Marines Warn COVID Mandate a ‘Political Purge’ in Military as All Religious Exemptions are Denied

As a result of the Biden administration’s mandates, a “purge” is happening in the most detrimental areas of American society: hospitals, law enforcement, teachers, airline pilots and our military.

Marines have claimed in a report that they are being “crushed” be the Defense Department’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate. They said not a single religious exemption application is being approved by the military branch.

Several active-duty Marines spoke to Fox News about the mandates affecting our military forces. The Marines warn that the “best and brightest” are being forced out due to the mandate.

One lieutenant colonel said the Pentagon is looking to discharge members “as fast as they can and as brutally as they can, damaging every Marine as much as they can on the way out.” The lieutenant claimed a colonel had warned “tread very carefully, this is political, you will be crushed like an ant.”

“Do I want to continue serving in an institution that crushes people for bringing up reasonable points in defending their faith?” the Marine asked.

One major, with over 17 years of active service in the Marines, said the vaccine mandate is “an unconstitutional edict” that is “targeted as a political purge.”

“The louder I speak, the tighter the screws are turned against me,” a master sergeant also alleged.

The New York Post reports that “as of last week, 169 Marines had been discharged from service for refusing the vaccine. Members of the Corps had until Nov. 28 to get at least one COVID-19 vaccine dose unless they filed for an exemption.”

“In late November, the Marine Corps reported that 5 percent of its 180,000-strong active-duty force were unvaccinated at the deadline, a total of approximately 9,000.”