What type of discharge should I expect for refusing the covid vaccine?

Well, all I can tell you is this. I was in Saudi Arabia for Desert Shield & Desert Storm from Oct 90 to July 91. I was in a MedEvac hospital unit. About 6 weeks after arriving in country, we were all ordered to line up at a specific tent and get an injection. We asked what it was and no one would tell us. All that was told was if we refused, it would be an Article 15 and a plane ride back to civilian life. To this day no one has ever told us what it was. We were in a war zone with SCUD missles being blown apart overhead daily by the local Patriot battery. I guess what I'm saying is, when you raise your right hand, you become property of the US government and they pretty much have the right to call the shots (no pun intended). Suck it up and carry on.
When scarlet fever, typhus, smallpox and other communicable diseases popped up in the early 1900's and people were sick and dying everywhere, do you think they woukd have been more concerned then about side effects or dying? Never seemed to be an issue in whole populations getting the vaccine and curing all by herd immunity then.

While those in my field have expressed concerns about undue command influence regarding mandated punishments, I can say most of us have argued in our debates with each other that Soldiers should be discharged with an Honorable characterization of service if this is the only issue in their career or if nothing else but this would cause anything less than Honorable for them if COVID had never happened.

Our sentiments are meaningless though, it's likely that many will face General (Under Honorable Conditions). That said, that's not what you have to accept, you can respond to any administrative separation, Trial Defense Services can walk you through it but every Soldier gets to respond and Soldiers meeting certain requirements are entitled to a separation board.

If you end up being noticed for an Administrative Separation, immediately contact Trial Defense Services (TDS) and begin working on your response as to why you should receive an Honorable characterization of service upon separation, to include character statements from Soldiers who know you. More rank the better.

As a older military person that has had shots with the air gun and still here to talk about it . First, we must remember the vaccine was still experimental when it was told all in the military will receive it . Second we do not know the long term affect and if I was a young female planning to have children I wouldn't want to take the vaccine . And third as someone who is suffering from agent orange exposure the military isn't always right . Those who refuse the shot should get a honorable discharge .

It should be a Dumb Ass discharge. Yes, I know I’m not politically correct but I’m an old combat vet so suck it up buttercup.

Hopefully its quick.

I've seen extremely disappointing comments here with some showing extreme ignorance...Partially get it as the media has done a full court press and censor anything at all that proves otherwise... This clip is a poor proof admittedly but this coincides with Bill Gates Depopulation Agenda.. Rather than attack it, how about keep an open mind as an intelligent American or stay on your leash..Research research research...

This question has been asked multiple times on here.

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2021/09/15/what-happens-soldiers-who-refuse-covid-vaccine.html

"Soldiers who refuse could face "administrative or non-judicial punishment [under the Uniform Code of Military Justice] -- to include relief of duties or discharge," according to the new Army guidelines obtained by Military.com.

Administrative action includes initiating what is called a General Officer Memorandum of Reprimand, or GOMOR, for all refusals without an allowed exemption. The reprimand is widely seen as a military career killer but can, under certain circumstances, be tossed from a soldier's record.

All judicial action will be launched by colonels in a soldier's chain of command, or a general in units without a colonel.

Soldiers who have pending decisions on medical or religious exemptions will not face any adverse action.

As a first step in the process, soldiers who refuse will be formally counseled, effectively creating a paper trail for leaders to show they discussed a topic with a soldier. The Army already has issued a template for units. "

Also read AR 600-20 - which highlights the process for any refusal to get any approved vaccine.

Also this should have been put out by your leadership in the past month and a half almost. Anyone who does get discharged is probably getting an other than honorable. You still get some VA benefits. I think you lose the 9/11 GI Bill if you get a OTH.

Here's a question: Have you had any reservations or hesitancy about ANY other vaccine since basic to now?

People forget that the military is a business and makes business decisions. When any company has to dump a number of people quick for a reason, it looks for the easy way out. Expect general discharges. Since a lawful order wasn't followed, the characterization will be what fits the book. The circumstances, your performance, other problems, your attitude, etc. will go into the decision mix. In the background will be pressure to alleviate the monetary hit to VA by minimizing the money trail afterwards. If SECDEF doesn't make an exact prescribed outcome, it will be left up to those who will likely be all over the map. I don't follow it, but I remember a mix following the Anthrax vaccine and even some of the Japanese Encephalitis stuff. At the time neither was FDA approved. People were undeployable, hence not worth keeping around. It's just business.

Either and honorable or a general with honorable conditions. It will be up to your command. If your national guard I believe. Active duty will have to follow whatever regulation is out forth. I however can't imagine anything less than a general.

None at all! This vaccine is not needed, as shown by the Omicron variant which only seems to infect fully vaccinated people. I am a federal employee and will be fighting this mandate until the end.