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Marines grant first religious exemptions in military for Covid-19 vaccine mandate
CNN
The Marine Corps granted two religious exemptions to the military's Covid-19 vaccine mandate, making it the first and only military branch to grant religious exceptions since the requirement went into effect in August.
In its weekly Covid-19 update, the Marine Corps said it had received 3,350 requests for religious exemptions and had processed 3,212 of them. But for the first time, the Marine Corps said it had granted two of the requests. The service offered no additional information about why these specific requests had been granted.
Each of the services has received several thousand requests for religious exemptions to the military's vaccine mandate. But until this week, none of those requests have been granted, though the services still have many requests to process.