceedings.
By CAITLIN DOORNBOS | STARS AND STRIPES Published: May 4, 2021
Stars and Stripes is making stories on the coronavirus pandemic available free of charge. See more staff and wire stories here. Sign up for our daily coronavirus newsletter here. Please support our journalism with a subscription. WASHINGTON Nearly a year after the Navy first encouraged teleworking to prevent spreading the coronavirus, the service has issued new guidance restricting in-person staffing levels for commands at certain installations around the world. Navy workplaces should be staffed at no more than 50% of its regular capacity at installations under Health Protection Condition Bravo, meaning areas with a daily average of two to 15 new coronavirus cases per 100,000 people, according to the memorandum released by Vice Adm. Phillip Sawyer, deputy chief of naval operations for operations, plans and strategy.
Lower health restrictions mean Seabees can get out and spend their money
Lower health restrictions mean Seabees can get out and spend their money By John Fitzhugh | April 27, 2021 at 6:11 PM CDT - Updated April 27 at 6:25 PM
GULFPORT, Miss. (WLOX) - 3,500 sailors with money to spend have been set free in Gulfport.
For most of the pandemic, sailors at Naval Construction Battalion Center Gulfport have been under Health Protection Condition Charlie.
“Which is fairly locked down for our sailors, our active duty service members here,” said Base Commander Capt. Jeff Powell. “We’re restricted, cannot do off-base dining, we cannot do non-essential shopping out in town.”