Oklahoma Guard goes rogue, rejects COVID vaccine mandate after sudden change of command

I don't pray much, but I'm praying this damn pandemic goes away soon.

SSG Robert Mark Odom
..."On Nov. 2, Stitt formally requested that DoD not enforce the mandate on the state’s Army and Air National Guard members. In the letter, which his office posted online, he said that 10% of the state’s troops had refused the vaccine and that the mandate was “irresponsible.”

The Defense Department is aware of the Mancino memo and Stitt’s letter and “will respond to the governor appropriately,” Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said in a statement.

He did not elaborate."

That's a dumb move on Oklahoma's part. There are all sorts of things that the DOD can do to force compliance, or, if the state won't comply, to move equipment and units to other states.