SecDef Orders Immediate Implementation of Mandatory Vaccine Requirement

Ben Banchs • August 25, 2021

Order Applies to All Service Branches Including National Guard and Reserves


DoD has issued guidance to all military entities to take immediate steps to vaccinate all members of the US Armed Forces, including the National Guard and Reserves. The memo, dated August 24, 2021, can be accessed at the following link:


https://media.defense.gov/2021/Aug/25/2002838826/-1/-1/0/MEMORANDUM-FOR-MANDATORY-CORONAVIRUS-DISEASE-2019-VACCINATION-OF-DEPARTMENT-OF-DEFENSE-SERVICE-MEMBERS.PDF

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