[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] - The Marines Corps is booting 103 active members for refusing to get the COVID-19 vaccine, according to reports
- The news comes as military services begin to discharge up to 30,000 active duty service members who have continued to refuse the shot
- On Thursday, the Marine Corps said that 95 percent of its 182,500 Marines had received at least one vaccine shot, the lowest percent among military services
- Navy says 98 percent of active-duty soldiers have gotten at least one dose of COVID vaccine, but remaining two percent or 5,731 soldiers have refused
- Army says 97.9 percent of active-duty soldiers have been vaccinated but remaining two percent are slated to be discharged beginning in January
- Air Force has a 97.5 percent while the Marine Corps has 95 percent vaccinated
- On Monday, the Air Force became the first military branch to terminate unvaccinated members, firing 27 airmen for rejecting mandatory COVID jab
- The Pentagon announced earlier this year that the COVID-19 vaccine would be mandatory for all service members, including the National Guard and Reserve
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