Navy to Expunge Records for SEALs, Sailors Who Refused COVID Vaccines

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Navy officials agreed to a settlement to end a legal case.

The U.S. Navy has agreed to correct the records of SEALs and sailors who declined to receive COVID-19 vaccines due to their religious beliefs, under a settlement approved by a federal court on July 24.

โ€œDefendants agree to re-review the personnel records of all class members to ensure that the U.S. Navy has permanently removed records indicating administrative separation processing or proceedings, formal counseling, and non-judicial punishment actions taken against the class members solely on the basis of non-compliance with the COVID-19 vaccine mandate and adverse information related to non-compliance with the COVID-19 vaccine mandate,โ€ the settlement agreement states.

The review must be finished within nine months, according to the agreement.

The Navy has also agreed to review the records of class members discharged over refusal to receive a COVID-19 shot. Officials โ€œwill remove any indication from that service memberโ€™s records that he or she was discharged for misconductโ€ and make sure the discharged members are listed as eligible for enlistment.

The expungement of records must be completed within one year according to the agreement.

All Navy members who filed a religious request for an exemption from the Navyโ€™s COVID-19 vaccine mandate and were actively serving as of March 28, 2022, are covered by the settlement. That includes people who rescinded their accommodation requests in order to leave the military.

Some 4,339 individuals are affected by the settlement, according to court documents.

โ€œThis has been a long and difficult journey, but the Navy SEALs never gave up,โ€ Danielle Runyan, senior counsel at the First Liberty Institute, said in a statement. โ€œWe are thrilled that those members of the Navy who were guided by their conscience and steadfast in their faith will not be penalized in their Navy careers.โ€

The Navy declined to comment on the settlement.

Byย Zachary Stieber

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