Posted on Oct 23, 2021
Larry Goodwin
8.66K
160
37
6
6
0
A customer's grandson asked me if they're honoring religious exemptions for the covid vaccine because he wants to join the army I told him I don't know but I would ask anyone know anything about it?
Avatar feed
Responses: 10
CPT Company Commander
10
10
0
Edited 3 y ago
The Army does grant them but there are other challenges you may face. You may be non-deployable. To me this is a readiness issue. I have deployed 3 times and have been vaccinated for viruses that I have never seen in real life. The choice is up to the person. I can respect their choice but then the Army can decide to deny it.
(10)
Comment
(0)
SFC Training Nco
SFC (Join to see)
>1 y
LTC (Join to see) - worth a shot. Yes I read the Archbishop of the US said none of the shots except the J&J were problematic to Catholic preference. SMH
(0)
Reply
(0)
SFC Kelly Fuerhoff
SFC Kelly Fuerhoff
>1 y
LTC (Join to see) why am I being tagged in a post from 7 months ago with a bunch of bs and nonsense? Please don't.
(2)
Reply
(0)
LTC Self Employed
LTC (Join to see)
>1 y
SFC (Join to see) not sure if I saved the actual Memo from the chaplain on my laptop period I will check and see. I had the confirmed case of the coronavirus a month ago and it was not any worse than a bad cold. I'm 59 and I have no cold morbidity issues. I now feel fine that I'm now out of the military, receiving my pension and that my natural immunity is better than any of these vaccines that don't last very long and sometimes have side effects.
(0)
Reply
(0)
Avatar small
LTC Self Employed
7
7
0
Update, I just got off the phone with my chief of staff of my Army command. I have to sign a counselling form saying I don't want to get the coronavirus vaccination due to religious reasons. I have to vent talk to the chaplain and then I have to get a signed letter from my local Parish priest. It will then go through many layers of command and it will have to be decided at the highest level but I am going to be out by the end of the year so staff of my command said don't worry about it just fill out the paperwork. In your case, they will probably not let you in under any circumstances with this Administration. Just like when you go through the military entrance processing oh, if you have plates and screws from a broken ankle like I have now suffered from an accident in the military, they won't kick me out I just had to leave a unit that was going to be airborne. They were transitioning from being a non Airborne to airborne. Military regulations are pretty strict. There is a chance in the future. Time will tell but even the US military is teaching critical race Theory and that goes against the military and its lessons on equal opportunity. We had a leftist president that is doing things contrary to American norms. So the answer is no.
Capt Gregory Prickett Sgt (Join to see) SPC Joshua Swartz SSgt Christophe Murphy CPT (Join to see)
(7)
Comment
(0)
SFC Kelly Fuerhoff
SFC Kelly Fuerhoff
3 y
LTC (Join to see) - That's the way it has been and should be. I don't know how you don't realize that this isn't a new process for the Army - which goes to show you probably have never filed a religious exemption before. So why are you trying to file one for this vaccine and not others?

Also this isn't just about you - as you said you're on your way out. See ya.
(1)
Reply
(0)
SSG Bill McCoy
SSG Bill McCoy
3 y
Many here tend to excoriate anyone who doesn't see things throught the sama prism as they do. They are the woke within our military who, if you don't believe as they do, resort to name calling an other inane attempts at insulting people.
You're correct, sir. The current administration has been doing more harm to the country than one could ever imagine. Police, fire fighters, nurses and other professionals are leaving jurisdictions that impose mandates. One of my sons won't have his (federal) job after the end of November; but no matter, a civilian sector business is picking him up at TWICE his current pay and they are not, and will not enforce any mandates whehter or not Biden issues an Executive Order.
For the record, I got the jabs ... but that was my INDIVIDUAL choice. My son has the same RIGHT to decline it as does anyone else.
(1)
Reply
(0)
LTC Self Employed
LTC (Join to see)
3 y
SSG Bill McCoy I'm glad that states like Indiana and Florida are offering police and other First Responders a job so they can say foxtrot uniform for those woke Governors and mayors.
(1)
Reply
(0)
SSG Bill McCoy
SSG Bill McCoy
3 y
LTC (Join to see) - I agree and I think their actions are admirable and patriotic.
(1)
Reply
(0)
Avatar small
LTC Self Employed
6
6
0
If the main general of the army talks about white rage and doesn't want to admit his failure in Afghanistan, I would say wait this one out until we have a new president. Even though they say they do give exemptions, when you are a recruit, they can be picky and not let you in. I would say wait three and a half more years.
(6)
Comment
(0)
LTC Self Employed
LTC (Join to see)
3 y
PO1 Mark Koenig yes, the woke nonsense. I would be more worried about Anthrax, smallpox, Japanese Encephalitis which wasn't considered racist but that's what they call it but I have that shot as well. I have Hepatitis A and B shots, the DTaP shot. I have all five shots of the anthrax shots. USA is turning into Australia. The leftist radicals of antifa and black lives matter Marxist couldn't do oh, this coronavirus shot will. Pilots quitting, police quitting, firefighters quitting, Medical Personnel of all kinds and expertise quitting... I hope they all go to Florida because of Governor Ron DeSantis will not fire them. President Biden again lying saying he would not push a vaccine mandate. His lies will pile up and pretty soon he will lie more than President Trump ever did.
CPT (Join to see) SFC Kelly Fuerhoff Sgt (Join to see) SGT Steve McFarland SSgt Christophe Murphy CPT (Join to see)
(5)
Reply
(0)
SFC Kelly Fuerhoff
SFC Kelly Fuerhoff
3 y
LTC (Join to see) - Well Japanese encephalitis "Japanese encephalitis (JE) is a vector-borne viral disease that occurs in South Asia, Southeast Asia, East Asia, and the Pacific." And it appears discovered by a Japanese scientist - so why would it be racist to have it named that? However, calling covid-19 the "China flu" makes it sound like it only affects the Chinese. And it doesn't.

Look we all know you live in this weird little fantasy world where you're oppressed and persecuted but you're not. Just because you now live in a time you are made to feel a little bit uncomfortable doesn't mean you're oppressed or persecuted. I'm not sure why you and those like minded want to be persecuted so badly.

Also Biden said he wouldn't support a government mandate that ALL Americans receive the vaccination. I don't get the surprise by the military having to get an approved vaccine. It's not new.
(1)
Reply
(0)
LCDR Port & Facility Safety & Security
LCDR (Join to see)
3 y
Did you belong to the same religious faith in boot camp? What did you object to then?
(0)
Reply
(0)
1px xxx
Suspended Profile
2 y
Capt Gregory Prickett -
We swore oaths to protect the constitution first and foremost. I never swore to follow Uncle Sam off the edge of a cliff.
Avatar small

Join nearly 2 million former and current members of the US military, just like you.

close