You might have heard about the USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) with the controversial administrative treatment of the commander who tried to warn of the CoViD-19 infection, and that the crew was replaced while docked in Guam, but what about the USS Kidd (DDG 100)?
28APR2020, USS Kidd (not to be confused with World War Two era USS Kidd DD 661, or Cold War era USS Kidd DDG 993) arrives in San Diego, California, for quarantine. Video of arrival:
On 06MAY2020, U.S. Naval Institute News reported a “insidious” outbreak aboard USS Kidd, and just like their silly-vilian counterparts, the U.S. Navy is using mathematical ‘models’ to guesstimate the spread of CoViD-19: “When we started out this process, I started to say it was an algebra problem for us. Then it became differential equations, and then it went to multivariable calculus, and in many respects now it’s almost theoretical physics trying to figure out what is the right thing to do.”-Vice Admiral Richard Brown, commander of Naval Surface Forces and Naval Surface Force Pacific
The latest USN information revealed that while docked in San Diego most of the crew of USS Kidd was replaced (aka Crew Swap). A skeleton crew was initially left aboard for daily operations, until a ‘caretaker crew’ could take over.
The caretaker crew is conducting ‘strategic deep-cleaning’ and daily operations of the ship. As of 18MAY2020, 90 of the original crew tested negative for CoViD-19 (multiple times) and were allowed back onboard: “Before we clear any Sailor to return to the ship, they must receive two separate negative test results.”-Vice Admiral Richard Brown, commander of Naval Surface Forces and Naval Surface Force Pacific
Video, initial medical screening of USS Kidd personnel in San Diego, on 28APR2020:
The first influenza-like illnesses showed up in early April while the USS Kidd was taking part in counter-drug-running operations in the Eastern Pacific and Caribbean.
On 06APR2020, USS Kidd personnel were making their own cloth masks, and trying as best they could on a crowded ship to maintain social-distance. By April 22nd a Sailor had to be medevac-ed off the ship, the next day additional medical staff arrived to begin testing the crew.
Deep cleaning of the USS Kidd is expected to continue until the end of May.
Also deploying from Fort Campbell, the 2nd Squadron, 17th Cavalry Regiment took-off for South Korea. It is considered a routine ‘rotational’ deployment.
12MAY2020, Guam National Guard begins Task Force 31 ops in local government offices.
On 12MAY2020, Texas National Guard personnel descend upon a nursing home in Austin, one day after the governor ordered the Texas National Guard to begin so called Task Force 31 operations.
Alabama’s Task Force 31 is staffed by Air and Army National Guard personnel, and work at the direction of Alabama’s State Department of Veterans Affairs.
26APR2020, Oklahoma National Guard disinfect a buffet at a nursing home (as well as the rest of the nursing home) in Tulsa.
West Virginia National Guard enter a child care center, 04MAY2020, to disinfect common areas with chemical sprays.
West Virginia National Guard was instructed how to use Aerosolized Hydrogen Peroxide (AHP) systems to disinfect rooms.
02APR2020, a Georgia Army National Guard member pours liquid disinfectant (Hydrogen Peroxide?) into a ‘fogger’ for aerosol use in a Georgia nursing home.
The aerosolized chemical is claimed to be 99.9% effective at killing pathogens within 20 minutes.
USN SeaBees build ‘environmental enclosures’ at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, the enclosures are meant to provide people with a place to shelter from sudden “hostile weather conditions”. The project began in October 2019 and is still ongoing.
Thai health inspectors check arriving U.S. military personnel for signs of CoViD-19 (CoronaVirus Disease 2019), 24FEB2020.
U.S. Army Korea publishes totally naive video saying all you have to do to “Kill the Virus” is to wipe down your desk and computer:
U.S. Army Garrison Camp Casey conducting CoViD screenings after a soldier from Camp Carroll got infected.
