US Navy Announces Starting of Naval Exercise in ME, 60 Countries Take Part

The US Navy announced the start of a naval exercise in the Middle East (ME) with the participation of 60 countries and international organizations.

The US Navy said - in a statement reported by the US "Al-Hurra" channel today, Wednesday, that the maneuvers will last 18 days and include 9,000 personnel and up to 50 military ships.

"This level of representation demonstrates the shared resolve to preserve the rules-based international order," the statement quoted Brad Cooper, commander of US Central Command Naval Forces, the Fifth Fleet, and Combined Maritime Forces, as saying.

On the sixteenth of December, the US Navy decided to demobilize the sailors who refused to receive the vaccine against the Coronavirus, like what the Air Force announced regarding the unvaccinated.

The US Navy announced its updated guidance that sailors who do not follow the legal instructions to receive the vaccine will be isolated from their colleagues, and anyone who refuse to receive the vaccine and then changes his mind can remain in the army.