Secretary of Defense Hegseth Welcomes Back Service Members Discharged for Refusing Jab-With Back Pay (Video)

Unlike civilian communities, military commanders exercise discretion in deciding whether an offense should be charged and how the offenders should be punished.

Off topic, but that is changing. Critics (mostly libs) have argued that allowing commanders so much discretion in sexual assault cases can result in inconsistent treatment and a lack of accountability. There have been efforts to limit or remove this discretion, aiming to ensure fairness and justice for victims. The bleed over is less "justice" for the accused.

I'm retired from uniform now, but still work in a military unit. UCMJ authority has been pulled from immediate commanders up to 3-star level.

The information they had on the vaccines concerning their makeup and contents, the main reason used by the members for not taking it, was incorrect so they had no proof of a permanent danger of the injections at that time. And not any more now.

But that doesn't relieve the government of meeting the right of the servicemember to informed consent. (It's not sufficient for the government to state that it is not aware of potential harms; that the shot is being administered under an "emergency use authorization" issued by the FDA and not an "FDA approval" is sufficient evidence that the government wouldn't know if such harms existed. Ergo, it cannot address the requirement that the servicemember's consent be an informed consent.)

And those that refused were not punished and given an opportunity to leave the service. They had the option of a court mrtial, but refused and just left.

I have not seen anything anywhere that states or even gives the impression that a servicemember rejected a trial. In fact, for those near retirement, I find it difficult to believe that they would.

The government didn't want a trial; a trial would have exposed their open flank on the implied consent requirement. In addition to making those at the top a laughing stock, it could have set a precedent, which is something it would have desperately tried to avoid.

“It’s not sufficient for the government to state that it is not aware of potential harms; that the shot is being administered under an “emergency use authorization”

If they had to go by guessing, which is about all they have, then no injection for any type of vaccine to include Diphtheria, Tetanus, Pertussis (DTaP), Polio, Measles, Mumps, Rubella (MMR), Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib), Hepatitis B (Hep B), Chickenpox (Varicella), and Pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) would be sufficient. You can’t guess at what may happen when without any protection they will be assuredly going to get covid when distributed by the enemy as a bio weapon. And the shots did indicate they were displaying at better handling of the illness.

If you get the bug, fluid collects in your lungs, they carry less oxygen to your blood. That means your blood may not supply your organs with enough oxygen to survive. This can cause your kidneys, lungs, and liver to shut down and stop working.

https://www.webmd.com/covid/coronavirus-covid-19-affects-body

And the flu prior to the inducing of covid killed a few also. In the 2016-2017 flu season, the CDC estimated 38,000 deaths associated with the flu in the United States. And according to statista 52K in 2018 but 28K in 2019. In that year the WHO and CDC issue recommendations for preventing and treating COVID-19.

https://www.statista.com/statistics/1124915/flu-deaths-number-us/

The “harms” I mentioned were consistent with all flu shots so that was public information. The same risks apply to many alergy shots.

So, bottom line, if our military members were going to get any protection it was going to be through the vaccines. And if they refused them, especially for reasons that were not true, and tried to get a religious waiver, they would not be world wide qualified. That’s part of the contract. They let them choose to walk. They didn’t have to if the rules were applied to the letter.

All of us in the business have been required to take medications. That is our choice to remain in a situation like this.

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