Due to the recent mandatory COVID-19 vaccinations for all military forces, an Army Staff Sergeant and Marine Corps Staff Sergeant are suing various federal government agencies.
On Friday, the Army Staff Sergeant. Dan Robert is an exercise sergeant and Marine Corps Staff Sergeant in Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Hollie Mulvihill, an air traffic controller at the Marine Corps Air Station in New River, North Carolina, concluded their lawsuit on August 17.
On August 30th, both Robert and Mulvey Hill asked U.S. District Court Judge Raymond Moore to issue a temporary restraining order on the vaccination of military personnel already affected by COVID-19 and other legal measures surrounding the vaccine. .
Moore on Wednesday rejected the requests of Robert and Mulvey Hill on the grounds that the lawyer representing the two sergeants failed to prove that their claims had a legal basis. Moore also said that the vaccine has been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration, and millions of Americans have been vaccinated with the vaccine without any harmful side effects.
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Robert and Mulvehill’s documents come from the Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin Announced that he plans to obtain permission from the federal government to require all military forces to be vaccinated against COVID-19 from September 15.
Austin also issued a memo on August 24, requesting the secretaries of various military departments [Army, Navy and Air Force] According to the memorandum, “immediately begin to vaccinate all members in active, reserve or guard status.”
The memorandum also acknowledges the authorization exception.
Austin said: “Compulsory vaccination of service personnel will be subject to any established contraindications and any administrative or other exemptions stipulated in the Military Department’s policy.”
According to court records, the trial date of Robert and Mulvey Hill’s lawsuit has not yet been determined.
The lawyer representing one of the sergeants, Dale Saran, gave Military times And hinted that the Department of Defense might not abide by their own rules.
“Army Regulation 40-562 presupposes exemption from any vaccination requirements for military personnel who are known to have a previous history of infection,” Saran said in citing court documents.
Saran also cited an Army Medical Command document obtained by Military times June 13th. The document cited authorized medical exemptions, which included “immune evidence based on serological tests, documented infections or similar conditions.”
Saran believes that if a service worker is infected with COVID-19, the “immunity” mentioned in the document can be granted. Saran also said, “If you are infected with the virus and survive, that would be great.”
According to reports, as of September 1, nearly 1.3 out of 1.9 million active military personnel had been vaccinated against COVID-19. Pentagon data.
Weekly newspaper Saran has been contacted for further comments.
