UPDATE TO DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY HEALTH PROTECTION CONDITION POLICIES

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SUBJ/UPDATE TO DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY HEALTH PROTECTION CONDITION POLICIES//

RMKS/1.  EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY, IMMUNIZED SAILORS AND MARINES WILL BE SUBJECT 
TO INDIVIDUAL RESTRICTIONS NO HIGHER THAN THOSE CORRESPONDING TO HEALTH 
PROTECTION CONDITION (HPCON) B, REGARDLESS OF THE HPCON STATUS OF THE 
INSTALLATION TO WHICH THEY ARE ASSIGNED.  FURTHER, RECENT SECRETARY OF 
DEFENSE GUIDANCE WILL ALLOW MANY INSTALLATIONS TO TRANSITION FROM HPCON C TO 
HPCON B  WHERE APPLICABLE, THOSE CHANGES WILL BE IMMEDIATE.

2.  SAILORS AND MARINES HAVE MADE MANY SACRIFICES TO PROTECT THEIR 
COMMUNITIES, THEIR FELLOW SERVICE MEMBERS, AND THEMSELVES DURING THE 
PANDEMIC, AND I AM GRATEFUL FOR THE DEDICATION ALL OF YOU HAVE SHOWN IN THIS 
FIGHT.  PLEASE REMEMBER THE BATTLE AGAINST COVID-19 IS FAR FROM OVER AND 
CONDITIONS WORLDWIDE ARE CONSTANTLY CHANGING.  YOUR BEHAVIOR ON LIBERTY AND 
THE RESPONSIBILITY YOU DEMONSTRATE MUST AT ALL TIMES REFLECT THE 
PROFESSIONALISM OF OUR FORCE AND AN ALERT RECOGNITION OF THE THREAT THAT 
REMAINS.  WE WILL CONTINUE TO REVISE POLICIES AS CONDITIONS CHANGE.  THANK 
YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU AND YOUR FAMILIES HAVE DONE SO FAR TO GET US TO THIS 
POINT.

3.  RELEASED BY THE HONORABLE THOMAS W. HARKER, ACTING SECRETARY OF THE 
NAVY.//

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