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The National Guard has a new weapon in the fight for COVID vaccination
The National Guard is shipping doses of Novavax’s newly approved COVID-19 vaccine out to units in hopes it will help shrink the number of unvaccinated Guardsmen who face expulsion.
Unvaccinated airmen lose pay, benefits as Air National Guard yanks orders
Unvaccinated Guardsmen who are moved to the Individual Ready Reserve lose health and life insurance.
Few airmen appeal vaccine exemption denials as COVID-19 cases spike
Air National Guard members now have until Dec. 31 to be fully vaccinated before facing punishment.
Here’s the Air Force’s plan to deal with unvaccinated airmen and guardians
A five-day clock begins once a vaccination exemption request or appeal is denied. Airmen who have still not received a first shot after that window are subject to discharge.
Over 23,500 airmen and guardians say no to COVID vaccines as final deadline passes
More than 14,000 Air Force Reserve and Air National Guard members were unvaccinated as of Friday, a day after the deadline for receiving the shots.
Unvaccinated active duty airmen will soon be barred from moving to new assignments
Nearly 97 percent, or 316,000, of the 326,000 active duty airmen are fully vaccinated.
As deadline approaches, Marines are the military’s least vaccinated force
Despite extra time, the Army is still ahead of the Marine Corps with a 95% vaccination rate.
By Philip Athey