Posted on 10/28/2021 6:41:23 AM PDT by Red Badger
As leaders in our newly “woke” military focus on transgender issues, climate change, and abandoning Americans in Afghanistan, some have also chosen to sidestep procedures and issue blanket denials of religious exemption requests for the Covid-19 injections that are being forced on all servicemembers.
Independent journalist Liz Wheeler dropped the bombshell last night after obtaining documents showing the United States Navy has plans to deny all sailors who do not want the jabs based on sincerely felt religious objections. This goes against established protocols and subverts the rights of those who have legitimate concerns.
Here’s the thread:
2/ Here are packages submitted by Navy Sailors at IWTC Corry Station in Pensacola, FL, requesting religious exemption to the COVID vaxx mandate. They are Navy Sailors who have honorably served for 30 years, 18.5 years, etc. pic.twitter.com/V69ucYe7Ap
— Liz Wheeler (@Liz_Wheeler) October 28, 2021
4/ U.S. Navy policy requires EACH religious exemption package to be evaluated "on a case-by-case basis" and requires that commanders pursue the "least restrictive means" in an effort to honor religious convictions. pic.twitter.com/1tyIqWhwNH
— Liz Wheeler (@Liz_Wheeler) October 28, 2021
6/ In this case, CAPT Marc Ratkus, who is CO of Center for Information Warfare Training & CDR Schley's boss, provided a standard denial memo to CDR Schley and instructed her to use it for all requests at her command. It even had his letterhead and signature on it. pic.twitter.com/JDWXWypXkM
— Liz Wheeler (@Liz_Wheeler) October 28, 2021
8/ CDR Schley knows she is violating policy & in fact complained to colleagues about it. I've obtained copies of TWO sworn affidavits from Sailors who heard CDR Schley claim she didn't want to issue blanket denial of all religious exemption requests, but was forced by CPT Ratkus. pic.twitter.com/9UblkTwSkX
— Liz Wheeler (@Liz_Wheeler) October 28, 2021
10/The blanket denial template that came from Ratkus to Schley is a Word doc. The doc properties show the original author is a JAG officer named LTJG Carlos Pagan who appears to work for 2-star RADM Peter Garvin, commander of Naval Training & Education Command (NETC). pic.twitter.com/wSgKiXS2jB
— Liz Wheeler (@Liz_Wheeler) October 28, 2021
If you love the news, check out The Liberty Daily's homepage. 12/ The NETC website boasts that it's the Navy's largest shore command, covering 50,000 Sailors worldwide. If RADM Garvin's staff is inappropriately interfering in these religious accommodation requests, how many people might be impacted?
— Liz Wheeler (@Liz_Wheeler) October 28, 2021
14/ Now let’s look at the gross hostility shown to servicemembers requesting religious exemption to the COVID vaxx. This is called a chop sheet. It's a correspondence tracker passed up the chain of command that includes notes to be considered by superiors. On this chop sheet… pic.twitter.com/o8d5WnZGUL
— Liz Wheeler (@Liz_Wheeler) October 28, 2021
16/ CDR Teifel commented on the Sailor’s concern about aborted fetal cell lines used in the vaccine development. The sailor cited the Charlotte Lozier Institute. Who did Teifel cite? https://t.co/gHyAx6ZYFU, an aggressively pro-abortion site that insults & stigmatizes pro-lifers.
— Liz Wheeler (@Liz_Wheeler) October 28, 2021
18/ https://t.co/gHyAx6ZYFU also proclaims that opponents of abortion are "extreme," "toxic," and "out of touch." It even accuses them of "dangerous rhetoric." Apparently objecting to abortion on religious grounds is now dangerous according to the Navy. pic.twitter.com/2s6wbQznCT
— Liz Wheeler (@Liz_Wheeler) October 28, 2021
20/ And it's not just IWTC Corry Station. I've also uncovered documents from IWTC Virginia Beach, another command under CAPT Ratkus' control, in which the same exact denial recommendation is being used. All that changed was the letterhead and signature. pic.twitter.com/lQsvCzIgg0
— Liz Wheeler (@Liz_Wheeler) October 28, 2021
22/ In one case, a denial recommendation from his command stated that the request hadn't mentioned any specific religious conviction despite both the Sailor & Chaplain providing highly specific details supporting the request. Did CDR Brennan even bother to read these requests? pic.twitter.com/afqCdelpS0
— Liz Wheeler (@Liz_Wheeler) October 28, 2021
24/ As for the risk assessment of granting all the religious exemptions requested at a command that's required by policy? Each denial recommendation simply said, "Not applicable." That's right. They just chose not to do it.
— Liz Wheeler (@Liz_Wheeler) October 28, 2021
26/ Despite the command accomplishing 100% of its mission with 0% vaccination, suddenly the claim is that IWTC Corry Station won't be able to accomplish its mission with 99% vaccination. At a command of over 2.5k people, only 20 have requested religious accommodation. That's <1%.
— Liz Wheeler (@Liz_Wheeler) October 28, 2021
28/ At the same command, a religious accommodation was approved for a Sailor who was a Sheik wearing a turban, which violates uniform code. In fact, he was known to allow his hair & beard (additional uniform violations) to be messy & yet his religious accommodation was approved.
— Liz Wheeler (@Liz_Wheeler) October 28, 2021
30/ But here's the thing: These blanket denials-in-process aren’t JUST xerox copies that violate policy. Look at WHY they plan to deny exemptions. “This would undermine fairness to those who complied.” (What about ppl who have to shave? Is allowing a Sheik to not shave unfair?) pic.twitter.com/pQNwxcttLM
— Liz Wheeler (@Liz_Wheeler) October 28, 2021
32/ FINAL/ These documents are part of an official request from a servicemember for a congressional inquiry. Congress? You have the duty of oversight. Use it.
— Liz Wheeler (@Liz_Wheeler) October 28, 2021
As Wheeler noted, this is a clear-cut case of abuse of power that Congressional oversight needs to address immediately. Time is of the essence; once someone is forcibly jabbed, they cannot be unjabbed. Millions of Americans are being forced to make a choice between abiding by their concerns over the Covid injections and having the “privilege” of living a “normal” life in the segregated society that is developing around us in real time.
Congress needs to act on this clear violation of the rules and regulations surrounding religious exemptions in our armed forces. Alert every Senator and Representative you can about this egregious crime against the men and women who defend this nation.
bioweapons gonna bioweapon.
traitors gonna murder the Republic if not stopped.
I’m not surprised. I’ve known that the democrats want to eliminate all Christian religious practice, and they’re doing it by using their power to fire us and to deny us medical care.
Soon (if not already), our military will be told that the standard answer to anything they are told to do to us will be, “We were just following orders.”
And we know how well that worked for another military some decades back.
But of course, it’s part of the left’s drive to totally destroy respect for ALL of the government. Right now, only the military has respect, but they’ll take care of that.
Everything the left touches.....
And some stuff still wonder which side the military will be on in CW2.
The underlying reason is they want to weaken the Armed Forces however they can.
This is getting to be a 1,000 piece puzzle. Weaken our defenses, import millions of diseased illegals, import gangs, drugs and ???, import terrorists, destroy the economy with pricing, disrupt the supply chain for food and meds, jail parents for terrorism, jail people who want to preserve the Constitution, make us hate each other because of race, because of vaxed or not vaxed, kill off the hospital system by either vaxing - read slow death, or firing the unvaxed, destroy our fuel supplies, and the list goes on.
I’m sure other FR members can add to this list.
China’s Navy is now bigger than ours, its Army is also bigger than ours and its resolve is greater than ours. Worried yet?
maybe our very FIRST Transgender Admiral can step in with his high heels and set things right.
1. Is it reasonable to believe the person is really a religious person?
2. Does the person sincerely hold a belief because of their religious devotion that conflicts with the desired activity?
It doesn't matter if the belief is based on facts, or is incorrect. The belief doesn't need to be proven, and it doesn't need to be approved by another religious leader.
China’s Navy is now bigger than ours
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Only if one counts the near-shore (littoral) vessels and tiny patrol craft. Their blue-water navy is much smaller.
Remember, it is no longer “forever war”. It is now “forever pandemic”.
We have always been at war with the EastAsian virus.
It is the ‘Perfect Enemy’.
An enemy you can’t see, is constantly changing, can’t be defeated and can’t be denied its existence..
“This would undermine fairness to those who complied.”
How would religious exemptions be unfair to those who had the great fortune to be inoculated? I thought the jabs were a good thing. I’m confused.
If those who complied are ‘safe’ then what’s the problem?
If those who complied are ‘NOT safe’ then why comply?...............................
Then by definition we have a rogue government that doesn’t honor the Constitution.
So why should we recognize their authority?
What’s next, they gonna order service personnel to worship a golden calf, and deny religious exemptions to anyone who doesn’t want to?
Rebel. Refuse orders. Tell them to court martial you. Because I would if they’d done this sh!t when I was in uniform. DO. NOT. OBEY.
Something is WRONG with this whole scenario.
(Has the CCP overthrown our government?)
What the hell is going on?
I suspect lots of people are getting big kickback money.
This needs to be investigated immediately.
Outrage after outrage occurs daily against American citizens while our "representatives" sit on their a$$es and do nothing. (They are probably collecting big pay offs too.😡)
“The blanket denial template that came from Ratkus to Schley is a Word doc. The doc properties show the original author is a JAG officer named LTJG Carlos Pagan who appears to work for 2-star RADM Peter Garvin, commander of Naval Training & Education Command (NETC).”
They had an O-3 JAG draft the letter? He did it at the direction of his SJA (likely an O-6) and the commander, so watch the “he’s a loose cannon and did this all on his own” denials start rolling in.
Colonel, USAF TJAGCR (ret)
Stack arms and WALK. Do not serve this Anti-Christ, anti-human, anti-Constitution regime and its military. They have violated the contract. All of it. Shredded it.
Former Sgt, USMC.
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