Air Force reverses 'adverse actions' against airmen who sought vaccine exemption for religious reasons

United States Air Force members who refused to return nan COVID vaccine for belief reasons will soon get a reprieve from nan punitive actions nan subject took against them. 

The subject branch said it will region "adverse information" from nan records of those who sought an exemption connected "religious, administrative, aliases aesculapian grounds and who received adverse actions solely owed to their refusal to return nan vaccine exemptions."

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U.S. Air Force elder airwoman Kassidy Peters receives a dose of nan Moderna COVID-19 vaccine astatine Osan Air Base connected December 29, 2020, successful Pyeongtaek, South Korea. Last week, nan Air Force will reverse "adverse actions" against its work members who refused to get nan COVID-19 vaccine. (United States Forces Korea via Getty Images)

The adverse actions see letters aliases counseling of admonishment and different nonjudicial punishments "issued solely for vaccine refusal will beryllium group speech successful their entirety."

In addition, involuntary discharge proceedings will beryllium terminated and promotion records will besides beryllium corrected. 

The move was effective Friday. Service members do not request to initiate immoderate actions to correct their records, nan Air Force said. 

In this Feb. 9, 2021 photograph provided by nan Department of Defense, Hickam 15th Medical Group big nan first COVID-19 wide vaccination connected Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam. By nan thousands, U.S. work members are refusing aliases putting disconnected nan COVID-19 vaccine, arsenic disappointment commanders scramble to sound down net rumors and find nan correct transportation that will person troops to return nan shot. Some Army units are seeing arsenic fewer arsenic a 3rd work together to nan vaccine, others are higher. (U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Anthony Nelson Jr./Department of Defense via AP) (AP)

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All subject branches person until March 17 to rescind their vaccination policies related to COVID-19, nan Pentagon said past week. In January, nan Department of Defense officially rescinded its COVID-19 vaccine mandate.