Watchman: The DOD Has a History of Fraud and Stealing From the American People

HNewsWire: In short, the defense budget is the equivalent of “pay-to-play,” in which the American people pay the US government to produce the results necessary to sustain their overinflated sense of self-worth. by Tyler Durden Authored by Scott Ritter, The US Department of Defense has failed its sixth annual audit in a row, but taxpayer money will keep going down that drain.. Recently, the Pentagon admitted it couldn’t account for trillions of dollars of US taxpayer money, having failed a massive yearly audit for the sixth year running. The process consisted of the 29 sub-audits of the DoD’s various services, and only seven passed this year – no improvement over the last. These audits only began taking place in 2017, meaning that the Pentagon has never successfully passed one. This year’s failure made some headlines, was commented upon briefly by the mainstream…

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More Soldiers Discharged From Service For Refusing COVID-19 Experimental Injection.

The Army has just discharged 27 soldiers for refusing to get the COVID-19 vaccine, according to the army, which also confirmed that another 24 soldiers were just recently discharged. “Army commanders have removed a total of six Regular Army leaders, including two battalion commanders, and issued 3,275 general officer written reprimands to Regular Army Soldiers for disobeying the vaccine order,” according to the Army. “Vaccination percentages will change slightly as the Army accesses and discharges Soldiers and continues to optimize data monitoring methods.” Last Monday, the Army became the latest branch of the military to reveal that service members have been separated, confirming that three troops had been discharged for refusing the vaccine. The Army’s deadline for receiving the vaccine passed more than three months ago, and Army Secretary Christine Wormuth instructed commanders to begin the process of separating those…

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U.S Government Coercing Conscientious Objectors To Sign Up For Selective Service.

At a time when tensions between NATO and Russia are increasing, the US government agency in charge of overseeing conscription, should a military draft be resumed, issued on Twitter on March 23 a hypothetical treatment for conscientious objectors. The Selective Service System tweeted, “In the case of a draft, our agency would cooperate with @fema [Federal Emergency Management Agency] to provide chances to conscientious objectors to ensure our nation keeps moving forward.” “Today, all conscientious objectors are forced to register with the Selective Service System,” it said, linking to a webpage. The webpage did not go into detail about how SSS will collaborate with FEMA. On Twitter, the message generated a stir. “I vehemently oppose any form of compulsory’service,’” wrote @therealbertprmo. In an email interview with The Epoch Times, Michael Migliana, the SSS’s acting deputy director, said, “While there is…

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The Navy Stated It Will Not Deploy A Warship While Its Commander Remains unvaccinated.

According to court documents, US Navy officials have stated that they will not deploy a vessel because its commander has refused to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. After a federal judge in Florida ruled that the Navy could not remove an officer for being immunized against COVID-19, the navy declared an East Coast guided-missile destroyer is “out of action.” In one of the documents, lawyers representing the military stated, “The Navy has lost confidence in his capacity to lead and will not deploy the warship with him in command.” The document asked an appeals court to overturn an order issued by U.S. District Judge Steven Merryday, a George H. W. Bush nominee, on Feb. 2 prohibiting Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and all other military officials from taking punitive action against an unnamed Navy officer who has sought a religious exemption…

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USAF Lt. Col. Attributes Low Morale In The Ranks To Biden Admin Vaccine Mandates.

President Joe Biden’s vaccine mandates, which require everyone employed by the federal government to get vaccinated or lose their job, have harmed morale for both military troops and contractors, according to Lt. Col. Adam Conrad of the United States Air Force (USAF). Conrad gave a bleak picture of the situation facing US Air Force members, who have been fearful of losing their jobs if they refuse to take the experimental CCP viral vaccination. Conrad, who requested that his name be altered to preserve his identity, remarked, “I’ve never seen morale that low.” Conrad, like many other military personnel, faces the possibility of losing his career if he refuses to take the CCP virus vaccine. Despite his relatively high position in the service, Conrad has submitted an exemption request and is not optimistic that it will be granted. Most servicemembers who…

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Navy Seals Granted Religious Exemption To Mandatory COVID-19 Inoculations. What About The Rest Of Service Members?

On Feb. 28, a federal appeals court dismissed President Joe Biden’s administration’s effort to partially lift the moratorium on the military’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for a subset of Navy SEALs. A federal judge stopped the mandate’s implementation for 35 Navy members, many of whom are SEALs, in January, stating that the Navy created a procedure for adjudicating religious exemption applications, “but by all accounts, it is theater,” according to the judge. The Navy has given no religious exemptions at the time of the judgement. It has still not given any as of Feb. 23. Officials urged the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit to let the military to consider the 35 members’ lack of vaccinations when deciding “deployment, assignment, and other operational decisions.” “Forcing the Navy to deploy plaintiffs while they are unvaccinated endangers the success of…

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Unvaccinated Marine Officer Who Was Denied Religious Exemption Speaks Out.

The denial of religious exemptions for the Defense Department’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate, which went into effect in August, is a direct assault on the rights of service members everywhere, according to an unvaccinated Marine Corps officer, and may be part of a larger effort to purge the military of conservative-leaning Christians. Major Lewis Paul (fake name) spoke with the Epoch Times about his nearly 20 years in the Marine Corps. Paul spoke to the journal under the condition of anonymity because he was afraid of retaliation. He described the procedure for requesting religious accommodations, stating that each request is sent through the chain of command, with the final decision made at Headquarters Marine Corps. He explained that the decision is based on a proposal by the three-member Religious Accommodation Review Board, which then sends requests to Lt. Gen. David Ottignon,…

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Marine Corps Grants it’s First Religious Exemptions to COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate.

Nearly two months after the active-duty Marines’ vaccination deadline, the Marine Corps became the first branch of the US military to provide religious exemptions to the service’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate. The Marines have authorized two requests for religious accommodations under the mandate, according to a statement released by the branch on Thursday. The mandate was issued by Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin in August 2021, but every department of the military has refused to give religious accommodations, resulting in litigation and charges that the military is discriminating against religious troops in violation of federal law. A federal judge blocked the mandate for a group of Navy employees earlier this month due to a lack of approvals, stating that the record “overwhelmingly demonstrates that the Navy’s religious accommodation process is an exercise in futility.” According to Sean Timmons, managing partner of Tully…

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The Pentagon is Working Overtime to Inoculate All Service Members, and Discharge All Who Refuse to Comply.

After a court judge this week prevented the military from disciplining a group of Navy SEALs who sought religious exemptions from the Pentagon’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate, officials at the Pentagon are weighing their options. “Of course, we’re aware of the injunction,” Pentagon spokesman John Kirby told reporters in Washington on Tuesday. “We’re reviewing it and in discussions with the Department of Justice as to what options might be available to us going forward.” Kirby declined to say anything else, citing the current legal battle. The suit was launched last year by a group of Navy members who said the administration’s religious exemption process was a fraud because none had been granted. The Navy has approved only one religious accommodation request since 2015, and none for the COVID-19 vaccine mandate, according to U.S. Judge Reed O’Connor, a George W. Bush nominee.…

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206 Marines Discharged Due to DOD Vaccine Mandate.

The Marine Corps has discharged 206 Marines for failing to receive the COVID-19 vaccination, according to a statement released by the DOD on Thursday. The deadline for active-duty Marines to be completely vaccinated was Nov. 28, while the deadline for reservists was Dec. 28. By the deadline, 95% of active-duty Marines had received at least one dose of the vaccination, while 86 percent of Reserve Marines had received the first injection. Around 8,000 active-duty Marines and 5,000 Marine reserve soldiers might be separated as a result of their refusal to undergo the COVID-19 vaccination. In a message to news outlets, Capt. Andrew Wood, a Marine Corps spokesperson, stated “The Marine Corps is still tracking 1,007 approved administrative or medical exemptions,” The Marine Corps has denied 3,115 of 3,247 religious exemption applications received. The rest are still being processed, according to the…

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