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    Oh the irony

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    Quote Originally Posted by Honda View Post
    This comment answers your post adequately:
    No, I seriously doubt President Biden sits around and makes decisions which individual low level
    anti-vax Service members need to be fired. That is just Federal policy, no matter how well you do your job...
    Fred

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    stayed alive."

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    It’s not about vaccination..it’s about following orders.. I had a Brazilian Kazilian shots from Navy Medical and the only choice that I had was to pick an arm..

    It’s an order, not an option ..

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    Quote Originally Posted by Honda View Post
    This is just stupid.
    I agree, it's stupid to throw away a career, and risk death at the same time over being scared of a needle......Ben
    The future is forged on the anvil of history...The interpreter of history wields the hammer... - Unknown author...

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    You made your bed bud, now you get to lie in it
    "A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity, an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty” ---Sir Winston Churchill
    "Political extremism involves two prime ingredients: an excessively simple diagnosis of the world's ills, and a conviction that there are identifiable villains back of it all." ---John W. Gardner
    “You can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending.” ---C. S. Lewis

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    I had to make the same choice with covid vaccination. Get the shot or lose my EMT Lic and job. 90% of the Fire Fighters Paramedics and EMTs CNA's and Nurses got the shot. The rest became unemployed. We were not allowed to endanger our fellow workers or the general public. I got the shot, not that I needed club over my head to do so.
    "The only thing that we learn from torture is the depths of our own moral depravity"

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    I despise getting shots and blood draws. But, because of the meds I'm on, my doctor requires them. Yeah, I could switch docs but she's right when it comes to health issues. I owe it to Wifey to stay healthy.

    Personally, I think we're losing some good people, like the guy in question, due to what's a major health issue in our country. I've been in the military and went through the Police Academy twice (an upgrade to Peace Officer). I didn't agree with everything I was ordered to so - but did so for the organization.

    During the Olympics, I had two outstanding staff, a husband and wife team, who refused to dress appropriately. They faced disciplinary action but chose to quit their jobs rather than comply. They made their choice and I could not get them to reconsider.

    Being a Coast Guard member is an official military position. It's unfortunate they must follow rules/policies they don/t agree with, but it happens. He does sound like one heck of a guy and I wish him well. He'll probably succeed in his new vocation.

    Hunter
    I don't care if it hurts. I want to have control. I want a perfect body. I want a perfect soul. - Creep by Radiohead

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    USMC has just issued a MARADMIN message about the flue shot.. MARADMIN 514/22

    3.a. Per refs (a), (b), and (c), all Marine Corps active and reserve component personnel shall receive the 2022-2023 seasonal influenza vaccine(s) unless medically or administratively exempt.
    The Military doesn't ask about vaccinations

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