Navy Attempting to Remove Sailor Who Refused Vaccine Under ‘Pretext’ of Attempted Desertion: Attorney

Epoch Times ^ | September 30, 2022 | J.M. Phelps

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Navy Petty Officer Second Class Kristin Fregeau is being discharged from the Navy for attempted desertion, but her attorney contends that this is a cover for separating the officer because she had a religious objection to the vaccine mandate.

“The Navy couldn’t separate [Fregeau] for vaccine refusal, so they drummed up a story about attempted desertion,” Sean Timmons, Freugeau’s attorney, told The Epoch Times.

The attempted desertion charge arose from Fregeau leaving her base for 20 days in December 2021 without prior approval.

But Timmons said the petty officer moved to Tennessee during that period to remove her child from moldy living conditions at the base that was harmful to their health.

“She moved her family under duress, and out of necessity, away from mold-infested government quarters to move her children to reasonable living accommodations,” the attorney said.

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I’m retired Navy. I would have sworn there was a time limit, but it is actually intent:

(a)Any member of the armed forces who—
(1)without authority goes or remains absent from his unit, organization, or place of duty with intent to remain away therefrom permanently;
(2)quits his unit, organization, or place of duty with intent to avoid hazardous duty or to shirk important service; or
(3)without being regularly separated from one of the armed forces enlists or accepts an appointment in the same or another one of the armed forces without fully disclosing the fact that he has not been regularly separated, or enters any foreign armed service except when authorized by the United States;
is guilty of desertion.