Unvaccinated soldiers left behind as mandate lifted
'The Department’s COVID-19 vaccination efforts will leave a lasting legacy'
The Department of Defense Tuesday officially lifted its year-and-a-half-long vaccine mandate after it was voted down in the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) last month. The DoD had been given 30 days to overturn the mandate and develop “new guidance”.
In a Tuesday memo rescinding his original vaccine mandate from August 21, 2021, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said that unvaccinated service members who “sought an accommodation on religious, administrative or medical grounds” would not be separated from the Armed Forces and would have any adverse actions taken against them, including letters of reprimand, reversed.
But the memo continued to say that those soldiers may still be kept from deployment or assignments based on their vaccination status
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