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| US Army to immediately start discharging vaccine refusers |
| 2022-02-03 |
| [AlAhram] The US Army said Wednesday it will immediately begin discharging soldiers who have refused to get the mandatory COVID-19 vaccine, putting more than 3,300 service members at risk of being thrown out soon. The Army's announcement makes it the final military service to lay out its discharge policy for vaccine refusers. The Marine Corps, Air Force, and Navy have already discharged active-duty troops or entry-level personnel at boot camps for refusing the shots. So far, the Army has not discharged any. According to data released by the Army last week, more than 3,300 soldiers have refused to get the vaccine. The Army has said that more than 3,000 soldiers have been issued official written reprimands, which suggests they are already identified in the disciplinary process, and some of them could be among the first to be discharged. The Pentagon has ordered all service members _ active-duty, National Guard, and Reserves _ to get the vaccine, saying it is critical to maintaining the health and readiness of the force. COVID-19 cases continue to surge around the country as a result of the omicron variant. Roughly 97% of all Army soldiers have gotten at least one shot. More than 3,000 have requested medical or religious exemptions. Army Secretary Christine Wormuth issued the directive Wednesday ordering commanders to begin involuntary separation proceedings against those who have refused the shots and do not have a pending or approved exemption. ``Army readiness depends on soldiers who are prepared to train, deploy, fight and win our nation's wars,'' she said. ``Unvaccinated soldiers present a risk to the force and jeopardize readiness. We will begin involuntary separation proceedings for Soldiers who refuse the vaccine order and are not pending a final decision on an exemption.'' The order includes active-duty soldiers, reserves serving on active duty, and cadets at the Military Academy at West Point, its preparatory school, and ROTC. The detailed order said soldiers will be discharged for misconduct, and noted that those who are eligible to retire may do so before July 1. Overall, nearly 600 Marines, airmen, and sailors have been thrown out of the military or dismissed from entry-level training at boot camps as of last week. The military services have been going through a methodical process to deal with those who refuse the vaccine as well as those who request medical, administrative, or religious exemptions. The reviews require counseling with medical personnel and chaplains as well as senior commanders. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #10 Odd. 3000 troops going to Europe. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2022-02-03 17:21 |
| #9 We're facing a nuclear winter when it comes to manpower for the next generation of soldiers This is where we pause to be grateful to home schoolers and certain private and charter schools who buck the trends. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2022-02-03 15:39 |
| #8 My concern is the soldier who would be like, "Yeah, give me four shots and send me to Ukraine in the Winter to fight The Milley Doctrine against Russia." |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2022-02-03 11:24 |
| #7 NN21, what makes you think they care if a dishonorable discharge causes them employment problems in the future. You either comply or you are shit to these people. |
| Posted by: Chris 2022-02-03 09:25 |
| #6 The percentages of discharge upgrades requested by Congresscritter offices denied is something like near zero unless the person involved had a special or general courts martial. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2022-02-03 07:45 |
| #5 OK some will be 365/200's. But what about those in critical MOS's "The detailed order said soldiers will be discharged for misconduct, But will these personnel be given a Dishonorable Discharge? Because a Dishonorable Discharge causes all types of Civilian Employment, 2nd Amendment and other issues. |
| Posted by: NN2N1 2022-02-03 06:39 |
| #4 /\ And you ain't seen nothin' yet: the monstrous side effects of the "vaccines" and the years of lockdowns have destroyed this generation. We're facing a nuclear winter when it comes to manpower for the next generation of soldiers, workers, parents, etc. Abortion, urban crime, ridiculous ME conflict, and senseless bush wars are failing to keep the population numbers down. For some reason, people continue to insist on procreating. Something simply had to be done to keep them apart. Bill and Melinda to interview Fauci. More at 11:00. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2022-02-03 00:54 |
| #3 ^ very good point. Ore-COVID insanity, the brass was warning that some very low percentage of US 18 year-olds would even avoid automatic disqualification for service -- let alone choose, let alone be chosen, let alone survive basic training. We won't come close to full staffing. This is a complete debacle that can only be solved, realistically and in the foreseeable future, by reducing our manpower and reducing overseas commitments. And you ain't seen nothin' yet: the monstrous side effects of the "vaccines" and the years of lockdowns have destroyed this generation. We're facing a nuclear winter when it comes to manpower for the next generation of soldiers, workers, parents, etc. |
| Posted by: Merrick Ferret 2022-02-03 00:46 |
| #2 I wonder how may non-Vax'd the Russians and Chinese are discharging from their militaries ? |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2022-02-03 00:40 |
| #1 Looks like the old saying needs to be stood on its head: in America's Age of Woke, the only people |
| Posted by: Merrick Ferret 2022-02-03 00:12 |