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FILE - In this Feb. 9, 2021, file photo provided by the Department of Defense, Hickam 15th Medical Group hosts the first COVID-19 mass vaccination on Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam. Military service members must immediately begin to get the COVID-19 vaccine, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said in a memo Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2021, ordering service leaders to “impose ambitious timelines for implementation.” (U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Anthony Nelson Jr./Department of Defense via AP)

Just how many vaccine exemptions has the military given out?

In today’s Federal Newscast, we get a look at just how many COVID-19 vaccine exemptions the military is allowing.

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Service to America Medals awards, Sammies awards

All those Service to America medalists will be in one room this evening

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Pediatric oncologist’s work on NF1 condition earns Sammies nod

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Federal Employees of the Year: Sammies awardees were early architects of COVID vaccines

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Sammies finalist helped craft national survey for gathering childhood health data

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Sammies finalist helped design lucrative spectrum auction process for FCC

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Sammies-recognized USDA engineer extending lives of dams, preventing major disasters

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This Air Force civilian engineer is the brainpower behind an exciting new weather satellite

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How one Veterans Affairs employee’s ingenuity took a big bite out of VA’s appeals backlog

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Federal scientists invent a possible new way to disinfect surfaces, without the harmful side effects

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Callie Higgins, materials research engineer at the National Institute of Standards and Technology

NIST engineer a finalist in this year’s Sammies for her work in 3D printing

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Federal doctors are Sammies finalists for work on Ebola vaccines and treatments

The COVID-19 pandemic has made it easy to forget that pandemics happen a lot more often than every 100 years. A case in point is the terrifying Ebola outbreak…

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Marine mammal research and discoveries earn federal scientist a Sammies nod

Everyone wants to save the whales, but Jay Barlow at the National Marine Fisheries Service has actually done it. For his work, he is a finalist in this…

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Sammies finalist from DHS developed technique for scanning visa applications faster

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How can the Department of Homeland Security possibly vet 40,000 people coming to the United States every day to spot the possible security threats?