TSgt,
No offer of any knowledge regarding vaccinations but wanted to offer my prayers for your nephew. He sounds like a helluva kid.
Our country needs a few good more men ( and women ) like him.
I hope you find/get the answers you’re looking for.
I looked this up years ago. I’ve been in the military for 23 years now. Years ago one of my Soldiers didn’t want to get a shot (he was just being a smart ass). I found out that a Commander can order a Soldier restrained so that he/she may be given a shot. Getting the vaccinations is more about the health and welfare of other Soldiers as much as the individual. I’m no lawyer but this is my interpretation. I hope your nephew can serve one way or another.
He needs to contact a recruiter and/or MEPS counselor for all the branches including reserve/guard. Each branch has different enlistment qualifications.
Sorry, but with his medical history, he is probably not medically fit to serve.
He should speak with a recruiter, get some phone # at DOD to call for special cases such as his, and progress from there.
-——He is a tough kid——
However, if he cannot tolerate immunizations, he is defective. He is not suited to be a Marine.
He must make other choices that are suited to his condition.
I know in the AF that some immunizations could be waived due to allergic reactions.
However, depending on which immunization it is it can directly affect the members availability for world wide duty, and that is where the problem lies. The immunizations can be waived, but if it causes the member to be declared world-wide ineligible it kills the career anyway. THere is a wide gap between ‘Fit for duty’ and ‘World-Wide Eligible’ unfortunately.
Not sure what the Marine policies are, but it will probably require a lot of research on your nephew’s part or behalf to determine if he can reenlist or not.
I believe the answer is a firm “no”. Taking the oath entails taking the shots.
You know, there are other ways to serve this country. Would he consider law enforcement?
Vaccines dramatically enhance the overall health and welfare of the fighting forces, and vaccines allow deployments to situations where disease is rampant.
It is a duty to the service and to fellow soldeirs to be vaccinated so you won’t get any of the diseases and won’t spread disease. That way the service can count on his readiness and the readiness of his unit without having to wonder about succeptibility to disease.
While some folks choose not to get vaccines, I think that choice is selfish for the reasons outlined above. The only reason people can refuse vaccines without a high risk of disease is because their neighbors all get the vaccines.
This kid should have gotten his vaccines a little at a time while growing up. Vaccines are safe.
No. When I was in you couldn’t serve if you were allergic to eggs because eggs were used in vaccines. Everyone in the military is subject to deployment worldwide, so you have to be vaccinated for the region you’ll deploy to.
It depends on what the vaccination was for. These vaccinations are to protect both the individual and the larger group that make up the unit and who must live in close quarters under extreme conditions. If the particular vaccination can be waivered then he should be able to continue to serve and if it is any vaccination then he can be discharged for medical reasons. I served with guys in both the Marines and the Air Force over my career who developed various medical problems and who were forced to leave or retire. I wish him luck and Semper Fi, but I don’t believe an exception should be made if the medical board determines otherwise.
While everything I said is true, I apologize for dumping frustration at the direction this nation has taken onto your shoukders.
Your nephew sounds like a wonderful young man. Best wishes to him.
Nope. Get it or else.