{"id":38155,"date":"2022-04-04T18:07:32","date_gmt":"2022-04-04T18:07:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/uncategorized\/2022\/04\/04\/judge-blocks-air-force-discipline-over-vaccine-objections\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T21:11:56","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T21:11:56","slug":"judge-blocks-air-force-discipline-over-vaccine-objections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/news\/your-air-force\/2022\/04\/04\/judge-blocks-air-force-discipline-over-vaccine-objections\/","title":{"rendered":"Judge blocks Air Force discipline over vaccine objections"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">TOLEDO, Ohio \u2014 A federal judge has blocked the military from disciplining <a href=\"https:\/\/www.airforcetimes.com\/news\/your-air-force\/2022\/02\/23\/air-force-officers-sue-over-religious-exemption-denials\/\" target=\"_blank\">a dozen U.S. Air Force officers<\/a> who are asking for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2021\/10\/18\/troops-opposed-to-the-covid-19-vax-can-get-a-waiver-but-theyre-rare\/\" target=\"_blank\">religious exemptions to the mandatory COVID-19 vaccine<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The officers, mostly from Wright-Patterson Air Force Base near Dayton, Ohio, along with a handful of airmen and reservists, filed a lawsuit in February after their exemption requests were denied.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">U.S. District Court Judge Matthew McFarland in Cincinnati granted a preliminary injunction last Thursday that stops the Air Force from acting against the officers, airmen and reservists until their lawsuit is resolved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The plaintiffs accuse the Air Force of using a double standard when it comes to approving exemption requests, saying it had allowed thousands of medical and administrative exemptions but only a handful for religious reasons.<\/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\/2022\/02\/16\/judge-temporarily-exempts-air-force-officer-from-vaccine-mandate-in-religious-freedom-case\/\" 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\/1000w_q95-11-1.jpg-1.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\">Judge temporarily exempts Air Force officer from vaccine mandate in religious freedom case<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The order from the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia marks the first time a court has barred the Air Force from enforcing its mandate for a service member.<\/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\">Last week, a federal judge in Texas&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.navytimes.com\/news\/your-navy\/2022\/04\/04\/navy-pauses-actions-against-religious-covid-19-vaccine-refusers\/\">barred the Navy from taking action<\/a>&nbsp;for now against sailors who have objected to being vaccinated on religious grounds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">U.S. District Judge Reed O\u2019Connor had, in January, issued a preliminary injunction preventing the Navy from disciplining or discharging 35 sailors who sued over the Navy\u2019s vaccine policy while their case played out. 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