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#Guardians are visiting classrooms all over the globe during December for #STEMtoSpace. @SpaceForceCSO

Gen. John W. "Jay" Raymond and @AstroHague paid a visit to @TJHSST_Official in Alexandria, Va. to speak with students.

#HBDSpaceForce

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8News WRIC Richmond

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US Space Force visits high school in Alexandria https:// trib.al/b7hfwV9 #Virginia

12:38 PM · Dec 16, 2021

https://twitter.com/SpaceForceDoD/status/1471535182981345280

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ALEXANDRIA, Va. (WDVM) — Students at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology had the opportunity to hear and learn from space professionals as part of the space force’s STEM to Space initiative.

The United States space force is celebrating its second birthday with a month long campaign and made a stop at Thomas Jefferson High School.

“If you look at what the Space for STEM does, it underpins all of that and so what better place to come to, to be inspired by the youth and hopefully give a little bit of spark for them to bring to life just how important their studies are,” said General Raymond, Chief of Space Operations, U.S. Space Force.

Students had the opportunity to participate and ask questions during the event designed to inspire students to pursue careers in space sciences and STEM.

The stem to space campaign has visited over 600 schools for far.

https://www.wric.com/news/virginia-news/us-space-force-visits-high-school-in-alexandria/?utm_campaign=socialflow&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=t.co

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Do you understand thegravityof what’s unfolding?

>>15202853

Thank you baker.

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Chuck tweeting up a storm today.

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Sorry, bad screenshot of earlier tweet. Here is corrected:

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>B

More GOP Governors Fighting Pentagon's Vaccinate Mandate for Guardsmen

Five Republican governors this week asked the Defense Department to exempt their Guardsmen from the COVID-19 vaccine mandate, as friction between states and the Pentagon grows.

In a letter sent Tuesday to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, governors from Wyoming, Alaska, Iowa, Mississippi and Nebraska conceded that Guardsmen can be ordered to be vaccinated on federal orders. But on state orders, which troops spend the bulk of their time under, the governors argue that service members are untouchable and do not have to follow federal military policy, saying, "setting punishment requirements for refusing to be Covid-19 vaccinated, and requiring separation from each state National Guard if unvaccinated are beyond your constitutional and statutory authority."

The request is the latest move by Republican officials to rebuke COVID-19 vaccines and pandemic-related mandates, which have become a rallying cry for the party and a part of escalating political fights ahead of the 2022 midterm elections.

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2021/12/16/more-gop-governors-fighting-pentagons-vaccinate-mandate-guardsmen.html

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2 Battalion Commanders Fired for Refusing COVID-19 Vaccine, But 96% of Active Army Meet Deadline

More than 96% of the Army's 478,000 active-duty soldiers met the service's requirement for being fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by Dec. 15, with an additional 2% receiving one dose – leaving slightly more than 10,000 personnel needing a waiver or facing punitive action for refusing the vaccine.

Already, according to an Army announcement Thursday, two battalion commanders and four others have been relieved from leadership positions, while 2,767 soldiers have received written reprimands from general officers for refusing the order.

When the service set its deadline for active-duty personnel in mid-September, roughly 80% of the active-duty force had already gotten at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine.

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More than 6,250 soldiers have a temporary medical or administrative exemption, including those who have asked to be waived for the requirement for medical or religious reasons.

The service has received 1,746 requests for a religious exemption. To date, it has approved none. It has denied 85 and is processing the remainder; two of the denials are in the appeals process.

It also has received 621 requests for permanent medical exemptions, has approved four and denied 516. The remainder are under review.

The Air Force said Monday that it has dismissed 27 airmen for refusing to get the COVID-19 vaccine, the first active-duty service members to be ousted for disobeying the order.

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2021/12/16/2-battalion-commanders-fired-refusing-covid-19-vaccine-96-of-active-army-meet-deadline.html

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>>15203590

I'd look for an admin sep