Nearly 20 Senate Republicans are threatening to block the annual defense authorization bill (NDAA) unless Congress agrees to end its COVID vaccination mandate for military members and reinstate troops dismissed under the policy. The NDAA sets the spending policies and priorities for the military each year and has been passed annually for over 50 years. […]
Military Vaccine Mandate
Republicans Demand Answers From Pentagon on COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate After Biden Declares Pandemic Over
Republicans on the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) are demanding answers from Pentagon on its COVID-19 vaccine mandate after President Biden declared on Sept. 19 that the “pandemic is over.” The letter to Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin III follows concerns regarding the legitimacy of the process used to consider religious accommodations and reports unvaccinated […]
Navy Administrative Board Unanimously Votes to Retain Officer Who Refused Experimental COVID-19 Vaccine
In a rebuke of the Pentagon, a Navy administrative separation board unanimously voted to retain a naval officer who refused to comply with the military’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate requiring all military members receive an experimental vaccine. A board composed of three Navy officers on May 20, 2022, found Lt. Bill Moseley did not commit misconduct […]