Fate of unvaccinated National Guard members and reservists sparks fears on Capitol Hill of mass military separations
By SVETLANA SHKOLNIKOVA
STARS AND STRIPES • July 27, 2022
WASHINGTON — As an Arizona county braced for monsoon rains last week, nearly 100 members of the state’s National Guard filled sandbags and helped with other flood recovery efforts.
That same week, Oklahoma’s governor deployed the state’s National Guard troops to support firefighters battling a raging wildfire.
Guard members are routinely called up for natural disasters and other emergencies. They have helped combat the coronavirus pandemic, patrolled the U.S. border with Mexico, contained protests over racial injustice in 2020, deployed to wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and responded to countless fires, floods and hurricanes.
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