{"id":1028959,"date":"2021-11-18T19:29:17","date_gmt":"2021-11-19T00:29:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1028959"},"modified":"2021-11-18T19:29:19","modified_gmt":"2021-11-19T00:29:19","slug":"oklahoma-national-guard-faces-off-with-pentagon-over-vaccine-mandate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/oklahoma-national-guard-faces-off-with-pentagon-over-vaccine-mandate\/","title":{"rendered":"Oklahoma National Guard Faces Off with Pentagon Over Vaccine Mandate"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Foklahoma-national-guard-faces-off-with-pentagon-over-vaccine-mandate%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1028959&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Thomas-Mancino-Oklahoma-National-Guard-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">The Oklahoma National Guard is facing off against the Biden Pentagon over its vaccine mandate for service members.<\/p>\n<p>The Oklahoma Adjutant General, Brig. Gen. Tommy Mancino, issued a memo last week at the request of Gov. Kevin Stitt that said the state would take \u201cno negative administrative or legal action\u201d against Guard members who decline to take the vaccine, despite a mandatory order to do so by the Pentagon.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>National Guard members fall under Title 32 state authorities and take orders from the state governor unless they are activated under Title 10 federal authorities and take orders from the president or his designated authority.<\/p>\n<p>Mancino said that Oklahoma National Guard members would have to follow the governor\u2019s lawful orders while on Title 32 activation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFailing to follow the Governor\u2019s lawful orders while on Title 32 would be both illegal, unethical, and against our sworn oaths,\u201d he said in a recent interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stripes.com\/covid\/2021-11-17\/oklahoma-national-guard-mancino-coronavirus-vaccine-mandate-pentagon-3660620.html#.YZZHVvX9Dyg.twitter\"><em>Stars &amp; Stripes<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>However, he added that those who want to get the vaccine may do so if they want. \u201cNothing in this order prevents anyone from taking the vaccine,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He said Stitt\u2019s order does not eliminate the Pentagon mandate, but that the governor is \u201choping for Federal Relief from Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and in the interim has granted state relief from this requirement.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nonetheless, a defense official who wished to speak on background to reporters on Wednesday said that Oklahoma National Guard members who do not get vaccinated could face consequences if they are activated on federal missions and may miss out on benefits and opportunities associated with those missions.<\/p>\n<p>Mancino told the paper that with about 90 percent of Guard members vaccinated or intending to get vaccinated, there will be no problem for the Oklahoma National Guard to meet its federal missions despite some Guard members not being vaccinated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Oklahoma National Guard is dedicated to ensuring that we miss no federal missions,\u201d he told the paper. \u201cWe may have to adjust who goes, but we will meet our federal requirements in Oklahoma.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>Mancino added: \u201cIf you are not mobilized on Title 10 orders, the only entity that can give you a lawful order \u2013 that is an order backed by the authority of law \u2013 is the governor and his designated state chain of command. That law is Title 32 U.S. Code.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He noted that members are not subject to the Uniform Code of Military Justice when on Title 32 status, but instead the Oklahoma Code of Military Justice.<\/p>\n<p>Mancino said Stitt has asked Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin for relief for Oklahoma National Guard members, and that the National Guard Bureau will conduct a legal review of the state\u2019s position.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe proper venue for the resolution of these issues is the Governor\u2019s office, Congress, and the Federal Executive branch. Not the court of public opinion in the press or on social media,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Mancino told the paper he is \u201cextremely proud\u201d to have the opportunity to help the nation to \u201cunderstand the Constitution and the implications of Title 32 authority.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI feel like I have acted in the best traditions of the professional military,\u201d he said. \u201cI believe that the command authority lies with the governors and having the opportunity to emphasize that and help educate the nation is an honor,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Follow Breitbart News\u2019s Kristina Wong on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.twitter.com\/kristina_wong\">Twitter<\/a>&nbsp;or on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/kristinawongreporting\">Facebook<\/a>.<\/em>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Oklahoma National Guard is facing off against the Biden Pentagon over its vaccine mandate for service members. The Oklahoma Adjutant General, Brig. 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