UNCLASSIFIED// ROUTINE R 302043Z APR 21 MID200000813095U FM SECNAV WASHINGTON DC TO ALNAV SECNAV WASHINGTON DC ZEN/CNO WASHINGTON DC ZEN/CMC WASHINGTON DC ZEN/CMC WASHINGTON DC BT UNCLAS ALNAV 032/21 MSGID/GENADMIN/SECNAV WASHINGTON DC/-/APR// SUBJ/UPDATE TO DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY HEALTH PROTECTION CONDITION POLICIES// RMKS/1. EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY, IMMUNIZED SAILORS AND MARINES WILL BE SUBJECT TO INDIVIDUAL RESTRICTIONS NO HIGHER THAN THOSE CORRESPONDING TO HEALTH PROTECTION CONDITION (HPCON) B, REGARDLESS OF THE HPCON STATUS OF THE INSTALLATION TO WHICH THEY ARE ASSIGNED. FURTHER, RECENT SECRETARY OF DEFENSE GUIDANCE WILL ALLOW MANY INSTALLATIONS TO TRANSITION FROM HPCON C TO HPCON B WHERE APPLICABLE, THOSE CHANGES WILL BE IMMEDIATE. 2. SAILORS AND MARINES HAVE MADE MANY SACRIFICES TO PROTECT THEIR COMMUNITIES, THEIR FELLOW SERVICE MEMBERS, AND THEMSELVES DURING THE PANDEMIC, AND I AM GRATEFUL FOR THE DEDICATION ALL OF YOU HAVE SHOWN IN THIS FIGHT. PLEASE REMEMBER THE BATTLE AGAINST COVID-19 IS FAR FROM OVER AND CONDITIONS WORLDWIDE ARE CONSTANTLY CHANGING. YOUR BEHAVIOR ON LIBERTY AND THE RESPONSIBILITY YOU DEMONSTRATE MUST AT ALL TIMES REFLECT THE PROFESSIONALISM OF OUR FORCE AND AN ALERT RECOGNITION OF THE THREAT THAT REMAINS. WE WILL CONTINUE TO REVISE POLICIES AS CONDITIONS CHANGE. THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU AND YOUR FAMILIES HAVE DONE SO FAR TO GET US TO THIS POINT. 3. RELEASED BY THE HONORABLE THOMAS W. HARKER, ACTING SECRETARY OF THE NAVY.// BT #3932 NNNN UNCLASSIFIED//