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U.S. Army commanders have relieved six troopers from positions of leaderships and issued 2,994 normal officer written reprimands in response to troopers who've refused to adjust to the COVID-19 vaccination order.
Among the many six relieved from management positions had been two battalion commanders, the Army mentioned in a Wednesday press launch. However the service thus far has not involuntarily discharged any troopers solely for refusing the vaccine.
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The Army will probably be issuing steerage for discharging vaccine holdouts later this month, with the press launch saying that 3,611 troopers are nonetheless refusing to get the vaccine and haven't obtained an authorized exemption.
Up to now 96% of troopers within the lively responsibility element have complied with the obligatory vaccine order, whereas 73% of troopers within the reserve element have gotten the jab.
The Army has additionally authorized 5 medical exemptions of the 653 that had been submitted whereas denying the medical exemption requests of 595 troopers. No non secular exemptions have been granted thus far out of the two,128 requests submitted.
Troopers file paperwork earlier than being administered their COVID-19 vaccinations by Army Preventative Medical Providers.. (Photograph by Jon Cherry/Getty Photographs)
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The information comes the identical day the U.S. Navy launched up to date numbers on its vaccination progress, revealing that 5,209 lively element and a couple of,968 Prepared Reserve service members have but to obtain the shot.
The Navy has granted 244 non permanent medical exemptions and 68 administrative exemptions, whereas not one of the 3,038 requests for non secular lodging have been authorized as of Wednesday.
On this Feb. 9, 2021 photograph offered by the Division of Protection, Hickam fifteenth Medical Group host the primary COVID-19 mass vaccination on Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam. (U.S. Air Drive Tech. Sgt. Anthony Nelson Jr./Division of Protection through AP)
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Energetic responsibility service members had a deadline of Nov. 28 of final yr to adjust to the vaccine order, whereas reserve element service members had till Dec. 28 of final yr to conform.
The Marines, Air Drive, and Navy have already begun to discharge service members who've did not adjust to the vaccine order, which was issued by Protection Secretary Lloyd Austin in August.
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