The United States Army reprimanded six active-duty commanders for refusing to comply with Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for all military ranks.
The punishments come as the Army has increased its bonus to join the force to $50,000 because the virus has made it more difficult to recruit in schools and at public events, and the competition for quality workers has intensified as young people weigh their options.
The Army did not specify the rank of the punished officers, though two battalion commanders were among those who were relieved of their duties.
In addition, 2,994 soldiers received written reprimands for refusing the vaccine out of the 3,611 troops who have yet to get the jab.
The Army has yet to initiate separations for soldiers refusing the vaccine as it expects further guidance this month.
Over 96 percent of of the roughly 481,000 active-duty soldiers in the largest military branch have been fully vaccinated and more than 97 percent are partially vaccinated. The Army Reserves remain at about 73 percent fully vaccinated.
There are about 57,000 officers serving at the level of captain or above in the US Army, meaning around 0.01 percent of commanding officers were punished for not getting the jab.
NOT going to work trying to Oust SO Many from the Military !!!! Too Many involved
Time to Un -WOKE the military & Un -Democrat it too !!!
Our military is so weak now, thanks to Biden, that we can’t afford to oust soldiers for not taking the poison jab. God help the poor recruiters nowadays. They have their work cut out for them. For starters , who would want to be in Biden’s military, when he doesn;t give a rat’s ass about them or the military. He’s just a wimp that hobbles along doing as he’s told, like a good boy.
Lloyd Austin needs to be ousted! The sooner, the better.
Racist WOKE is a JOKE !!! FIRE HIM NOW !!!
The Army could offer $100.000 dollars and I would still tell Biden’s Army to suck it!
No Body wants to be in Military under a FAKE PRESIDENT who was NOT Elected !!!!