Coast Guard wants 2021 COVID-19 shot mandate declared unlawful

A Marine receives the COVID-19 vaccination at the U.S. Naval Hospital Okinawa at Camp Foster in Japan, Feb. 18, 2020. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Karis Mattingly)

On the heels of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth calling the 2021 COVID-19 shot mandate “unlawful as implemented,” Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is being strongly encouraged to follow suit.

While the Department of Defense is the agency responsible for overseeing and directing the nation’s military forces, the Coast...