All of these men were in the process of going through the religious exemptions, and the whole time they were told there would be no negative consequences or punishment.
Earlier today, they said fuck that, and are going to give all the people that say no an Article 15 (court-martial) as a parting gift. Kept them all locked up all day, no lunch, fear mongering them.
Out of the 200, only 56 were able to stand strong against getting the shot, and accept their fate (possible brig and loss of pension). Turns out, these scumbag commanders only used the Article 15 as a fear tactic, to try and coerce these men into taking the shot.
Instead, these 56 men got L.O.R.'s (letters of reprimand) for disobeying a direct command, UIF (unfavorable information file), inactive reserve. They get to hold their CAC (common access card) for 2 months, then they get a dependent ID card for the duration of their enlistment.
This is some sick shit going on right now.
You probably won't ever hear about this on the news....
One of our AGR Units at my base the people were told to take the shot or get a dishonorable discharge. These were the only two options. So far, the Guard has not been doing this, but I can expect it is coming. We had a meeting with our commander yesterday, and someone asked about the type of discharge if the RARs (Religious Accommodation Requests) were denied. The commander said that nothing is in stone, but our base commander would like to base the type of discharge on the whole career of the person not just by one event. So we will see. Also of note, in our entire guard unit only 62 people have requested and RAR.