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US Navy Warship Was At Sea When Officials Said It Was Undeployable: Commander

• https://www.zerohedge.com by Zachary Stieber

"No sir, I do not," the commander, who has not been publicly named, said when asked whether he thought the officials' statements were accurate.

U.S. District Judge Steven Merryday, a George H. W. Bush appointee who is overseeing the case, ordered military officials in February not to take punitive action against the commander because they appear to have wrongfully denied the commander's request for a religious exemption from the military's COVID-19 vaccine mandate.

In an emergency motion to the judge on Feb. 28, officials alleged the ruling was affecting military readiness because unvaccinated sailors "pose a risk to other personnel" since the COVID-19 vaccines have proven effective at halting the spread of the virus that causes the disease.

The order "effectively places a multi-billion dollar guided missile destroyer out of commission," the motion stated. "For example, if it becomes necessary to deploy an East Coast-based surface ship in response to global events in Ukraine (or elsewhere), the Navy will not deploy the Commander's vessel. In this way, the Court's order will have a wide-ranging impact on Navy operations and national security."

Besides federal health officials saying the vaccines don't affect the transmission of the virus, and the vaccines proving virtually ineffective against preventing infection, the claim about the ship itself was undermined by the commander's testimony in federal court, according to a transcript released March 14.

"I was out at sea" on Feb. 28, when the motion was entered, the commander said.