The Military Times indicated that roughly 17,000 service members ultimately refused to take the vaccine.
While around 1,200 secured exemptions, Defense Department records indicate that 3,717 Marines, 1,816 soldiers, and 2,064 sailors were discharged for refusing the vaccine, reported Reuters. Further, 834 Air Force/Space Force service members were apparently also discharged.
Approximately 70% of those ousted for their refusal to take the novel mRNA vaccine reportedly received general discharges.
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There are rational reasons for minimal re-enlistments.
1) Having been discharged for refusing the shot will always be on your record. That pretty much guarantees that you will not be promoted if you reenlist, AND that you will get the worst possible assignments.
2) Just as adults are advising their children and grandchildren NOT to enlist in what the military has become, those who were discharged know that the priority of the armed forces is anything but the defense of the country.
Subotai Bahadur
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