From TheNewAmerican.com…
Congressman Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) has fielded dozens of communications from distraught active and reserve service men and women concerned about the impending military mandate to receive a COVID vaccine. He has responded by introducing H.R. 3860, a bill that would ban such a mandate. As of August 27, his bill has picked up 31 co-sponsors, all of whom are Republicans. The matter has been referred to the House Armed Services Subcommittee, and at this time there is no scheduled hearing on the measure.
The mandate is scheduled to be in place by September 15 or sooner. What options do military personnel who oppose the COVID jab have? In a Department of Defense news release, Pentagon Press Secretary John F. Kirby stated, “There is a religious exemption possibility for any mandatory vaccine and there’s a process that we go through to counsel the individual both from a medical and from a command perspective about using a religious exemption…. We take freedom of religion and worship seriously, in the military, it’s one of the things that we sign up to defend,” he said. “And so it’s something that’s done very carefully.”
Yet, at least up until now, many service members who have refused the jab would disagree with this claim that the military takes “freedom of religion and worship” seriously.
On August 27 Representative Massie moderated a conference call that included a dozen armed service members, with experience ranging from a first-year Air Force Academy cadet to a Major with 17 years of service, including combat experience. Topics covered were widespread but centered around the willful disregard of the science involved in this matter and the total disregard of people or their concerns in favor achieving total compliance with set policies. Selected members of the media, including The New American, were invited to listen to the teleconference and ask questions under the condition that the service members who shared their experiences would remain anonymous.
