MISAWA, Japan (Sept. 3, 2020) Master-at-Arms 1st Class Alan Ranks and Master-at-Arms 1st Class Krystal Peterson, both assigned to Naval Air Facility Misawa, take the temperatures of test participants during day two of the Navy-wide E6 advancement examination. Both of the Navy active duty advancement cycles have been modified this year due to health protection conditions, including separating exams into multiple test days, social distancing at exam sites, participants and proctors wearing masks, and temperature and wellness checks done prior to entering the examination rooms. (U.S. Navy photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Joseph M. Buliavac)
The US Navy will continue its new COVID-era practice of longer deployments with fewer port calls, as leaders feel they have found a difficult but winning strategy to keep the virus in check among its crews, Breaking Defense reports.
