Posted on 09/22/2021 4:31:49 PM PDT by MNDude
'To enable a uniformed force to fight with discipline, commanders must have the ability to give orders and take appropriate disciplinary measures.'
The Pentagon ordered all service members to get vaccinated last month and didn't rule out court martialing those who don't.
More than 800,000 service members out of around 1.4 million still needed to get their shots at the time of the mandate, according to Pentagon data.
But during the budget bill's markup under the House Armed Services Committee, an amendment, now section 716, proposed by Rep. Mark Green, R-Tenn., made its way into the bill that prohibited 'any discharge but honorable' for vaccine refusal.
'I am appalled that the Biden Administration is trying to remove my amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act that prevents anything but an honorable discharge for service members who refuse to get the COVID-19 vaccine,' Green said in a statement to DailyMail.com. 'This was a bipartisan amendment — every Democrat on the House Armed Services Committee agreed to it.'
Section 716 notes 'many Americans have reservations about taking a vaccine that has only been available for less than a year.'
'No American who raises their hand to serve our Nation should be punished for making a highly personal medical decision,' Green said earlier this month.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
What is wrong with him?
Stating my response would get the (corrupt, vile, and disreputable) FBI on my tail, so...I’ll just think it.
Yet we’re to believe that it’s OK for Miller and Vincent to go rogue?
Jackass!
Hey!
VA!
Let’s pay attention to this so you can’t ignore it when they start coming to you.
You need to ask
For starters,hes a senile liberal POS
Can they be dishonorably discharged without a court martial?
Rotten spell corrector
Gen Milly and Vinman.
The Pfentagon
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Milley meanwhile after committing an act of insurrection and utter failure at his job gets to keep his job.
He’s the CIC. That would be funny, if it wasn’t so sad.
Bkmk
Evil
Of the devil
Dishonorable discharge is a big deal!
Almost nobody gets it.
they are Democrats and have a different agenda
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.