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- Christine Wormuth speaks during a Senate Armed Services Committee nomination hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, on May 13, 2021. The Army says it will immediately begin discharging soldiers who have refused to get the mandatory COVID-19 vaccine, putting more than 3,300 service members at risk of being thrown out soon. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)
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Army to immediately start discharging vaccine refusers
By LOLITA C. BALDOR - Associated Press
Wed,02/02/22-1:12PM , 133 Reads
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Army said Wednesday it will immediately begin discharging soldiers who have refused to get the mandatory COVID-19 vaccine, putting more than 3,300 service members at risk of being thrown out soon.
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- Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin speaks during a meeting with Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani at the Pentagon in Washington, Monday, Jan. 31, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, Pool)
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Austin to governors: Guard troops must get COVID-19 vaccine
By LOLITA C. BALDOR - Associated Press
Mon,01/31/22-4:59PM , 204 Reads
WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, in letters to seven governors, is reaffirming the need for members of their states' Army and Air National Guards to get the mandatory COVID-19 vaccine or lose their Guard status.
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- This March 27, 2008, file photo, shows the Pentagon in Washington. The U.S. Army, for the first time, is offering a maximum enlistment bonus of $50,000 to highly skilled recruits who sign up for six years. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)
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Army ups bonuses for recruits to $50K, as COVID takes toll
By LOLITA C. BALDOR - Associated Press
Wed,01/12/22-12:19PM , 553 Reads
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Army, for the first time, is offering a maximum enlistment bonus of $50,000 to highly skilled recruits who join for six years, The Associated Press has learned, as the service struggles to lure soldiers into certain critical jobs during the continuing pandemic.
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- An MQ-8B Fire Scout unmanned aerial vehicle assigned to the Black Knights of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 22 conducts flight operations during an underway with the USS Milwaukee (LCS 5) on June 27, 2019 in the Atlantic Ocean. The ship remains in port at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay in Cuba, with about two dozen sailors, or nearly a quarter of its crew, testing positive for COVID-19, according to U.S. defense officials.(Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Anderson W. Branch/U.S. Navy via AP)
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Officials: Nearly 25% of Navy warship crew has COVID-19
By LOLITA C. BALDOR - Associated Press
Mon,12/27/21-1:40PM , 307 Reads
WASHINGTON (AP) — About two dozen sailors on a U.S. Navy warship — or roughly 25% of the crew — have now tested positive for COVID-19, keeping the ship sidelined in port at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay in Cuba Monday, according to U.S. defense officials.
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