{"id":1653113,"date":"2022-09-22T09:50:00","date_gmt":"2022-09-22T13:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1653113"},"modified":"2022-09-22T09:53:43","modified_gmt":"2022-09-22T13:53:43","slug":"militarys-recruitment-shortfall-a-direct-result-of-vaccine-mandate-gop-lawmakers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/militarys-recruitment-shortfall-a-direct-result-of-vaccine-mandate-gop-lawmakers\/","title":{"rendered":"Military\u2019s Recruitment Shortfall a Direct Result of Vaccine Mandate: GOP Lawmakers"},"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\">22<\/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%2Fmilitarys-recruitment-shortfall-a-direct-result-of-vaccine-mandate-gop-lawmakers%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=1653113&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--><p>Forty-seven Republican lawmakers recently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/nearly-50-members-of-congress-call-on-pentagon-to-end-military-vaccine-mandate_4734970.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">expressed<\/a> \u201cgrave concerns\u201d about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-military\">military<\/a> readiness as a result of the Pentagon\u2019s mandate in a letter (<a href=\"https:\/\/lc.org\/091422GOPLettertoAustin.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pdf<\/a>) dated Sept. 15. The Epoch Times spoke to four of the lawmakers who signed the letter, which called on Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and the Department of Defense to withdraw its COVID-19 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-vaccine-mandate\">vaccine mandate<\/a> for service members.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a result of [the vaccine] mandate, eight percent of the Army\u2019s approximately 1 million soldiers face expulsion\u201d the letter stated.<\/p>\n<p>The Army has only met 52 percent of its fiscal year 2022 recruiting goal, the letter added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile we are primarily addressing the Army\u2019s recruitment problem,\u201d Rep. Clay Higgins (R-La.) said, \u201cthis issue is a problem across the board for all our uniformed services.\u201d With no lack of respect for the other branches of service, he said, \u201cthe Army is the cornerstone of our military presence in the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Higgins and other GOP lawmakers agreed that the Army\u2019s failure to reach its recruiting goal is directly related to the military\u2019s vaccine mandate that was put into effect by Austin in August 2021.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is clearly the case because 40 percent of men aged 18 to 24 have not taken the vaccine,\u201d Higgins explained.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Pete Stauber (R-Minn.) emphasized that \u201cthe mandate clearly disincentivizes 40 percent of recruits.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Mike Johnson (R-La.) noted that \u201cIn the southeast, which is the area which has the most enlisted persons, that number is over 50 percent.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat that means is that the Department of Defense has disqualified nearly half of their recruitment pool right off the top,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>  Rep. Clay Higgins (R-La.) speaks during a House Committee on Oversight and Reform hearing on gun violence on Capitol Hill in Washington on June 8, 2022. (Andrew Harnik\/Pool\/AFP via Getty Images) <\/p>\n<p>In the history of<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Forty-seven Republican lawmakers recently expressed \u201cgrave concerns\u201d about military readiness as a result of the Pentagon\u2019s mandate in a letter (pdf) dated Sept. 15. 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