Posted on 04/21/2025 2:04:39 PM PDT by Twotone
Two service members have been denied religious exemptions to the flu vaccine and are at risk of being forced out of the military after they previously fought the COVID-19 vaccine mandate.
A service member in the Marine Corps and another in the Air Force are facing separation from their respective military branches after submitting Religious Accommodation Requests (RARs) for the flu shot. Both men objected to the COVID vaccine mandate under the Biden administration and ultimately kept their jobs, but they may lose them under President Trump despite the routine approval of religious exemptions for vaccines before COVID.
Marine First Lieutenant Schuyler Skipper, who has served in the military for 15 years, submitted an RAR for the flu and tetanus/diphtheria shots in December 2022. It was denied in March 2023, according to a report of misconduct reviewed by Just the News. He appealed the denial the following month, and his appeal was denied in February 2024.
"No vaccine" affects deployment
The next month, Skipper was ordered to take the vaccines “within 10 working days,” the report reads. He then filed a complaint with the Headquarters of the Marine Corps Equal Employment Opportunity office alleging religious discrimination and requested an extension to the vaccine order. Skipper’s extension request was denied in April 2024, and he was informed that he had violated a lawful order. His attorney, R. Davis Younts, told Just the News on Thursday that the religious discrimination complaint was also denied.
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What does Kennedy have to say?
I thought service members who were let go from not taking the vax were allowed to return to duty with back pay.
So did I. Apparently not everyone has gotten the message, & there are a few more leftists in the military who should be getting the boot.
Can someone explain to me why I am not shocked to hear this.
It sounds like someone wants revenge for their refusal and lawsuit against the covid “VAXX”
Hegseth should have stopped this by now.
For the Covid jabs, if they reupped for another 4 years IIRC.
Macho MAGA Man wrote: “I thought service members who were let go from not taking the vax were allowed to return to duty with back pay.”
The article is clear: this is a refusal for the flu vaccine. Has nothing to do with COVID.
These cases were from 2023-2024. Is somebody trying to blame trump on this?
Make up my mind for me. I thought Trump said he was bringing them back. This administration needs to get on message and stay there.
When I served, I had a waiver so as not to get the flu shot. The couple yrs in a row receiving it, I had gotten severely sick. And it was confirmed to be a negative reaction.
Yrs later I asked a retired Naval doctor about this and he said, all a soldier had to do was say they got sick after taking it...and voila...no shot.
I just can’t believe they are denying religious exemptions though. If I had any inkling that human fetuses were used in testing or manufacturing, I’d personally request an exemption.
Either he is a mustang or his creer has been severly stunted.
Trump better take care of this or else he is a liar.
I got flu vaxxed when I was inducted into the AF at Coral Gables in 1966. They lined us all up and moved down the line with the air-injection gun. SSnap! SSnap! SSnap. Next day I was in the infirmary sick as the proverbial dog. My basic was delayed for 13 days until I got over it. I managed to dodge the mandatory annual flu vax for the next three years and have never got another.
I think he seasonal flu vax is the subject here. That has been mandatory since before I went in in ‘66.
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