Accession Number:

AD1147962

Title:

Evaluation of the Navy's Plans and Response to the Coronavirus Disease-2019 Onboard Navy Warships and Submarines

Descriptive Note:

[Technical Report, Inspector General Audit]

Corporate Author:

OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL (DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE) ALEXANDRIA VA

Personal Author(s):

• Stone, Randolph R.

Report Date:

2021-02-04

Pagination or Media Count:

50

Abstract:

We determined whether the Navy had, and implemented, policies, plans, and procedures to prevent and mitigate the spread of infectious diseases, such as coronavirus disease-2019 COVID-19, on its warships and submarines. The focus of this evaluation was at the Navy component command level, primarily focusing on U.S. Fleet Forces Command USFF and U.S. Pacific Fleet PACFLT.

Descriptors:

• medical personnel
• health services
• naval operations
• warfare
• combatant commanders
• covid-19
• naval warfare
• navy
• unified combatant commands
• aircraft carriers
• infectious diseases
• uss theodore roosevelt
• disease outbreaks
• uss kidd
• quarantine
• hygiene
• public health
• united states northern command
• viruses
• lessons learned

Subject Categories:

• Military Operations, Strategy and Tactics
• Medicine and Medical Research

Distribution Statement:

[A, Approved For Public Release]