The Defense Department’s inspector general has alerted the secretary of defense to apparent blanket denials of religious accommodation requests (RAR) for exemptions from the military COVID-19 vaccine mandate, which would be a violation of federal law.
The memo details “potential noncompliance with standards for reviewing and documenting the denial of religious accommodation requests of Service members.” The acting inspector general noted that “dozens of complaints” had been received regarding denied RARs.
“We have found a trend of generalized assessments rather than the individualized assessment that is required by Federal law and DoD and Military Service policies,” wrote acting Inspector General Sean O’Donnell.
The inspector general originally sent the memorandum to the defense secretary in June, but it was not forwarded to the secretaries of each military service and the DOD general counsel until three months later, on Sept. 2.”Additionally, the volume and rate at which decisions were made to deny requests is […]
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