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DOD to study whether COVID-19 vaccine helped or hurt troops
A provision in the annual defense bill continues the controversy surrounding the vaccine.
What a GOP win in November would mean for defense policy in 2023
Expect a push for more defense spending, more focus on China, and more debate over military social policies.
Recruiting and retention issues also affecting the National Guard
The National Guard is going to be about 9,000 troops short on its end-strength goal for the year.
Services may be improperly denying vaccine religious waivers, IG says
A DoD IG review of religious waivers to COVID vaccines shows the services may be failing to provide individualized assessments, required by federal law.
Unvaccinated cadets ordered off Coast Guard Academy campus
The Coast Guard Academy is disenrolling seven cadets for failing to comply with the COVID-19 vaccination mandate.
Troops can now get Novavax as a COVID-19 vaccine
Novavax is not made with, nor tested on, cells descended from fetal tissue. It also doesn’t use mRNA to deliver the vaccine into cells.
Bids to weaken military COVID vaccine mandate stall in Congress
Democrats rejected proposals to reinstate troops already kicked out and dismiss the Defense Secretary for requiring the shots.
New vaccine may be option for troops with religious concerns
The Novavax COVID-19 vaccine may be an acceptable option for some of the service members who have sought religious exemptions from the mandatory vaccine.
By Lolita C. Baldor, The Associated Press