Navy Commander Fired From His Job as the Executive Officer of a War Ship For Refusing Covid Vaccine +
GATEWAY PUNDIT | By Cristina Laila | December 13, 2021
A Navy Commander was fired from his job as the executive officer of a warship for refusing the Covid vaccine.
Commander Lucian Kins was fired on Friday as second in command of the USS Winston Churchill, Navy officials said.
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The Associated Press reported:
Cmdr. Lucian Kins was relieved of his duties Friday as second in command of the USS Winston Churchill, a destroyer, by Navy Capt. Ken Anderson, commander of Naval Surface Squadron 14. Officials said Kins was the first naval officer to be fired as a result of a vaccine refusal.
Navy spokesman Lt. Cmdr. Jason Fischer declined to give the precise reason why Kins was relieved of command, citing privacy concerns. Fischer, who is spokesman for the Naval Surface Force Atlantic, said the reason for the firing was that Anderson lost confidence in Kins’ ability to perform his duties after he failed to obey a lawful order.
Other officials, however, said it was because Kins refused the order to get the vaccine, and refused testing to ensure he did not have the virus.
Fischer said Kins has been reassigned to the staff of Naval Surface Squadron 14.
Lt. Cmdr. Han Yi, the ship’s plans and tactics officer, is temporarily serving as the Churchill’s executive officer until a permanent replacement is identified.
The Pentagon imposed a Covid vaccine mandate for all service members and the Navy had until the end of November to get jabbed or request an exemption.
The Pentagon is currently discussing mandating the Covid booster shot for all troops.
“There are active discussions here in the department at the policy level about booster shots and whether or not to make those mandatory — there have been no final decisions made about that,” Pentagon spokesman John Kirby told reporters. “Should there be an addition to that in terms of the mandatory vaccine requirement, we will clearly communicate that and be transparent about it, but there are discussions in the department about the efficacy of booster mandatory policy as well.”
