Corps to track anthrax refusal discharges

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Anthrax vaccines
Marines tracking those who refused shots.


Corps to track anthrax refusal discharges
By Trista Talton - Staff writer
Posted : Thursday Apr 24, 2008 21:18:15 EDT

JACKSONVILLE, N.C. — Refusal to take the anthrax vaccine has cost many Marines their careers during the Pentagon’s on-, then off-, then on-again mandatory vaccination program.

Exactly how many Marines rejected the vaccine and were subsequently discharged throughout the six-year mandatory program is unknown. But a request from Congress, which is seeking statistics on the number of Marines discharged for refusing the six-shot regimen, is changing that.

In April, Marine administrative message 223/08 announced the Corps’ plans to track each case where a Marine was discharged for refusing the vaccine.

“In order to accurately track these discharges, we are establishing codes directly relating to these discharges,” the message states.

There are nine specific discharge codes. They track discharges or dismissals as a result of court-martial convictions, misconduct resignations allowed in lieu of administrative separation proceedings, and involuntary separations and resignations on grounds of misconduct and unacceptable conduct.


Rest of article at: http://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/2008/04/marine_anthrax_042408w/

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