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Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower alongside USNS Kanawha for a replenishment-at-sea, February 4, 2021. US Navy/MCS Seaman Ryan Childress
After spending a record-long deployment last year stuck on their ships due to coronavirus restrictions, the crews of the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower aircraft-carrier strike group are heading out again with the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine in their arms.
Being able to vaccinate most of the strike group’s sailors is a relief after a frustrating year of outbreaks and restrictions at sea, according to Vice Adm. Andrew Lewis, who oversees Navy operations on the East Coast as head of 2nd Fleet.