The Naval Brief: Vaccine deadline passes; Global posture review; Budget procedural woes; and more...
Caitlin M. Kenney
By Caitlin M. Kenney
Staff Reporter
December 2, 2021
Welcome to The Naval Brief, a weekly look at the news and ideas shaping the sea services’ future.
Vaccination deadline passes. Thousands of sailors and Marines remain unvaccinated after the Nov. 28 deadline, Defense One reports. Several hundred people had medical and administrative exemptions approved; however, no one received a religious exemption.
Global Posture Review. The Pentagon’s 2021 Global Posture Review calls for more rotations and presence in the Indo-Pacific at the cost of military presence in other areas, despite escalating tensions and shifting strategies in Russia and the Middle East, Defense one reports. The Pentagon has already begun implementing some of these Indo-Pacific force posture improvements.
Virtual training is more necessary than ever. Shrinking training ranges and the prying eyes of adversaries are making it more critical to use virtual training environments for testing new operational concepts, Defense One reports. Marine Commandant Gen. David Berger also wants to see training software reflect how specific adversaries would fight against American forces.
https://www.defenseone.com/threats/2021/12/naval-brief-vaccine-deadline-passes-global-posture-review-budget-procedural-woes-and-more/187230/
