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Service members separated from the military for refusing the COVID-19 vaccine would have to receive an honorable discharge or a general discharge under honorable conditions under a must-pass defense bill unveiled Tuesday.
That means those troops would mostly still be entitled to veterans benefits under the compromise version of the National Defense Authorization Act, or NDAA. The one exception is that someone with a general discharge under honorable conditions is not eligible for GI Bill benefits.
The measure, which is almost certain to become law, comes as thousands of service members remain unvaccinated even as the military branches reach deadlines to comply with the Pentagon vaccination mandate.
The House is scheduled to vote on the bill Tuesday night, followed later next week by the Senate.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/troops-booted-refusing-vaccine-guaranteed-231000902.html
Walleye
(31,081 posts)OAITW r.2.0
(24,675 posts)If they are this anti-socialist in their thinking...do we want them protecting us? I don't.
Skittles
(153,220 posts)it has a stigma - well, at least it did back then
AZProgressive
(29,322 posts)I was one of the first to get in trouble under a new battalion commander so I was discharged for THC use and received a general discharge under honorable conditions and it wasnt easy looking for work using that as my work history. Luckily the discharge didnt get in the way of receiving service connected disability payments.
keithbvadu2
(36,962 posts)https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/news/gop-rep-thomas-massie-schooled-after-claiming-military-will-quit-if-the-covid-vaccine-is-mandated/ar-AALNaaS
GOP Rep Thomas Massie Schooled After Claiming Military 'Will Quit If the COVID Vaccine Is Mandated'
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Trump's shaman was kicked out of the Navy for refusing an anthrax vaccine.
He did not 'quit'.
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2021/01/12/navy-career-of-qanon-shaman-ended-after-he-refused-anthrax-vaccine.html
ShazamIam
(2,576 posts)former9thward
(32,097 posts)Most of them probably want to get out early and see this as an easy way to do it.