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SAN DIEGO — Almost half the active-duty military population of San Diego County have received both doses of the coronavirus vaccine, the Navy said Thursday. The local vaccine numbers, which the Navy had previously declined to provide, show that vaccination rates among local service members are higher than those among active-duty troop across all branches. The latest numbers from the Defense Department show fewer than 40 percent of active-duty service members are fully vaccinated. Navy Medical Forces Pacific, which is in charge of administrating vaccines at both Naval Medical Center San Die...

By ERICA EARL | STARS AND STRIPES Published: April 8, 2021 TOKYO — A Navy officer has been punished for penning a letter to the Yokosuka Naval Base housing office that excoriated his enlisted neighbors as “deviants” and “perverts.” Yokosuka Naval Hospital determined that Lt. Nathanael Allison wrote the letter, in which he complained of being forced to live with his family in a building for enlisted families, according to Task and Purpose, a military news site, on Thursday. Task and Purpose cited Regena Kowitz, a spokeswoman for Naval Medical Forces Pacific in San Diego. Kowitz di...

FAIRFIELD-SUISUN, CALIFORNIA San Diego-area military hospitals also experience surge as Navy, Marine Corps coronavirus cases spike [The San Diego Union-Tribune :: BC-CORONAVIRUS-SANDIEGO-MILITARY-HOSPITALS:SD] SAN DIEGO — Like their civilian counterparts, San Diego’s two major military hospitals are experiencing a surge of coronavirus patients as the winter spike in cases affects military members, their families and retirees. At Naval Medical Center San Diego, its 16 ICU beds are at 70 percent capacity, and Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton’s four ICU beds are at 75 percent. “While our te...

Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Christopher Pruitt is a supervisor for the COVID-19 and Flu Clinic at Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton, which he explained was some tents set up near the emergency room to screen patients and test for the coronavirus. Pruitt said he also has seen a “large increase” in coronavirus patients in the last several weeks, which has led to medical staff in the clinic working longer hours and extra days. Advertisement “As a hospital, we had to create a new department — a new clinic,” he said, adding that his patients reported being exposed at work or where they’ve...