Daniel Boylan, former 3rd Class Petty Officer, U.S. Navy, and graduate, Nuclear Powe School, Orland; and Brian Boylan, former Ensign, U.S. Navy, and Graduate, OCS, Pensacola
Daniel Boylan Brian Boylan
Daniel Boylan Brian Boylan
The following story is contributed by the parents of Daniel Boylan, former 3rd Class Petty Officer, U.S. Navy, and graduate, Nuclear Powe School, Orland; and Brian Boylan, former Ensign, U.S. Navy, and Graduate, OCS, Pensacola.

Dan enlisted in the Navy before he graduated high school in 1996. He finished basic training in November that year, and entered the nuclear program at Orlando, Fl. early in 1997. From there he went on to a nuclear power plant in upstate New York, where he finished training and then was assigned to duty on the USS Eisenhower out of Norfolk, Va. They were in the Persian Gulf when told they would have to take the anthrax vaccine, in late Sept. 1998. He asked us (his parents) for any information we could find, and eventually made the decision to refuse. He was demoted from nuclear duties to kitchen work, reduced in rank and pay, and restricted to ship for 60 days, through the holidays in 1998. Finally, in March 1999, he was discharged - general under honorable conditions.

Brian had applied for OCS the summer before his senior year at St. John's University, Mn. He was accepted, subject to graduation in June 1998, and eagerly looked forward to entering Navy OCS, which he did in Sept. 1998, just prior to all the anthrax problems erupting with his brother. He graduated from OCS in Pensacola, Fl. in Dec. 1998, and went on to supply school in Athens, Ga. the following year. He was assigned to a ship out of Guam. No mention was made of anthrax vaccine until he was on board the ship.

He refused, and was quickly sent back to San Diego, where he was given Article 15, and remained until discharge in May 2000. He also received general under honorable conditions.
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