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Marine Corps compliance with vaccine mandate on course to be military's worst
Up to 10,000 active-duty Marines will not be fully vaccinated against the coronavirus when their deadline arrives in coming days, a trajectory expected to yield the U.S. military's worst immunization rate.
While 94 percent of Marine Corps personnel have met the vaccination requirement or are on a path to do so, according to the latest official data, for the remainder it is too late to begin a regimen and complete it by the service's Nov. 28 deadline. Within an institution built upon the belief that orders are to be obeyed, and one that brands itself the nation's premier crisis-response force, it is a vexing outcome.
The holdouts will join approximately 9,600 Air Force personnel who have outright refused the vaccine, did not report their status, or sought an exemption on medical or religious grounds, causing a dilemma for commanders tasked with maintaining combat-ready forces - and marking the latest showdown over President Joe Biden's authority to impose vaccination as a condition of continued government service.
"Marines know they're an expeditionary force, and pride themselves on discipline and being first to fight," said David Lapan, a retired Marine Corps officer and former communications chief for the service. Leadership, he said, should be alarmed that the Marine Corps ethos of always being ready for the next mission appears to be tarnished in this case. "Why," Lapan asked, "did they decide not to follow a direct order?"
Answering that question will be essential, he added, "if this is somehow indicative of a problem" that could arise again in the future.
^This
"Why," Lapan asked, "did they decide not to follow a direct order?"
The fact that this question is even being asked is telling.
That's a little disappointing, if true.
If somebody wanted to take out the US military without firing a shot, this vax would be how they could do it.
fake news
If the marines were commanded to kill the President, would they follow an unlawful order? The Covid shot is unlawful, end of story.
I wanted to join the Marines because of a biography of Chesty Puller I read. I was like, wow, I want to be a bad-ass like this guy. But when I was praying about it I had this strong premonition that it was not the path God wanted for me and that my place was elsewhere. I wish I could be worthy of being one of the few and the proud, but instead I'll support ya'll with my prayers. DEUS VICIT!
94% my ass .... What a bunch of lying dickheads
"This handgun has several bullets and a couple of empty. Put it to your head and pull the trigger" - Biden
"NO, Sir" - Smart military guys
I truly believe there will be a period of time where we will have to create a parallel society that we incubate and grow into the proper experiment in liberty until such a time that the diseased progressive world collapses and we retake control naturally. These men and women I'm sure will be glad to do their part.