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Following recommendations in a report commissioned by then-President Richard Nixon, Congress allowed the draft to expire in 1973. Since then, the U.S. has been an all-volunteer military force and over time has represented certain demographics with a propensity for Christian nationalism.

“I think that the fact that military service today is seen as a contract of a certain length,” said Dennis Laich, a retired U.S. Army general and author of “Skin in the Game: Poor Kids and Patriots.” “It is not seen as a national service. The insubordination we have seen from service members refusing to take the COVID-19 vaccine on what they say are religious grounds is insubordination. It is also a result of the contract mentality in the military today.”

Military recruiters who have tight quotas to fill to meet the needs of an all-volunteer military have said they do not have the power to thoroughly vet potential applicants to the military.

“If someone comes into a recruiter’s office in Ohio and they have some extremist views, Christian nationalist views or far-right views, a recruiter might overlook that in allowing them to join so he can meet his quota,” Laich said.

Read the full article here.

The insubordination we have seen from service members refusing to take the COVID-19 vaccine on what they say are religious grounds is insubordination.

Dennis Laich

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