(February 3, 2022 at 7:49 pm)brewer Wrote: The U.S. Army announced Wednesday that it has started discharging soldiers who don't comply with its COVID-19 vaccination policy.
"Army readiness depends on soldiers who are prepared to train, deploy, fight and win our nation's wars," Secretary of the Army Christine Wormuth said in a news release.
"Unvaccinated Soldiers present risk to the force and jeopardize readiness. We will begin involuntary separation proceedings for soldiers who refuse the vaccine order and are not pending a final decision on an exemption."
I wonder what type of discharge. Anyone know what refusing an order gets?
Army commanders have been asked to “process these separation actions as expeditiously as possible”, the statement added.
Soldiers who refuse the vaccine and are discharged will be “issued either an Honorable or General (under honorable conditions) characterization of service unless additional misconduct warrants separation with an Other than Honorable characterization of service”.
Unvaccinated soldiers who have submitted requests for medical exemptions or religious accommodations are currently temporarily exempt from the vaccine as their requests remain under review.
per The Guardian
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