ExclusiveService Members & Veterans Pledge to Hold Military Leaders Accountable For Vaccine Mandate

Over 200 active service members and veterans have signed an open letter pledging to hold military leaders accountable for the alleged harm caused by vaccine mandates. The open letter, which was published on January 1st, is directed at the American people. However, the letter names specific senior military leaders in the Department of Defense. They were the ones that the signers claim betrayed the Constitution. Some of the leaders specifically named in the letter include former and current Joint Chiefs of Staff, Service Academy Commandants, Service Inspectors General, and Service Surgeon Generals. The authors state, In the coming years, thousands within our network will run for Congress and seek appointments to executive branch offices. In addition, those of us still serving on active duty will continue to put fulfilling our oaths ahead of striving for rank or position. For those who achieve the lawful authority to do so, we pledge to recall from retirement the military leaders who broke the law and will convene courts, marshals for the crimes they committed. These veterans also pledge to introduce legislation to seek accountability by reducing the alleged perpetrators retirement income to zero. Many of the 231 signers are still active. In order to stand up for their beliefs, several of them took significant risks. Robert A. Green Jr., an active duty Navy commander and author of Defending the Constitution Behind Enemy Lines, is one of the letter's authors. He hopes to rebuild trust through accountability. They signed the open letter to follow the Founding Fathers when they mutually pledged their lives, fortune, and sacred honor in the Declaration of Independence. Commander Green said in an interview, We do not want to be separated from the Constitution nor from what was handed down to us at so great a cost. Instead of separation, we want restoration through accountability. For this reason, he believes that the letter may be called a Declaration of Military Accountability. Green also noted that at the highest levels of military leadership, decision-making processes largely compromise risk analysis and risk mitigation. However, senior leaders rarely felt personal risk in their decisions because of the Ferris Doctrine. The Ferris Doctrine prohibits service members from suing the federal government for wrongful injury or death. It also prohibits the inappropriate deference given to the Department of Defense by the government's legislative and judicial branches. So Green hopes that the letter would confirm that senior military leaders must consider personal, financial, and legal risks before making decisions that affect service members' constitutional rights. Bradley Miller, a former U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel who previously served as a battalion commander in the 101st Airborne Division, said that the letter's signatories believe that we have suffered a long train of abuses that has come to a head with the unlawful COVID-19 shot mandate. Miller said, because of our faith in God, love of country, and oath to the Constitution, we consider it our duty to lawfully resist the concerted efforts of current military leadership to destroy the institution that has been entrusted to their charge. Lieutenant Colonel Carolyn Rocco, who has served for 20 years in the Air Force, is another author of the letter. For her, the letter serves two purposes. First, it brings hope back to those who feel hopeless for our country's survival. Second, Rocco believes that the letter would inform the military leaders that the elephant in the room, the negative effects of the COVID-19 vaccine mandate, is not going away until accountability is had.