Fingers Crossed .....
Posted at 4:25 PM, Dec 15, 2021 and last updated 6:53 PM, Dec 15, 2021
The governors of Wyoming, Alaska, Iowa, Mississippi, and Nebraska have asked the Pentagon to reconsider its vaccine mandate for the National Guard.
In a letter to Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, the governors claim the mandate is an overreach of authority. They believe members of the National Guard are not under the federal purview unless they are ordered to conduct federal duties.
Austin mandated vaccines for the entire military. However, he allowed each branch to set its own deadlines.
Army Guardsmen have until June 2022 to become compliant. The Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve had until Dec. 2 to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Austin has said that National Guard members who are not vaccinated risk losing pay.
The letter is the latest dispute between the Pentagon and governors over vaccine mandates.
Oklahoma has filed a lawsuit in federal court to block the vaccine mandate for the National Guard.
The Pentagon has not publicly responded to the governors' letter.
Could it be they know its an abuse of power?
Let's hope. This bullshit has got to stop. We have young men losing their ability to fly due to clots. etc. It's almost as if it's being pushed on the core components of the country (health - local government- law enforcement - medical) BUT our politicians, again exempted themselves and the postal workers. Cannot believe that the normies are not shitting themselves over that basic fact.
Can the State just declare them the State Guard and remove them from the National Guard or develop a consortium of State Guards?
For sure they should not face the mandate until / unless they are called up for federal roles.