Posted on 08/11/2023 12:43:31 PM PDT by Jan_Sobieski
A former member of the U.S. Army Special Forces went public about his fight to defend his bodily autonomy and Catholic moral conscience in an op-ed late last month, explaining that he ultimately left his military career rather than violate his firmly held beliefs after commanders repeatedly pressured him to get the experimental COVID-19 jab.
John Frankman, who previously served as a captain in the U.S. Army’s 7th Special Forces Group (7SFG), wrote in a July 31 article that he “voluntarily separated from the Army due to struggles I encountered because I refused to get the mandatory COVID-19 vaccine.”
A Catholic former seminarian who studied at The Catholic University of America and Mount St. Mary’s Seminary, Frankman served as an infantry officer and later a member of the Special Forces (also known as the Green Berets) in a nearly eight-year Army career before his July 1 separation.
Frankman said that the “push to get all soldiers vaccinated” commenced in January 2021 upon the rollout of the experimental COVID-19 jabs that had been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as part of its heavily criticized Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) under which drug companies were exempt from liability for potential side effects.
“Military leaders at all levels made being vaccinated a ‘readiness’ issue and wielded whatever authority and power they had — legal or otherwise — to coerce individuals into getting vaccinated,” Frankman wrote.
A team leader, Frankman said he told his men he didn’t intend to get the jab and that he wouldn’t penalize or incentivize them for choosing to get it themselves…
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I am a hard core anti—vaxxer—have been for decades.
However the military have been guinea pigs/lab rats for dozens of different vaccines for many decades—this is not exactly a secret so folks who join know what they are getting into...
Yes Sir.
His kind of officer will be much needed when we remove all these vermin from the military and the Fed Gov.
Expose em ALL.
This is intended to destroy the US military as well as the Constitution and the Nation itself.
“None Dare Call It Treason”, well, Not Yet!
The choice between serving God, and serving the United States used to be a very similar choice for a certain type of male character.
They are heading in opposite directions now.
Have in years past met more than a couple former seminarians and religious who instead chose the discipline of military life.
A neighbor’s son was in seminary. Dropped out to join the US marines. Did 20 years and then got his degree to teach at university.
“As a result, he said, “my team sergeant and I were constantly harassed by the Company Sergeant Major,” “
Does the Captain know that Captain outranks a Sergeant Major?
According to the chart, perhaps. But the CSM has the commander’s ear.
Colonel, USAF JAGC (Ret)
If O-3 gets too lippy with E-9, O-6 might have words with the Captain…
It’s a complete sham that they were requiring people to file religious objections to getting the vaccination. One peek at the VAERS numbers is a completely reasonable non-faith based reason for avoiding the shot.
Follow the actual science.
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