The warship that U.S. Navy officials described as undeployable if they were not able to remove the unvaccinated commander was actually deployed when the assertions were made, the commander told a judge during a recent hearing.
âNo sir, I do not,â the commander, who has not been publicly named, said when asked whether he thought the officialsâ 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 commanderâs request for a religious exemption from the militaryâs COVID-19 vaccine mandate…