More Than 100 Marines<br />Are Discharged, for Refusing COVID Vaccine.<br />More Than 100 Marines<br />Are Discharged, for Refusing COVID Vaccine.<br />A Pentagon spokesperson announced on Dec. 16 that 103 Marines had been discharged...<br />... for failing to comply with the U.S. Armed Forces COVID-19 vaccine mandate.<br />In addition, the Army will likely begin discharge proceedings for up to 2,700 soldiers.<br />and the Air Force has already <br />discharged 27 airmen.<br />Officials revealed that 95 percent of those serving as Marines have received at least one shot of the vaccine.<br />An estimated 1.5 percent of the U.S. Armed Forces has refused to be vaccinated.<br />We obviously hope that they will [get the vaccine], John Kirby, Pentagon Chief Spokesperson, <br />via NBC News.<br />But if they don’t, it is a lawful order and it has to be <br />obeyed because it is a valid <br />medical requirement, John Kirby, Pentagon Chief Spokesperson, <br />via NBC News.<br />Army Secretary Christine Wormuth <br />reiterated that those soldiers who <br />have not been vaccinated are at risk <br />of legal proceedings against them.<br />Vaccinating our soldiers against COVID-19 is first and foremost about Army readiness, Christine Wormuth, Army Secretary, <br />via NBC News.<br />To those who continue to refuse the vaccine and are not pending a final decision on a medical or administrative exemption, I strongly encourage you to get <br />the vaccine, Christine Wormuth, Army Secretary, <br />via NBC News.<br />If not, we will begin involuntary separation proceedings, Christine Wormuth, Army Secretary, <br />via NBC News
