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Covid-19: US Navy Commander Fired For Refusing To Get Vaccine, Tested
A US Navy commander has been relieved of his duties for refusing to get a COVID-19 vaccine and refusing to be tested for the virus, Navy officials said, according to multiple reports.
Cmdr. Lucian Kins was fired as second in command of the USS Winston Churchill, a destroyer, by Navy Capt. Ken Anderson, commander of the destroyer, on Friday, Dec. 10, according to Stars and Stripes, the daily American military newspaper.
Getting the COVID vaccine is mandatory for all service members under orders from the Pentagon.
Kins was dismissed for “failing to abide by lawful order," and…
