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VA staff have a few days left to get COVID vaccines or get fired
Tens of thousands of staffers either have not started the vaccine regiment yet or have not filed paperwork showing their vaccine status.
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Military Culture
No, the Pentagon is not sending mass texts to service members about vaccine mandates
The military doesn't have the capability to send out service-wide SMS texts.
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Dishonorable discharges for vaccine refusal would be blocked under congressional proposal
The plan is included in the House Armed Services Committee's version of the annual defense authorization bill.
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Unvaccinated active-duty sailors and Marines have 90 days to get the COVID-19 vaccine
This week's guidance follows a memo mandating vaccines that was signed Aug. 24 by Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin.
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Coronavirus resurgence could cause major problems for GI Bill users next spring
VA leaders are warning they need congressional help to keep housing stipends moving if students are forced back into online-only classes.
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Pentagon announces COVID-19 vaccine mandate, but no set deadline
The Pfizer vaccine is now mandatory for service members.
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With Pfizer approval, COVID-19 vaccine to become mandatory for troops
The Pfizer vaccine will be the first to become requiring for service members.
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Five troops, including first Marine, dead from COVID-19 during pandemic’s deadliest week
The COVID-19 mortality rate for troops has grown 25 times in the past few months.
What discipline could you face for refusing the COVID vaccine when it becomes mandatory?
The Navy's top medical officer shared his thoughts on sailors and Marines' who might refuse the mandate.
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SECVA: Vaccines are the only way to ‘return to normal life’
More than 500 VA patients have died from COVID-related illnesses since the start of August.
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