The U.S. Department of Defense’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate is undercutting military readiness, Florida’s adjutant general said in a recent op-ed.
Military members were ordered in 2021 to get a COVID-19 vaccine. Deadlines for all the branches arrived before the end of the year. National Guard personnel and reservists were allowed to wait until mid-2022, but those who aren’t vaccinated and haven’t received an exemption were cut off from their paychecks in July and threatened with possible separation if they don’t get vaccinated.
