
Army Reserve and Guard members who refused COVID vaccine now banned from drills, training
CBSN
The 40,000 members of the Army National Guard who are not fully vaccinated against the coronavirus after the deadline will not be allowed to participate in federal training, forfeiting future paychecks.
Thursday was the Army National Guard's deadline to receive the vaccine. Of the more than 40,000 members of the Guard who are unvaccinated against COVID-19, 14,000 have said they do not intend to ever receive the vaccine, Guard officials told CBS News.
The Army announced Friday that members of the Guard who continue to refuse vaccines will not be allowed to attend federally funded drill weekends and won't be paid. However, they can still receive paychecks from their state when serving on a mission assigned by state governors.

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