Naval Academy midshipmen to begin receiving COVID-19 vaccine

ANNAPOLIS, Md. — U.S. Naval Academy students are scheduled to begin receiving the COVID-19 vaccine starting this week.

The academy announced midshipmen will begin receiving the vaccination as early as Thursday.

Vice Adm. Sean Buck, the superintendent, says vaccinations need to begin now for midshipmen to be able to participate in summer training programs to meet Navy requirements.

RELATED

More Naval Academy midshipmen being moved into hotels amid COVID-19 outbreak

Nearly 200 students have been moved into Annapolis hotels this week for quarantine and isolation, academy officials said.

By Geoff Ziezulewicz

Summer training programs are usually blocked into three- to four-week periods throughout the summer. The first of them is scheduled to begin May 15.

All summer training programs, with the exception of the Marine Corps’ Leatherneck and several special operations-specific training, were cancelled last summer due to the pandemic.

The COVID-19 vaccine is currently voluntary for active-duty members, including midshipmen, while it is in an emergency use authorization status.

In Other News

Rollback of DOD anti-extremism efforts coming in 2025, experts predict

The piecemeal progress of extremism-prevention efforts during the past four years is more than can be expected out of the Pentagon in 2025, experts said.

From Grinch greetings to Santa sightings, the holidays come to troops

Holiday helpers have been busy, as plenty of organizations and individuals have been working to make the days a bit brighter for troops and their families.

Will most troops move under new household goods program in 2025?

More than half of installations in the continental United States are moving troops' shipments under the new system.

VA to resume new electronic health record rollout in mid-2026

The project was scheduled to take 10 years and cost $16 billion. Nearly eight years later, only six of VA’s 170-plus medical sites are using the software.

Suicides among veterans remain unchanged despite federal focus

The figures are the latest available from federal census data and suggest limited progress on the issue of suicide prevention by Veterans Affairs leaders.

Load More