Protection Secretary Pete Hegseth introduced sweeping reforms to handle the catastrophic fallout from the Biden administration’s illegal COVID-19 vaccine mandate.
Talking with the conviction of a pacesetter decided to rebuild belief, Hegseth outlined the Division of Protection’s (DOD) aggressive efforts to reinstate service members and veterans who have been unfairly punished for standing by their rules.
The Gateway Pundit beforehand reported on army veterans’ issues a couple of new Division of Protection reinstatement type, which they declare hides the reality about their pressured separations through the COVID-19 vaccine mandate period.
They’re being informed that if they need again in, they need to lie on paper and fake they left the army of their very own free will.
In line with the shape: “I, [name], attest I voluntarily separated from the (Air) (House) Drive or allowed my service to lapse quite than be vaccinated below the COVID-19 vaccine mandate, which was in impact from 24 August 2021 to 10 January 2023. My choice to separate was made freely and with out coercion.”
The DoD’s response workforce instantly issued an announcement, stating they’re “reviewing” the matter.
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In a video assertion posted Wednesday, Hegseth supplied an apology “for the way it was achieved, and we need to repair it.”
Efficient instantly, the Division of Protection is scrubbing the data of all troops who have been punished for refusing the experimental jab—a lot of whom have been discharged with less-than-honorable designations that tarnished their careers and minimize off advantages.
Protection Secretary Pete Hegseth:
We’re again with extra modifications at DOD, and this time, an replace on COVID-19 and reinstatement. Everyone knows that the earlier administration issued illegal orders on necessary vaccines—on an experimental vaccine, COVID-19. You already know it, we all know it.We’re doing the whole lot we are able to, as rapidly as we are able to, to reinstate those that have been affected by that coverage. It hasn’t been excellent, and we all know that. We’re having an ongoing dialog with you to get it proper, working with the White Home as properly.
We wish anybody impacted by that vaccine mandate again into the army—folks of conscience, warriors of conscience—again in our formations. We hear you, and we’re working to get up to date steering as rapidly as potential. So this is the place we’re on extra steering we’re offering proper now.
In January, the President issued his govt order. We jumped proper on it. In February, I directed the Division to take corrective motion relating to this particular Division’s unfair, overbroad, and pointless COVID vaccine mandate. We apologize. Apologized then, apologize now for the way it was achieved, and we need to repair it.
So in the present day, I am signing a memorandum that directs the Undersecretary of Protection for Personnel and Readiness to offer further steering to the boards which might be reviewing these instances—in regards to the evaluation of requests from service members and former service members adversely impacted by the COVID-19 vaccine mandate.
The steering additionally will facilitate the removing of opposed actions on service members solely for refusing to take the COVID-19 vaccine, together with discharge upgrades and less-than-fully-honorable discharges for people separated for refusing to take the COVID-19 vaccine. We’re attempting to wash all that, clear all that up.
We’ll additionally facilitate acceptable cures for service members who’ve suffered further profession setbacks ensuing from the earlier administration’s illegal vaccine mandate. That unique EO addresses the unfair, since-rescinded COVID-19 vaccine mandate imposed on warfighters through the earlier administration.
We all know how unhealthy it was. You understand how unhealthy it was. And thru this steering—which I encourage you to take a look at instantly, as a result of it is an replace going even additional than what we’ve achieved up to now—this memo is offering supplemental cures for service members and veterans negatively impacted by the DOD’s defunct COVID-19 illness vaccine mandate.
So, extra steering right here that we expect is admittedly essential to getting this proper, and we welcome you all again as rapidly as potential.
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Constitutional legal professional and retired LTC Inexperienced Beret Ivan Raiklin issued a strong assertion following this announcement from Hegseth.
“Did you simply say “unlawful DOD jab mandate”? Growth. You caught my consideration, sir. I’ve simply upgraded your grade as Secretary of Protection to an A. You need to obtain an A-plus? Deliver me in—recall me to lively obligation—and I’ll gladly, professional bono even, are available in and lead the Nuremberg 2.0 trials,” mentioned Raiklin.
“The primary defendants that have to be addressed are Lloyd Austin and Mark Milley. Why? As a result of they carried out mutiny by eradicating—kicking out, such as you mentioned—8,700. After which the ten, virtually 100,000 of us that left as a result of we weren’t going to adjust to the DOD jab mandate.”
— Ivan Raiklin (@IvanRaiklin) April 23, 2025
