Defense secretary Lloyd Austin says Oklahoma National Guard members must get vaccinated

[Nevilledog]

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Kyle Griffin
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Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has rejected Oklahoma's request to exempt the state's National Guard members from the Pentagon's COVID vaccine mandate.

Members who don't get vaccinated could have their status in the Guard jeopardized.

Defense secretary Lloyd Austin says Oklahoma National Guard members must get vaccinated
Oklahoma National Guard leaders would have to determine what specific actions to take against those members who don’t get vaccinated.
oklahoman.com
8:00 AM · Nov 30, 2021

https://www.oklahoman.com/story/news/local/oklahoma-city/2021/11/29/defense-secretary-says-oklahoma-guard-members-must-get-vaccinated/8800097002/

Members of the Oklahoma National Guard must get vaccinated against COVID-19 regardless of their duty status or personal beliefs, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin told Gov. Kevin Stitt on Monday.

Guard members who don’t get vaccinated may be barred from participating in drills and training, and their status in the Guard could be jeopardized, Austin told Stitt in a letter.

“To maintain a healthy and ready military force capable of protecting the American people, the immediate vaccination against COVID-19 is an essential military readiness requirement for all components and units of the military, including the Oklahoma National Guard,” Austin said in a letter to Stitt dated Monday.

Stitt sent a letter to Austin earlier this month requesting that members of the Oklahoma National Guard be exempted from the Defense Department’s vaccination mandate, which covers active duty personnel, Guard, Reserves and civilian workers.

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[Botany]

1. Get the shot or get out!

All members of the National Guard who enlist have to go to basic training and they get:

Six vaccination shots: measles, mumps, diphtheria, flubicillin, rubella and smallpox. Vision and Dental Exam: You'll have a general vision checkup and a dental exam (including X-ray).

[dem4decades]

2. Time to cull out those that won't follow orders.

[Botany]

3. They are part of the US Military's Chain of Command

https://www.military.com/join-armed-forces/basic-training-chain-of-command.html

The Sec. of Defense is # 2 in that chain and if he or she tells you to do something you have to do it
or you will have to leave the National Guard.

[Irish_Dem]

4. The President of the United States ordered troops to get vaxxed back in July.

So they are refusing to follow orders from #1 in chain of command?