Marine Corps corporal receives lightning-fast dismissal over refusal to wear a mask

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Marine Cpl. Whitney McHaffie refused to comply with a mask mandate and doesn't want to be vaccinated against COVID-19.

A month after the Defense Department's mask mandate for unvaccinated troops went into effect, she was booted from the military, possibly making her the first service member to be forced out of the service for violating COVID-related rules.

McHaffie, who served at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina, went viral on social media after appearing in a video with Josh Mandel, a former Ohio state treasurer who is currently in his second run for the Senate.

The video, in which she tells her story of being swiftly booted from the Corps for disobeying the mask mandate, had more than 400,000 views as of Tuesday morning.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/marine-corps-corporal-receives-lightning-170243092.html

[Hoyt]

1. These guys will eat bark off trees or kiss Drill Sgt's rear if told too, yet they won't wear a mask?

[Chainfire]

2. Good riddance.

[Comfortably_Numb]

3. Buh-bye Moran.

[underpants]

4. general discharge under honorable conditions,

Less than a week later, on July 29, McHaffie received a general discharge under honorable conditions, according to a copy of her DD-214, which summarizes a service member's time in the military. It was a lightning-fast dismissal; it is unusual for a service member to be kicked out in less than a week even for serious criminal offenses. But her chain of command acted within the realm of their power and followed guidance from the Pentagon.

[Beachnutt]

12. General under honorable means she still

gets her benefits, she should get a bad conduct discharge for not following orders

[Woodwizard]

17. Depends

She is eligible for benefits if she has completed 24 months of active service I did not see in the article her time of service, it is easy to make E4 before 2 years.

Glad they did it.

[Major Nikon]

18. That would require a court martial

Better to spare the expense and publicity and just kick the fucker out

[GregariousGroundhog]

29. She loses education benefits for getting General Discharge Under Honorable Conditions

The Montgomery GI Bill and Post 9/11 GI Bill requires an Honorable Discharge. Her eligibility for health insurance and home loans are unaffected by the General Discharge Under Honorable Conditions.

[soldierant]

31. general under other than honorable conditions would do that.

No need to go all the way to BCD.

It's the conditions which determine the benefits, not the name.

[Major Nikon]

16. To anyone who has served, "general discharge" means you were a fuckup

You can still be a fuckup and get an honorable discharge, but you have to be a real fuckup to get anything else.

[sarge43]

20. She tried to pull a Karen on the Corps

Tony Stark, "Not a great plan."

[CurtEastPoint]

5. go beat someone up you douchette.

?

[Stinky The Clown]

8. Oh yeah. She looks the part. Right out of central casting

[CurtEastPoint]

9. yeah and her twitter bling is that gd snake and the 1st amend.

[Grokenstein]

22. Hope she posts "MY BODY MY CHOICE!" without specifics

Then we can really watch the fun.

[Judi Lynn]

11. Great photo! She probably practices looking like a killer in the mirror!

Whoooooooo....

[SergeStorms]

21. Oooooh!

She's a lot tougher than any silly old virus.

She could beat up any virus with her brain tied behind her back.

Dumb shit.

[FSogol]

6. You mean orders aren't optional? Running for a GOP House seat in 3..2..

[Kingofalldems]

7. Good grief don't they still give a boatload

of vaccinations in basic training? They don't ask your permission either. Did she just want out?

[NurseJackie]

10. She was a weak link.

Good riddance.

[Qutzupalotl]

13. What part of "property of the U.S. government" doesn't she understand?

Troops don't even have the right of bodily autonomy.

[greenjar_01]

14. "I disobeyed a direct order given for the safety of my unit, and now I'm talking about it publicly"

Fucking dumbass.

[Moebym]

15. She was disobeying orders. As a Marine.

I've never been a member of the military, but as I understand it, the higher-ups don't exactly have a high tolerance for defiant behavior.

She has no one to blame for her dismissal but herself.

[SergeStorms]

19. Good!

I'm getting gaddamed sick of these jackoffs!

Put a bounty of $10,000 for turning every one of these anti-vaccine assholes in. I'll be pushing buttons on my phone until I have nothing but bloody stumps left.

I'm so freaking sick of these stupid shits....

Throw them all in a fucking gymnasium with 10 COVID infected republicans and let nature take it's course. The more who die, the better.

[bluecollar2]

23. She got lucky

McHaffie received a general discharge under honorable conditions, according to a copy of her DD-214.

SMH

[ZonkerHarris]

24. In the military a "mandate" is also called an "order" so if you don't follow it you are an idiot.

she probably wanted out and saw this as the way

[dreamland]

25. She's complaining that she can't follow orders.

Nothing worse than a rouge soldier that I can see.

[hadEnuf]

26. That's the way to do it.

Zero tolerance for this right wing nonsense.

[kimbutgar]

27. I'm sure before the week is over she'll be on Fox, OANN or Newsmax whining about her

Liberties and freedom taken from her.

[not fooled]

28. The 400,000 views

prolly will correlate with 400,000 more COVID cases.

[Demobrat]

30. She probably got exactly what she wanted.

And now she’ll milk it for all it’s worth.

Until she gets Covid, then she’ll show up the ER.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

32. This makes me smile