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Well, it seems the National Guard is facing quite the problem. Up to 40,000 members have delayed or refused Covid vaccinations, and in many cases deadlines are running out or have already expired. Complicating the situation, there are multiple (and in some cases contradictory) court orders hampering what the units CAN do, leaving many service members in a legal limbo.<\/p>\n
\nSince the military services hit their deadlines for troops to be inoculated against COVID-19, they have become increasingly entangled in legal woes and face a large roster of outright refusals \u2014 mostly from the Army<\/a> National Guard<\/a> \u2014 as courts block action.<\/p>\n
The resulting uncertainty surrounding whether thousands of service members are about to be booted from the military comes as the branches struggle with what some are calling the hardest recruiting<\/a> environment in a generation. Leaders have been busy lowering expectations for how many Americans will fill the ranks in the near future.<\/p>\n
And many service members who have declined to get vaccinated, particularly in the Department of the Navy<\/a> and Department of the Air Force<\/a>, are being protected under pending lawsuits for religious exemptions. In response, those services are trying to offer alternative vaccines such as Novavax, which throws cold water on one of the main arguments given by deniers seeking religious exemptions.<\/p>\n
\nBut unlike active-duty formations, there is no policy requiring Guardsmen who refuse vaccination to be separated from service, meaning that the passed deadline has left states uncertain about what steps to take next.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n