Navy Kicks Out First Sailors For Being Unvaccinated

Twenty sailors have been kicked out of the Navy for not receiving a COVID-19 vaccine, the Navy announced Wednesday. The sailors were the first to be removed due to vaccine refusal. According to the Navy, there are a total of 5,268 active duty and 2,980 Navy Reserve sailors who are unvaccinated as of January 5, 2022. The service has approved 8 permanent medical exemptions, 242 temporary medical exemptions and 74 administrative exemptions for active-duty sailors. The announcement comes after a federal judge in Texas issued a preliminary injunction stopping the Navy from penalizing 35 Navy SEALs for refusing the vaccine for religious


