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Army Cuts Off More Than 60K Unvaccinated Guard and Reserve Soldiers from
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Soldiers with the Oklahoma Army National Guard fire weapons over a
trench during a live-fire exercise at Fort Irwin, California.
Soldiers with the 45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Oklahoma Army
National Guard, fire weapons over a trench during a live-fire exercise
at the National Training Center in Fort Irwin, California, July 24,
2021. (Pfc. Emily White/Oklahoma Army National Guard photo)
6 Jul 2022
Military.com | By Steve Beynon
Some 40,000 National Guard and 22,000 Reserve soldiers who refused to be >vaccinated against COVID-19 are no longer allowed to participate in
their military duties, also effectively cutting them off from some of
their military benefits, Army officials announced Friday.
"Soldiers who refuse the vaccination order without an approved or
pending exemption request are subject to adverse administrative actions, >including flags, bars to service, and official reprimands," an Army >spokesperson said in a statement.
The move comes in the midst of the annual training season, during which >part-time soldiers are often ordered to serve from two weeks to a month
with their units for summer training exercises. Those training events
are usually critical for soldiers to sharpen their military skills and
for unit commanders to ensure their formations are ready to deploy if
needed.
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If the soldiers continue to refuse the vaccine, the consequences could
be even more dire. "In the future, Soldiers who continue to refuse the >vaccination order without an exemption may be subject to additional
adverse administrative action, including separation," the Army
spokesperson said.
The long-term impact may mean many soldiers would be forced to leave, a >devastating outcome especially in the middle of a recruiting crisis as >Defense Department officials struggle to fill the ranks.
Soldiers will be allowed to come on duty and earn their pay in order to
be vaccinated or to take part in separation procedures.
"We're going to give every soldier every opportunity to get vaccinated
and continue their military career," Lt. Gen. Jon Jensen, director of
the Army Guard, told Military.com in an emailed statement. "We're not
giving up on anybody until the separation paperwork is signed and
completed."
The Army National Guard and Reserve deadline to receive the vaccine was
June 30, the latest of all the services, which required vaccination last >year. As of July 1, 13% of the Army Guard and 12% of the Reserve is >unvaccinated.
Part-time soldiers with a pending medical or religious exemption for the >vaccine may continue to train with their units and collect pay and
benefits. But exemption approvals are rare.
The vaccines have some rare side effects, including heart inflammation
that has affected at least 22 service members, according to a study from
the JAMA Network.
Only six Guard soldiers across all states and territories have permanent >medical exemptions for the vaccine, out of 53 who requested one,
according to Army data. No Reserve soldiers have a medical exemption.
No Guard or Reserve soldiers have been approved for a religious
exemption after nearly 3,000 requests. It is unclear what would qualify
a soldier for a waiver on religious grounds. Soldiers are required to be >innoculated against at least a dozen other ailments, including the flu
and hepatitis. And no major religious leaders have come out against
vaccines.
Army officials have stopped short of outlining a clear plan on removing >part-time soldiers, particularly Guardsmen, from service for continuing
to refuse the vaccine. As of now, Guardsmen are barred only from
attending federally funded drills and other training events, which make
up the bulk of their service. While Guardsmen technically serve under
their respective governors during their typical weekend duties, those >weekends are federally funded.
Multiple Republican governors have vowed not to kick out Guardsmen who
remain unvaccinated. It's unclear how easy it will be for the Defense >Department to enforce its decision to bar unvaccinated Guardsmen from
pay and benefits. On paper, the only thing an unvaccinated Guard soldier
is qualified for now is state active-duty orders, a comparatively rare
tool for a governor to activate their Guard for short-term emergencies
such as hurricane relief and responding to domestic disturbances.
SAD duties are usually short term. However, there are outliers such as
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, who has used SAD orders lasting up to a year to >mobilize thousands of troops for missions on the U.S.-Mexico border.
But SAD duties do not qualify Guardsmen for federal benefits or
retirement -- effectively shutting them out of all of the military's
service incentives other than a paycheck.
Reserve soldiers fall exclusively under the federal government, possibly >making it easier to separate them from service.
As of Friday, 1,148 active-duty soldiers have been removed from the Army
for failing to comply with the vaccine mandate.
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Army Cuts Off More Than 60K Unvaccinated Guard and Reserve Soldiers from
Pay and Benefits
Share
Soldiers with the Oklahoma Army National Guard fire weapons over a
trench during a live-fire exercise at Fort Irwin, California.
Soldiers with the 45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Oklahoma Army
National Guard, fire weapons over a trench during a live-fire exercise
at the National Training Center in Fort Irwin, California, July 24,
2021. (Pfc. Emily White/Oklahoma Army National Guard photo)
6 Jul 2022
Military.com | By Steve Beynon
Some 40,000 National Guard and 22,000 Reserve soldiers who refused to be
vaccinated against COVID-19 are no longer allowed to participate in
their military duties, also effectively cutting them off from some of
their military benefits, Army officials announced Friday.
"Soldiers who refuse the vaccination order without an approved or
pending exemption request are subject to adverse administrative actions,
including flags, bars to service, and official reprimands," an Army
spokesperson said in a statement.
The move comes in the midst of the annual training season, during which
part-time soldiers are often ordered to serve from two weeks to a month
with their units for summer training exercises. Those training events
are usually critical for soldiers to sharpen their military skills and
for unit commanders to ensure their formations are ready to deploy if
needed.
Read Next: Space Force Launches New Intelligence Unit as Congress Voices
Concerns over Growth
If the soldiers continue to refuse the vaccine, the consequences could
be even more dire. "In the future, Soldiers who continue to refuse the
vaccination order without an exemption may be subject to additional
adverse administrative action, including separation," the Army
spokesperson said.
The long-term impact may mean many soldiers would be forced to leave, a
devastating outcome especially in the middle of a recruiting crisis as
Defense Department officials struggle to fill the ranks.
Soldiers will be allowed to come on duty and earn their pay in order to
be vaccinated or to take part in separation procedures.
"We're going to give every soldier every opportunity to get vaccinated
and continue their military career," Lt. Gen. Jon Jensen, director of
the Army Guard, told Military.com in an emailed statement. "We're not
giving up on anybody until the separation paperwork is signed and
completed."
The Army National Guard and Reserve deadline to receive the vaccine was
June 30, the latest of all the services, which required vaccination last
year. As of July 1, 13% of the Army Guard and 12% of the Reserve is
unvaccinated.
Part-time soldiers with a pending medical or religious exemption for the
vaccine may continue to train with their units and collect pay and
benefits. But exemption approvals are rare.
The vaccines have some rare side effects, including heart inflammation
that has affected at least 22 service members, according to a study from
the JAMA Network.
Only six Guard soldiers across all states and territories have permanent
medical exemptions for the vaccine, out of 53 who requested one,
according to Army data. No Reserve soldiers have a medical exemption.
No Guard or Reserve soldiers have been approved for a religious
exemption after nearly 3,000 requests. It is unclear what would qualify
a soldier for a waiver on religious grounds. Soldiers are required to be
innoculated against at least a dozen other ailments, including the flu
and hepatitis. And no major religious leaders have come out against
vaccines.
Army officials have stopped short of outlining a clear plan on removing
part-time soldiers, particularly Guardsmen, from service for continuing
to refuse the vaccine. As of now, Guardsmen are barred only from
attending federally funded drills and other training events, which make
up the bulk of their service. While Guardsmen technically serve under
their respective governors during their typical weekend duties, those
weekends are federally funded.
Multiple Republican governors have vowed not to kick out Guardsmen who
remain unvaccinated. It's unclear how easy it will be for the Defense
Department to enforce its decision to bar unvaccinated Guardsmen from
pay and benefits. On paper, the only thing an unvaccinated Guard soldier
is qualified for now is state active-duty orders, a comparatively rare
tool for a governor to activate their Guard for short-term emergencies
such as hurricane relief and responding to domestic disturbances.
SAD duties are usually short term. However, there are outliers such as
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, who has used SAD orders lasting up to a year to
mobilize thousands of troops for missions on the U.S.-Mexico border.
But SAD duties do not qualify Guardsmen for federal benefits or
retirement -- effectively shutting them out of all of the military's
service incentives other than a paycheck.
Reserve soldiers fall exclusively under the federal government, possibly
making it easier to separate them from service.
As of Friday, 1,148 active-duty soldiers have been removed from the Army
for failing to comply with the vaccine mandate.
The only *healthy* way to stop the pandemic, thereby saving lives, in
the U.S. & elsewhere is by rapidly ( http://bit.ly/RapidTestCOVID-19 ) finding out at any given moment, including even while on-line, who
among us are unwittingly contagious (i.e pre-symptomatic or
asymptomatic) in order to http://tinyurl.com/ConvinceItForward (John
15:12) for them to call their doctor and self-quarantine per their
doctor in hopes of stopping this pandemic. Thus, we're hoping for the
best while preparing for the worse-case scenario of the Alpha lineage mutations and others like the Omicron, Gamma, Beta, Epsilon, Iota,
Lambda, Mu & Delta lineage mutations combining via
slip-RNA-replication to form hybrids like
http://tinyurl.com/Deltamicron that may render current COVID vaccines/monoclonals/medicines/pills no longer effective.
Indeed, I am wonderfully hungry ( http://tinyurl.com/RapidOmicronTest
) and hope you, Michael, also have a healthy appetite too.
So how are you ?
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