The Gateway Pundit reported that the U.S. army punished service members who had non secular objections and exercised their authorized rights to refuse the COVID mandate. One of many targets of this vindictive conduct is former Military medical officer and whistleblower First Lieutenant Mark Bashaw.
In June, 5 months after the vaccine mandate was rescinded, Bashaw was booted from the army.
Now, Bashaw has lodged a grievance in opposition to his commanding officer, Main Normal Robert Edmonson, alleging that he was unlawfully retaliated in opposition to for charging that the Pentagon’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate was illegal.
Bashaw tells The Gateway Pundit, “My obligation as a army medical officer, and an Military officer usually, was to speak points correctly to my chain of command, which I did. After which, they retaliated in opposition to me for a complete of 573 days earlier than I used to be unlawfully discharged on 26 June 2023.”
Bashaw claims his removing is direct retaliation for warning his chain of command of the potential harms of the COVID-19 vaccines, masks, and assessments.
The grievance additionally alleges a violation of Article 92, which is failure to obey a lawful order or regulation.
In his function as an Military Public Well being Officer stationed on the Military Public Well being Middle, his duties included investigating potential dangers to personnel from illnesses and recommending danger mitigation methods for his management to implement.
Bashaw, an brazenly training Christian, was one of many first to establish the numerous lies being perpetrated by the Military in the midst of pushing numerous COVID-19 mitigation measures as ‘secure and efficient.’
When his management refused to take heed to him, he turned a congressional whistleblower and performed a task in a number of investigations run by Senator Ron Johnson (R-WI).
Figuring out that the army masking and testing mandates have been each ineffective and in opposition to the legal guidelines governing EUA merchandise, Bashaw finally elected to train his authorized proper to refuse these merchandise.
On January 18, 2022, Main Normal Robert Edmonson convened Bashaw’s court-martial.
On April 29, 2022, Bashaw was discovered responsible by Choose Robert Cohen within the particular court-martial ordered by Normal Edmonson. Choose Cohen, nevertheless, elected to award “no punishment” to Bashaw at sentencing. He then highlighted Bashaw’s excellent character and 16 years of honorable service and even really helpful that Normal Edmonson drop all fees and reverse Bashaw’s conviction.
The Military refused to drop the costs. Then, MG Edmonson inflicted extra hurt by initiating involuntarily separation in opposition to Bashaw primarily based on the unjust and illegal court-martial conviction alone.
In June, Bashaw was involuntarily separated from the army after 17 years of honorable service. Bashaw joined the tens of hundreds of different extremely skilled and morally brave service members who have been unlawfully discharged for taking a stand in protection of the Structure and their very own authorized rights. Most of those heroes acquired a vindictive common discharge from the army branches they’d served so faithfully, making it extremely tough to acquire civilian employment and different advantages.
Bashaw is now looking for an investigation and/or UCMJ fees in opposition to Edmondson, alleging Edmondson retaliated in opposition to him for 523 days after receiving protected whistleblower communications alleging violations of regulation, federal regulation, and substantial risks to public well being and security related to the COVID-19 pictures.
“Commanders who knowingly violated the UCMJ by retaliating in opposition to Service Members who submitted protected communications have to be held accountable for their actions. We’re at a time when belief in our institutional leaders is at an all-time low. Normal Charles Hamilton has an obligation to take correct motion upon this felony grievance with the proof therein,” Bashaw shared with TGP.
Learn Bashaw’s full grievance right here:
U.S. Military Communications-Electronics Command, in addition to Military Materiel Command, are conscious of Mr. Bashaw’s allegations. Every division informed The Epoch Times, “As a matter of coverage, we don’t talk about ongoing personnel issues. We do take all allegations critically and can assessment the grievance.”