Mealey's (October 10, 2022, 1:02 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A trial court did not abuse its discretion when it denied a preliminary injunction sought by one of four Navy SEALs who sued over a COVID-19 vaccine mandate as the mandate “is the least restrictive means of accomplishing the Navy’s compelling interests in plaintiff’s health and readiness for duty and in reducing the operational risk to the missions . . . plaintiff maybe called upon to perform,” the U.S. secretary of Defense and other military leaders argue in their appellee brief filed Oct. 7 in the District of Columbia Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals....