The attached NAVADMIN 225/21 assigns The Chief of Naval Personnel as the COVID Consolidation Disposition Authority and provides procedural guidance and reporting requirements for administrative disposition of individual Navy service members, active duty and reserve, who are not fully vaccinated per Secretary of Defense Memo, ALNAV 062/21 and NAVADMIN 190/21 mandating COVID-19 vaccination.
The policy goal of the U.S. Navy is to achieve a fully vaccinated force against the persistent and lethal threat of COVID-19. The order to vaccinate constitutes a lawful order.
Navy service members are determined to have refused to obey the lawful order when:
- Received a lawful order to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19
- Is not or will not be fully vaccinated on the date required by the order (28 Nov 2021 for AC/FTS and 28 Dec 2021 for drilling reservists)
- Does not have a pending or approved exemption request
Administrative action begins as soon as a Navy service member meets the definition of refusing the lawful order to vaccine. Administrative action includes:
- Mandatory processing for separation
- Ineligible for advancement/promotion/re-enlistment/execute orders
- Ineligible for separation pay
- Recoupment of any unearned incentive pays
- Receive a special FITREP/EVAL documenting failure to comply with medical readiness
Additionally, senior leaders (officers serving as a commander, deputy commander, commanding officer, executive officer, chief of staff, chief staff officer, officer in charge; senior enlisted advisor; or command senior enlisted leader) who refuse to vaccinate will be relieved.
Additional guidance on implementation of administrative actions for Selected Reservists will be forthcoming.
To date 78% of the Navy Reserve have met their responsibility by completing or initiating a COVID-19 vaccination series. We applaud your commitment to ensuring the continued strategic readiness of the Reserve Force. For those that have yet to initiate your vaccination: you have the order and we are counting on you to initiate your vaccination.