Navy: Sailors Denied Vaccine Mandate Exemptions Have Five Days to Get a Shot

Navy personnel prepare doses of a COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination site in New York City on Feb. 24, 2021. Seth Wenig/Pool/AFP via Getty Images

U.S. sailors who have their attempt to secure an exemption to the military’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate rejected have five days to get a jab, according to updated guidance released Monday.

If they do not, commanders will begin processing them for discharge, the Navy said.