The Department of Defense has stopped 'all actions' surrounding its coronavirus vaccine mandate following its reversal through the National Defense Authorization Act.
The Department of Defense has stopped"all actions" surrounding its coronavirus vaccine mandate following its reversal through the National Defense Authorization Act.
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin initiated the mandate in August 2021 and still supported it, as did President Joe Biden, while Congress decided to get rid of it by attaching it as an amendment to the NDAA, which Biden signed into law late last month.“The NDAA requires that, not later than 30 days after enactment, the secretary of defense rescind the mandate that members of the armed forces be vaccinated against COVID-19," Cmdr.
A Marine Corps spokesperson told the Washington Examiner that they're"in close coordination with the Department of the Navy and [the Office of the Secretary of Defense] as we work to implement policies outlined in the 2023 NDAA."Pentagon deputy spokeswoman Sabrina Singh said in December that 98% of the active-duty armed forces had received the initial two-shot Pfizer or Moderna vaccine or the one-shot Johnson & Johnson vaccine, which fulfilled the Pentagon's mandate.
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