{"id":33671,"date":"2021-11-24T19:27:50","date_gmt":"2021-11-24T19:27:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/uncategorized\/2021\/11\/24\/unvaccinated-active-duty-airmen-will-soon-be-barred-from-moving-to-new-assignments\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T20:56:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T20:56:17","slug":"unvaccinated-active-duty-airmen-will-soon-be-barred-from-moving-to-new-assignments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/news\/your-air-force\/2021\/11\/24\/unvaccinated-active-duty-airmen-will-soon-be-barred-from-moving-to-new-assignments\/","title":{"rendered":"Unvaccinated active duty airmen will soon be barred from moving to new assignments"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Air Force will soon levy another restriction on active duty airmen who aren\u2019t fully vaccinated against the coronavirus: no more moving to new assignments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Airmen who haven\u2019t received a first or second vaccine dose, including those who are still awaiting a final decision on an exemption request, will be barred from current and future permanent change of station moves starting Nov. 29, the service said in a memo Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis restriction will remain in place until the member is either fully vaccinated against COVID-19 or receives an approved medical exemption or religious accommodation,\u201d wrote Lt. 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Brian Kelly, the Air Force\u2019s deputy chief of staff for manpower, personnel and services.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/news\/your-air-force\/2021\/11\/03\/nearly-8500-active-duty-airman-and-guardians-missed-the-vaccination-deadline\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/vax.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Nearly 8,500 active-duty airmen and guardians missed the vaccination deadline<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">About 1,800 exemptions were granted, largely for medical reasons. Almost 5,000 religious exemption requests are now being processed.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Unvaccinated and partially vaccinated people can only leave for a new duty station if they have already out-processed from their latest base or shipped their household goods and vehicles by Nov. 29. For airmen overseas who are not fully inoculated, the Air Force will delay their eligibility to return to the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cReport not-later-than dates will be adjusted in 120-day increments until the airman is eligible to PCS or the assignment is cancelled,\u201d Kelly added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Those who are given a medical or religious exemption can head to new jobs as normal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The new policy is valid for one year, giving the Air Force time to work through exemption requests, appeals for those denied, and separations for those who do not comply with the Pentagon\u2019s vaccine mandate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s expected to affect a small number of troops. Of the 3% or so of active duty airmen who remain unvaccinated, only a fraction of those are eligible to move during the winter. The restriction could hit a larger number of people as the Air Force moves into the busier summer PCS season, though.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As of 2 p.m. Tuesday, about 94% of the 501,000 active duty, Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve troops \u2014 or 471,000 people \u2014 were fully vaccinated. That rises to nearly 97 percent, or 316,000, of the 326,000 active duty members alone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In total, around 30,000 guardsmen and reservists have turned down full protection.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/your-military\/2021\/11\/16\/21-year-old-soldiers-death-last-year-attributed-to-covid-19\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"161\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/gate1_JUN_16.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">21-year-old soldier\u2019s death last year attributed to COVID-19<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">To date, 75 troops have died of COVID-19 complications.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">More than 9,300 active duty airmen remain unvaccinated, including about 7,800 who haven\u2019t received an exemption decision, have outright refused the shot or haven\u2019t otherwise started a one- or two-jab regimen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Another 1,460 people had received medical or administrative exemptions as of Tuesday \u2014 but no religious accommodations so far. That\u2019s about 400 fewer than the Air Force reported at the Nov. 2 vaccination deadline, though the service did not immediately answer why.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Few people whose exemption requests were rejected have appealed. 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