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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMarine Corps corporal receives lightning-fast dismissal over refusal to wear a mask
Marine Cpl. Whitney McHaffie refused to comply with a mask mandate and doesn't want to be vaccinated against COVID-19.
A month after the Defense Department's mask mandate for unvaccinated troops went into effect, she was booted from the military, possibly making her the first service member to be forced out of the service for violating COVID-related rules.
McHaffie, who served at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina, went viral on social media after appearing in a video with Josh Mandel, a former Ohio state treasurer who is currently in his second run for the Senate.
The video, in which she tells her story of being swiftly booted from the Corps for disobeying the mask mandate, had more than 400,000 views as of Tuesday morning.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/marine-corps-corporal-receives-lightning-170243092.html
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)Chainfire
(17,515 posts)Comfortably_Numb
(3,797 posts)underpants
(182,717 posts)Less than a week later, on July 29, McHaffie received a general discharge under honorable conditions, according to a copy of her DD-214, which summarizes a service member's time in the military. It was a lightning-fast dismissal; it is unusual for a service member to be kicked out in less than a week even for serious criminal offenses. But her chain of command acted within the realm of their power and followed guidance from the Pentagon.
Beachnutt
(7,307 posts)gets her benefits, she should get a bad conduct discharge for not following orders
Woodwizard
(839 posts)She is eligible for benefits if she has completed 24 months of active service I did not see in the article her time of service, it is easy to make E4 before 2 years.
Glad they did it.
Major Nikon
(36,827 posts)Better to spare the expense and publicity and just kick the fucker out
GregariousGroundhog
(7,516 posts)The Montgomery GI Bill and Post 9/11 GI Bill requires an Honorable Discharge. Her eligibility for health insurance and home loans are unaffected by the General Discharge Under Honorable Conditions.
soldierant
(6,836 posts)No need to go all the way to BCD.
It's the conditions which determine the benefits, not the name.
Major Nikon
(36,827 posts)You can still be a fuckup and get an honorable discharge, but you have to be a real fuckup to get anything else.
sarge43
(28,941 posts)Tony Stark, "Not a great plan."
CurtEastPoint
(18,634 posts)Stinky The Clown
(67,776 posts)CurtEastPoint
(18,634 posts)Grokenstein
(5,721 posts)Then we can really watch the fun.
Judi Lynn
(160,501 posts)Whoooooooo....
SergeStorms
(19,190 posts)She's a lot tougher than any silly old virus.
She could beat up any virus with her brain tied behind her back.
Dumb shit.
FSogol
(45,464 posts)Kingofalldems
(38,440 posts)of vaccinations in basic training? They don't ask your permission either. Did she just want out?
NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)Good riddance.
Qutzupalotl
(14,296 posts)Troops don't even have the right of bodily autonomy.
greenjar_01
(6,477 posts)Fucking dumbass.
Moebym
(989 posts)I've never been a member of the military, but as I understand it, the higher-ups don't exactly have a high tolerance for defiant behavior.
She has no one to blame for her dismissal but herself.
SergeStorms
(19,190 posts)I'm getting gaddamed sick of these jackoffs!
Put a bounty of $10,000 for turning every one of these anti-vaccine assholes in. I'll be pushing buttons on my phone until I have nothing but bloody stumps left.
I'm so freaking sick of these stupid shits....
Throw them all in a fucking gymnasium with 10 COVID infected republicans and let nature take it's course. The more who die, the better.
bluecollar2
(3,622 posts)McHaffie received a general discharge under honorable conditions, according to a copy of her DD-214.
SMH
ZonkerHarris
(24,216 posts)she probably wanted out and saw this as the way
dreamland
(964 posts)Nothing worse than a rouge soldier that I can see.
hadEnuf
(2,183 posts)Zero tolerance for this right wing nonsense.
kimbutgar
(21,103 posts)Liberties and freedom taken from her.
not fooled
(5,801 posts)prolly will correlate with 400,000 more COVID cases.
Demobrat
(8,968 posts)And now shell milk it for all its worth.
Until she gets Covid, then shell show up the ER.