A Marine in Yuma, Ariz., receives his vaccine in February. (U.S. Marine Corps)Posted on 10/10/2021 8:51:20 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
With vaccination deadlines fast approaching, hundreds of thousands of US service members remain either unvaccinated or partially vaccinated against Covid-19, according to the Washington Post. A Marine in Yuma, Ariz., receives his vaccine in February. (U.S. Marine Corps)
The Navy has been most compliant with President Biden's July edict that the nation's 2.1 million troops take the jab. According to the report, 98% of active duty seamen have gotten at least one shot, while 90% are fully vaccinated. That's in stark contrast to the Marines, where just 72% are fully vaccinated. Meanwhile, over 60,000 Air Force personnel have just three weeks to meet the DoD's Nov. 2 deadline.
Among the Army Guard and Reserve - which have until June 2022 to come into compliance, under 40% are fully vaccinated.
"We expect all unvaccinated soldiers to receive the vaccine as soon as possible. Individual soldiers are required to receive the vaccine when available," said Army spokesman Lt. Col. Terence M. Kelley, adding that the June deadlines "allow reserve component units necessary time to update records and process exemption requests."
Scattered throughout the WaPo report are various mentions of Covid deaths throughout all branches of the armed services - which they claim are 'soaring' right now. Throughout the pandemic there have been 62 Covid-linked deaths out of 2.1 million troops, or 4.7 botched Afghanistan pullouts.
The military is balancing Biden's edict with historical pushback to mandatory vaccines - stemming in part from a backfired Anthrax vaccine regimen in the late 1990s.
The mandate “adversely” affected the “retention of trained and experienced guard and reserve pilots,” according to a Government Accountability Office sample survey cited in a 2002 report. About 16 percent of pilots and crew members in reserve units either sought a transfer to another unit to delay or avoid the process, switched to an inactive status or left duty altogether, the report found.
“The Army probably does not want to risk those retention problems,” Brahmbhatt said. -WaPo
Military medical personnel at Camp Lejeune, N.C., administer coronavirus vaccines in January. (U.S. Marine Corps)"Question for the SECDEF: are you really willing to allow a huge exodus of experienced service members just because they won’t take the vaccine?" former Navy SEAL Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-TX) tweeted last month, adding "Honestly, Americans deserve to know how you plan on dealing with this blow to force readiness — it’s already causing serious problems."
Question for the SECDEF: are you really willing to allow a huge exodus of experienced service members just because they won’t take the vaccine?
Honestly, Americans deserve to know how you plan on dealing with this blow to force readiness - it’s already causing serious problems. — Rep. Dan Crenshaw (@RepDanCrenshaw) September 21, 2021
The Pfentagon
On track to destroy our military...
You just can’t believe how much damage this guy is doing.
Hmmm… I wonder which of these due dates the CCP will select for their invasion of Taiwan???
Looks like the JAG folks will be busy.
Look at the “COVID deaths” man!!! Why in the living hell insist on such a ba shot? Because there’s no money in herd immunity?
All China has to do now is wait...
That is well over half of our military DEAD in 2-3 years.
Damn. That’s a lot of Dishonorable discharges the pinko administration is going to have to process.
Staggering!! you can send them to war but not being vaxed freaks you out?
First Biden gifts Afghanistan to the Chinese, now its our military and the country!
This will be our army
Most individuals by far join the military for a four-year obligation. Some might extend once. They almost all 18-22 years old. Who would risk needless death or a lifetime of complications from Pfascist gain-of-function experimentation, that their own government lied about illegally funding?
They just want the ones loyal to the commissars and just big enough to kill Americans.
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