![]() Soldiers who have completed an FDA EUA or WHO authorized series are considered fully vaccinated and not required to start the series again with the FDA approved vaccine.No service members or police were injured. Service members may choose to voluntarily receive any FDA EUA authorized or World Health Organization (WHO) Emergency Use Listing vaccine to meet the vaccination requirement. ![]() Soldiers with previous COVID-19 infections are not automatically exempt from full vaccination. Soldiers are only considered fully vaccinated two weeks post completion of a two-dose series vaccine or two weeks post completion of a single dose vaccine. Desmond Cassell) VIEW ORIGINAL 6 - Qualifications for fully vaccinated status The vaccine is stored and distributed under various controls to ensure the safety of the recipient. Distribution of the vaccine will be conducted in phases based on CDC guidance. Darnall Army Medical Center administers the COVID-19 vaccination to a patient during the phase one process Dec.15, 2020 at on Fort Hood, Texas. Brenda Collins, medical specialist, from Carl R. Individuals who are not fully vaccinated must wear a mask indoors and outdoors when social distancing is not possible, regardless of community transmission level. In areas of substantial or high community transmission, all service members, federal employees, onsite contractor employees and visitors - regardless of vaccination status - are required to wear masks in indoor setting on installations and other facilities owned, leased or otherwise controlled by DoD. HENRY VILLARAMA) VIEW ORIGINAL 5 - Masking guidance will remain in place Per the guidance in a DoD memorandum released on July 28, 2021, areas of substantial or high community transmission requires service members, federal employees, on-site contractor employees and visitors, regardless of their vaccination status, to wear a mask in an indoor setting and other facilities owned or leased by the DoD. Tadow McDonald, assigned to 55th Signal Company (Combat Camera), 21st Signal Brigade, wear facemasks while standing in front of their unit’s headquarters on Fort George G. Soldiers who are pending exemption requests will not be subject to adverse actions until the exemption is fully processed. ![]() Soldiers have the ability to request an exemption from receiving the vaccine, if they have a valid medical, religious or administrative reason. Exemptions may be requested as outlined in Army Regulation 600-20, AR 40-562 as well as the new Army Directive 2021-33 that provides supplementary guidance on exemption requests. While soldiers who refuse the vaccine will first be counseled by their chain of command and medical providers, continued failure to comply could result in administrative or non-judicial punishment - to include relief of duties or discharge. Marquis Hopkins) VIEW ORIGINAL 4 - Refusal, without an exemption, will have consequences Medics across Camp Arifjan, held a COVID-19 vaccine drive for personnel that are not fully vaccinated. Army Soldier at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, Aug. Dorien Lewis, a combat medic with Division Sustainment Troops Battalion MEDOPS, 3rd Division Sustainment Brigade, administers the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine to a U.S. Officers and noncommissioned officers senior enlisted Soldiers who have been selected and are waiting to assume CSL command, key billet or nominative sergeant major positions will likewise be subject to removal from the list for those assignments should they refuse to be vaccinated without a pending or approved exemption. (Photo Credit: Courtesy photo - Twitter VIEW ORIGINAL 2 - This policy applies to all Soldiers, regardless of rankĬommanders, command sergeants major, first sergeants and officers in Command Select List positions who do not have an approved exemption and are not pending an exemption request will be suspended from command, notified of pending relief from duties, counseled, and provided the opportunity to be vaccinated before they are subject to being removed from their positions by a general officer. Grinston receives his first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. Andrew Greenwood) VIEW ORIGINAL 3 / 3 Show Caption + Hide Caption – remains committed to keeping the Fort Carson community safe and healthy by offering mobile vaccinations centers. Tyler Boyer, a Hayden, Colorado native and medical specialist assigned to the 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, administers the COVID-19 vaccine at Fort Carson, Colorado Aug 3, 2021. (Photo Credit: Courtesy photo - Twitter VIEW ORIGINAL 2 / 3 Show Caption + Hide Caption – ![]() McConville, Chief of Staff of the Army, receives his first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.
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