The U.S. Military Academy at West Point continues to impose COVID-19 mandates regarding unvaccinated students not being able to travel.
National Security Council Coordinator John Kirby joined 'Fox & Friends' to discuss North Korea firing a ballistic missile over Japan, the latest on the Russia-Ukraine war, and the military's COVID vaccine mandate.plans to continue to impose restrictions on travel for those cadets who are not vaccinated, despite measures taken at the Pentagon to remove COVID-19 vaccine mandates, according to reports.
Online news organization Just The News reported that military attorney R. Davis Younts said West Point was reimposing a travel ban on unvaccinated cadets, even though the U.S. military’sUnited States Military Academy graduating cadets wear face masks as they stand next to their socially-distanced seats during commencement ceremonies, Saturday, June 13, 2020, in West Point, N.Y.
At the same time, Congress is looking to make things right with military personnel who were unable to move up in rank or travel because they were unvaccinated.Younts told Just The News that at the height of the pandemic, West Point had a policy in place that prohibited cadets from traveling for sports or other events. As soon as the vaccine was available to cadets, those who were vaccinated were able to travel, while those who were not vaccinated could not.
Last semester, though, West Point reportedly dropped the policy and allowed unvaccinated cadets to go to sporting and other types of events. FILE - DeMarcus Hicks, a recent graduate of nursing school who is working as a contractor with the Federal Emergency Management Agency, gives a person a Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine booster shot, Dec. 20, 2021, in Federal Way, Wash. A federal appeals court in New Orleans on Monday, Oct. 3, 2022, became the latest to hear arguments on whether President Joe Biden overstepped his authority with an order that federal contractors require that their employees be vaccinated against COVID-19.
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