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(LifeSiteNews) — More than 900 U.S. Navy service members have been discharged from service to date for bucking orders to get the experimental COVID-19 injections, according to a May 11 report by the military branch.
Of the 924 sailors kicked out for their refusal to get the jabs, 836 were active duty personnel and 66 were in the reserves.
All service members booted for rejecting the injections were given an “honorable characterization of service,” the Navy stated.
The dismissal of personnel over COVID shot refusal comes after Biden administration Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin imposed a sweeping COVID-19 jab mandate for the U.S. armed forces in August 2021.
Each of the military branches set their own deadlines for compliance with the directive. The Navy mandated that active-duty sailors become fully jabbed by the end of November 2021 and reservists were ordered to get the shots by the end of December.
The Navy began discharging members for bucking the jab mandate beginning in January 2022.
In its May 11 update enumerating the service members kicked out for refusing to take the shots (which
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