'To defend this Nation, we need a healthy and ready force,' Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin wrote in a memo.
data. The memo doesn't give details on the scope of the"ambitious timelines" but orders military branches to give frequent reports on their headway.
"To defend this Nation, we need a healthy and ready force," Austin said in the memo."After careful consultation with medical experts and military leadership, and with the support of the President, I have determined that mandatory vaccination against coronavirus disease...is necessary to protect the Force and defend the American people.
According to the Pentagon, there are more than 1.3 million troops on active duty and close to 800,000 in the Guard and Reserve. And, as of August 18, more than 1 million active duty, Guard and Reserve service members were fully vaccinated and nearly 245,000 more had received at least one shot.
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