Three Air Force Academy cadets who were threatened with not being allowed to graduate over their vaccine status will get their diplomas this month but won't be commissioned.
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The fairness of the military's vaccine exemption reviews have been questioned by members of Congress, the military and the public, and multiple lawsuits have been filed over opposition to the mandate, centered primarily on the fact that very few religious exemptions had been granted. The Marine Corps, Navy, Army and Air Force have discharged nearly 4,000 active duty service members over their refusal to get vaccinated. Recent data from the services shows that more than 2,100 Marines, 900 sailors, 500 Army soldiers and 360 airmen have been discharged. At least 50 service members were discharged during entry-level training.
The military has said that as many as 20,000 service members have requested a religious exemption and that thousands of such applications have been denied.About 99% of the active-duty Navy and 98% of the Air Force, Marine Corps and Army have received at least one dose of the vaccine. Get all the stories you need-to-know from the most powerful name in news delivered first thing every morning to your inbox
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