Navy commander fired for refusing COVID-19 vaccine: Report

Published December 13, 2021 4:02pm ET



A U.S. Navy commander has reportedly been relieved of duty as executive officer of a warship because he refused to get the coronavirus vaccine.

Cmdr. Lucian Kins was fired on Friday as the second in command of the USS Winston Churchill by Navy Capt. Ken Anderson, commander of the Naval Surface Squadron 14.

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