{"id":891516,"date":"2021-10-17T19:59:17","date_gmt":"2021-10-17T23:59:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=891516"},"modified":"2021-10-17T19:59:19","modified_gmt":"2021-10-17T23:59:19","slug":"bidens-defense-dept-could-make-unvaxxed-navy-seals-pay-for-their-training-trumps-interior-sec-a-former-navy-seal-blasts-biden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-defense-dept-could-make-unvaxxed-navy-seals-pay-for-their-training-trumps-interior-sec-a-former-navy-seal-blasts-biden\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden\u2019s Defense Dept. Could Make Unvaxxed Navy SEALs Pay For Their Training. Trump\u2019s Interior Sec, A Former Navy SEAL, Blasts Biden"},"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\">42<\/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%2Fbidens-defense-dept-could-make-unvaxxed-navy-seals-pay-for-their-training-trumps-interior-sec-a-former-navy-seal-blasts-biden%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=891516&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>After the Biden administration\u2019s Defense Department, through the U.S. Navy\u2019s COVID Consolidated Disposition Authority, issued a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mynavyhr.navy.mil\/Portals\/55\/Messages\/NAVADMIN\/NAV2021\/NAV21225.txt\">directive<\/a> that would threaten Navy SEALs declining the vaccine by removing them from special warfare, reducing their salaries, and forcing them to repay training, former Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, himself a former Navy Seal, blasted on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/zinkeformontana\">Facebook<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><em>Our Nation\u2019s best don\u2019t sign up to be a Navy SEAL to cash in on our training years later. We give a blood oath to fight for freedom and defend the Constitution against all enemies, both foreign and domestic. In doing so, we bear a burden of emotional, psychological, physical, and family stress of constant deployments and low pay because we love our Country. Shame Mr. President for not recognizing the service and sacrifice and further insulting SEALs by making this about money.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/navy-seals-coronavirus-vaccine-mandate-religious-exemption-intimidation-harassment?fbclid=IwAR1ZfrT0mh5LW2eQ8NiAHkBmAY-AT3E2Ic6MAQDzlspzdCsVXikS0sxsdYQ\">Fox News<\/a> spoke with Michael Berry, First Liberty Institute\u2019s general counsel and Lt. Col. U.S. Marine Corps Reserve, who represents approximately 34 active-duty SEALs and two reservists. He stated:<\/p>\n<p><em>Purging our military of its elite servicemembers is detrimental to national security.&nbsp;Doing so because the Commander in Chief refuses to accommodate their religious convictions is abhorrent to the Constitution.&nbsp;Their years of experience and leadership in service to our nation is immeasurable and irreplaceable. \u2026 Remove a SEAL from special warfare, reduce his salary, and force him to repay his training is purely vindictive and punitive.&nbsp;And it\u2019s illegal.&nbsp;They have nothing to do with a virus.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The directive states, \u201cThe Vice Chief of Naval Operations retains authority for non-judicial punishment and courts-martial. Involuntary extension of enlistments is not authorized on the basis of administrative or disciplinary action for vaccination refusal. The CCDA may seek recoupment of applicable bonuses, special and incentive pays, and the cost of training and education for&nbsp;service members refusing the vaccine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnother internal document reviewed by Fox News states that SEALs, as special operations (SO) duty personnel, who refuse to get vaccinated based only on religious or personal beliefs, will be \u2018disqualified\u2019 from SO duty. That would mean a SEAL seeking a religious objection would lose his or her \u2018special warfare\u2019 pay due to SO status. However, this does not apply to SEALs who are [seeking] medical objections to the vaccine,\u2019\u201d Fox News noted.<\/p>\n<p>Lt. Cdr. Patricia Kreuzberger, a Navy spokesperson,&nbsp;told Fox News, \u201cMandatory vaccination for our servicemembers is a lawful order that maximizes our operational effectiveness. To be world-wide deployable, Naval personnel must be medically qualified which includes being<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After the Biden administration\u2019s Defense Department, through the U.S. Navy\u2019s COVID Consolidated Disposition Authority, issued a directive that would threaten Navy SEALs declining the vaccine by removing them from special warfare, reducing their salaries, and forcing them to repay training, former Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, himself a former Navy Seal, blasted on Facebook:Our Nation\u2019s best don\u2019t sign up to be a Navy SEAL to cash in on our training years later. We give a blood oath to fight for freedom and defend the Constitution against all enemies, both foreign and domestic. In doing so, we bear a burden of emotional, psychological, physical, and family stress of constant deployments and low pay because we love our Country. Shame Mr. President for not recognizing the service and sacrifice and further insulting SEALs by making this about money.Fox News spoke with Michael Berry, First Liberty Institute\u2019s general counsel and Lt. Col. U.S. Marine Corps Reserve, who represents approximately 34 active-duty SEALs and two reservists. He stated:Purging our military of its elite servicemembers is detrimental to national security.\u00a0Doing so because the Commander in Chief refuses to accommodate their religious convictions is abhorrent to the Constitution.\u00a0Their years of experience and leadership in service to our nation is immeasurable and irreplaceable. \u2026 Remove a SEAL from special warfare, reduce his salary, and force him to repay his training is purely vindictive and punitive.\u00a0And it\u2019s illegal.\u00a0They have nothing to do with a virus.The directive states, \u201cThe Vice Chief of Naval Operations retains authority for non-judicial punishment and courts-martial. Involuntary extension of enlistments is not authorized on the basis of administrative or disciplinary action for vaccination refusal. The CCDA may seek recoupment of applicable bonuses, special and incentive pays, and the cost of training and education for\u00a0service members refusing the vaccine.\u201d\u201cAnother internal document reviewed by Fox News states that SEALs, as special operations (SO) duty personnel, who refuse to get vaccinated based only on religious or personal beliefs, will be \u2018disqualified\u2019 from SO duty. That would mean a SEAL seeking a religious objection would lose his or her \u2018special warfare\u2019 pay due to SO status. However, this does not apply to SEALs who are [seeking] medical objections to the vaccine,\u2019\u201d Fox News noted.Lt. Cdr. Patricia Kreuzberger, a Navy spokesperson,\u00a0told Fox News, \u201cMandatory vaccination for our servicemembers is a lawful order that maximizes our operational effectiveness. To be world-wide deployable, Naval personnel must be medically qualified which includes being up-to-date on required vaccinations. Servicemembers are entitled to seek religious exemptions and those requests will be considered in keeping with current Navy policy.\u201dBerry concluded, \u201cSEALs have invested their lives into serving this nation, dedicating years of their lives and millions of taxpayer dollars in training to be the most elite fighting force on the face of the earth.\u00a0Yet, the Commander in Chief would simply kick them out of the Navy, send them to jail, and force them to repay the nation for their training\u2014all for simply declining a vaccine.\u201dThe Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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