President Biden is threatening to discharge every member of the military who expresses a religious exemption or nothing more than a cautionary reluctance to immediately obey his sweeping vaccine mandate. This would be as unnecessary as it is unjustified.
As many as 50,000 soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines are on the brink of being dismissed from service for disagreeing with the Biden mandate or seeking a religious exemption. Some have informed me that instead of being thrown out, they will quit the duty they love, give up the mission they have trained for, and separate from their brothers in arms whose lives they swore to protect — and who swore to protect theirs.
Think about the myriad Biden vaccine mandates on private sector employees, healthcare professionals, the federal workforce and its contractors. All were challenged successfully by a union, a lobby, a business interest, even attorneys general from more than a dozen states. All were stayed, delayed or halted.
Only the military vaccine mandate remains unchanged, barreling toward its devastating toll.
Army Has Over 3,800 Refuse to Get COVID Vaccine, Could Be Removed From Military Next Month
More than 3,800 members of the Army have refused to get the COVID-19 vaccine by this week’s deadline, setting them up for a potential ouster from the military beginning in January.
Six soldiers resisting the mandate were fired from leadership roles and more than 2,700 others have already been issued written reprimands, according to Army data.
The Army, the largest U.S. military service, also reported the lowest number of members requesting religious exemptions. While 1,700 Army soldiers applied for exemptions, about 4,700 in the Air Force, 3,000 in the Marine Corps and 2,700 in the Navy made the requests, according to recent data from the services. No religious exemptions have been authorized yet.