WASHINGTON — Kansas Sen. Roger Marshall succeeded on Wednesday in his effort to restrict how members of the military who refuse to get vaccinated against COVID-19 are punished.
Marshall was able to add language to the National Defense Authorization Act — the bill that funds the military — to say that people fired from the military for refusing the vaccine must be honorably discharged or discharged under honorable conditions.
Honorable discharges are usually reserved for people who were rated good or excellent for their service. It means service members who are discharged for refusing the vaccine would still be eligible for most of their military benefits.
