Yeoman 2nd Class Hunter Bourque, assigned to Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Jacksonville, models the command patch of the Jacksonville Vaccination Support Team while providing support at the Community Vaccination Center in Jacksonville, Florida, April 19, 2021. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Griffin Kersting)
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(AMERICAN MILITARY NEWS) – The Biden administration defended its decision to discharge nearly 20,000 healthy U.S. troops for refusing to take the COVID-19 vaccine despite dangerously low recruitment numbers.
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During an appearance on “Fox & Friends,” John Kirby, the coordinator for Strategic Communications at the National Security Council, insisted that the COVID-19 vaccines are important for military readiness.
“The vaccines are a valid military requirement. You want your troops to be ready – part of being ready is being healthy and not having the ability to infect your unit and make their unit readiness any worse than it is,” Kirby said before admitting that he was at home recovering from his own bout with COVID. Kirby has received four COVID shots.
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