Army Cuts Off 62,000 Unvaccinated Soldiers from Benefits

[applegrove]

Army Cuts Off 62,000 Unvaccinated Soldiers from Benefits

July 7, 2022 at 4:58 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 46 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2022/07/07/army-cuts-off-62000-unvaccinated-soldiers-from-benefits/

"SNIP......

“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,” Military.com reports.

......SNIP"

[Aristus]

1. Good.

Obey health and safety orders or Golf Tango Foxtrot Oscar...

[brewens]

2. Trumpers mostly. We need crap like that out of the military regardless. n/t

[applegrove]

4. Did not think of that. They are self segregating.

[wnylib]

22. I thought of it. That's 62,000

people that we cannot count on to live up to their oath to defend against all enemies, foreign and domestic. If, as people like Malcolm Vance are predicting, street violence is likely to break out as hate groups escalate, those 62,000 could go rogue and side with militias

[quakerboy]

35. Im sure ICE and Border Patrol will happily add these to their ranks

Gotta be prepared to resume their station as a future tyrants personal army, after all.

[Beachnutt]

3. Dishonorable discharge

Refused to follow orders.

[OldBaldy1701E]

11. Exactly! (n/t)

[RKP5637]

5. I think this is indicative of some other issues too beyond their refusal. Might not be best to serve

[walkingman]

6. Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.

[Norbert]

7. When my brother went to 'Nam he didn't have a choice.

He was ordered to get the shots.

Who do these asshats think they are?

[SergeStorms]

8. The Supreme Taliban Court....

will probably find this unconstitutional because Revolutionary soldiers weren't made to have COVID vaccines. The original intent of the Constitution says nothing about vaccinations, you know?

[hatrack]

9. Best not tell them about Washington and his smallpox vaccine orders . . .

[liberaltrucker]

18. Or Valley Forge International Airport

[machoneman]

27. They do not have a say IIRC. The Joint Chiefs and ultimately the C-in-C, Pres. Joe Biden do!

The SC's are powerless to intervene. If they even try, the chain of command would be forever broken. Ain't gonna happen MAGATS!

[SergeStorms]

32. I should have...

put the emoji In there. Of course proper protocol means nothing to this bunch of politically charged regressive morons, so I wouldn't put anything past them.

[llmart]

10. Good!

They probably weren't the Army's best and brightest anyway.

[cloudboy07]

12. got my second 2nd notice , so good-bye !

[SergeStorms]

14. You haven't been vaccinated?

Seems a bit risky.

[wnylib]

25. If you check the profile, I think he means

a second hidden post in less than a month after joining DU.

[SergeStorms]

31. Ahhhhh....

Sooooo, not a team player then? 😉

[Rebl2]

13. About time

[SunSeeker]

15. Good. These nutjobs hurt military readiness with their antivaxx beliefs. nt

[Evolve Dammit]

16. That's a bunch. Magats and whatever else. Fuck 'em. Sadly, they will be cops.

[wnylib]

26. Or militia members.

[Blue Owl]

17. Give 'em one last chance...

If they refuse, then too bad

[orleans]

33. this

"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.

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2022/07/06/army-cuts-off-more-60k-unvaccinated-guard-and-reserve-soldiers-pay-and-benefits.html

[iluvtennis]

19. When I was in the US Air Force if you didn't follow orders, you suffered the consequences Glad the

benefits were cut.

[McKim]

20. I'm Kind of Scared of Them!

I’m kind of scared of them. They are trained to kill and they have easy access to military grade weapons! Not good! They walk among us!

[Woodwizard]

24. They do not have easy access to military grade weapons.

All that stuff is locked up and accounted for. If you have a private firearm and live on base it needs to be locked up in the arms room too. The military is way more strict on gun control than any civilian living area.

[ashredux]

28. Some national guard Units have had weapons disappear

[quakerboy]

36. They will soon enough

Between ICE, border patrol, and local police hires, they will not lack for employment that gives them access to weapons for long

[Woodwizard]

37. Well that field already attracts sociopaths so what's the difference.

Anyway the semi auto weapons civilians can legally buy are plenty deadly enough.

[kairos12]

21. Consequences.

As a Vet, I am happy there are some.

[COL Mustard]

23. Good riddance to them.

We don't need them. They are replaceable.

[bluecollar2]

29. Great...62k

Trained military soldiers, pissed off at the world now, join the disaffected.

Most of this lot are qualified on firearms and won't need a lot of incentive to join magat ranks.

[Mysterian]

39. Oh how scary!

[Owl]

30. Good!

[Hermit-The-Prog]

34. Let 'em infect each other instead of infecting the soldiers willing to keep their oath.

[Mysterian]

38. Fuck 'em -- they should be discharged immediately for failure to follow orders

We don't need obvious idiots and super-spreaders in our military.