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Coronavirus outbreaks affecting Navy ships and last updated 2021-02-21 10:44:02-05 SAN DIEGO (KGTV) - More than a dozen sailors are home quarantining in San Diego after catching the coronavirus on the USS Lake Champlain. The ship arrived at their home port Friday morning after completing routine operations, according to a Navy source. This is the latest COVID-19 outbreak for the Navy. The first outbreak happened last March on the USS Roosevelt. The ship became stranded in Guam to allow sailors to quarantine and get medical assistance. More than 1,200 sailors tested positive and at least one died. After that outbreak the Navy created a COVID-19 Leaders Handbook. The handbook mandates testing be done two weeks before deployments, a 14 day quarantine and another COVID -19 test before shipping out. ....
Updated on February 20, 2021 at 11:35 am U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Timothy M. Black A number of sailors assigned to the San Diego-based USS Lake Champlain (CG 57) have tested positive for COVID-19, confirmed Nicole Schwegman, Commander Naval Surface Force Pacific spokesperson. The individuals who tested positive are not on the ship including those they came in close contact with, confirmed Schwegman. Download our NBC 7 mobile app for iOS or Android to get alerts for local breaking news and weather. No Lake Champlain Sailors have been hospitalized and all positives are in isolation in accordance with the U.S. Pacific Fleet Guidelines, Schwegman said. ....
One of Navy s first Black four-star admirals says military has work to do on diversity Dan Lamothe, The Washington Post Feb. 16, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail Retired Adm. Cecil Haney served as commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet and the U.S. Strategic Command, where he oversaw nuclear weapons.Washington Post photo by Michael S. Williamson The young midshipman heard the question but kept walking as he neared a group of White students at the Naval Academy. You know, the only reason you re here is the quota system, right? one of them said. Cecil Haney, a Black student from a Black neighborhood in the District of Columbia, did not respond. His family had warned him that he could face racism at the academy, and more than 40 years later, he remembers the remark clearly. ....
Navy officials address 2 racist incidents on West Coast February 9 Adm. John Aquilino, commander of U.S. Pacific Fleet, speaks with sailors assigned to the USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) on Feb. 8, 2021. (Mass Communication Spc. Seaman Apprentice Mason Congleton/U.S. Navy via AP) WASHINGTON Senior U.S. Navy commanders met with sailors on ships on the West Coast Monday and Tuesday, after two recent racist incidents triggered one of the first military stand-downs to address extremism in the ranks. The meetings came after a noose was found on one ship, and hate speech was found written on a wall on another ship. But the discussions with sailors and admonishments by leadership were spurred by Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s recent orders for all military commanders to meet with troops in the next 60 days to talk about extremism and racism. ....