Posted on 07/14/2022 5:08:12 AM PDT by Mr. Mojo
At least 260,000 American troops — or about 13 percent of the 2.1 million total force — are not fully vaccinated despite a Biden administration vaccine mandate for the military, and many of them could face discharge.
According to the Department of Defense website, at least 268,858 service members as of July 13 are still not in compliance with Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s August 2021 mandate for every member of the military to be fully vaccinated with two doses of a vaccine. That figure does not count the thousands who have not taken any doses.
Only about 20,000 of the more than 260,000 have received a temporary or permanent exemption, according to the latest statistics provided by the services. That means the rest face discharge from the military at a time the services are struggling to find new recruits.
So far, there have been 95 military deaths from coronavirus, with 412,766 who have had it and recovered, according to DOD statistics.
Mike Berry, a Marine reservist and general counsel for First Liberty, who is representing service members seeking religious exemptions, said in a statement to Breitbart News:
Losing nearly 270,000 troops would devastate our military. That’s more than twice as many U.S. troops than died during World War I from all causes, and almost as many as died in combat during World War II. Our adversaries are probably delighted to see the Pentagon eliminate more troops than they ever could.
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Joe Kent is 100% correct.
insane
Yes - and they’ll follow any orders - either frm the cartels or the woke leadership. Mercenaries that will not have think twice about gunning down US citizens.
If I were in I wouldn’t mind having this out. I’d hate to get killed fighting to spread western globalism around the world. Maintaining “a perverted Gomorrah upon a hill” for the rest of the world to envy wouldn’t motivate me to fight.
my body
Actually, I have a notion to invite them all over for a big backyard barbeque and then sign them up as recruits for the Texas Retaliatory Revolution. These are my kind of soldiers.
The services are already suffering from a shortfall of recruits. Well, they will have to decide which divisions to disband.
Absolutely correct. Those who got vaccinated got covid.
The unvaxxed the more combat-ready.
Our adversaries are probably delighted to see the Pentagon eliminate more troops than they ever could.
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This!
Concur, which is why I think it will be done.
Ping.
And what's the ratio of vaxxed vs unvaxxed among those that died??
The most relevant measure is comparing “all cause mortality” between vaxxed and unvaxxed, and it’s not good news for the vaxxed.
I know a young man who turned down a full ride ROTC scholarship because he didn’t want the jab.
His dad managed a DOD program and had very high clearance and was fired for the same reason.
An other-than-honorable discharge from the military used to be a major impediment in a job search. Not so much now, I’m guessing.
Take the discharge and tell that slob pervert POTUS to GFH.
Pedo Pete is about to start WW3, but he’s still intent on forcing an untested injection of dubious effectiveness on our troops, and seems just fine with letting go of a quarter of a million of them. Putin, Xi and their generals are licking their chops.
To quote the great philosopher, Dr. Bugs Bunny, “What a maroon!”
Thanks BIDEN - Destroy our military on behalf of the Chinese Wuhan Lab!
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