{"id":1509806,"date":"2022-06-09T16:51:14","date_gmt":"2022-06-09T20:51:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1509806"},"modified":"2022-06-09T16:51:28","modified_gmt":"2022-06-09T20:51:28","slug":"pentagon-opens-the-door-to-hiv-positive-recruits-after-purging-the-ranks-of-the-unvaxxed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pentagon-opens-the-door-to-hiv-positive-recruits-after-purging-the-ranks-of-the-unvaxxed\/","title":{"rendered":"Pentagon Opens The Door To HIV-Positive Recruits After Purging The Ranks Of The Unvaxxed"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpentagon-opens-the-door-to-hiv-positive-recruits-after-purging-the-ranks-of-the-unvaxxed%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1509806&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p>HIV-positive individuals may now serve in the U.S. military, but the Pentagon continues to ban those who refuse to get vaccinated for COVID-19 from serving.<\/p>\n<p>The Department of Defense (DOD) <a href=\"https:\/\/media.defense.gov\/2022\/Jun\/07\/2003013398\/-1\/-1\/0\/POLICY-REGARDING-HUMAN-IMMUNODEFICIENCY-VIRUS-POSITIVE-PERSONNEL-WITHIN-THE-ARMED-FORCES.PDF\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">updated<\/a> a previous rule barring HIV-positive members from serving, saying that members with the virus may not be discharged as long as they do not display symptoms, according to an official memo made public Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIndividuals who have been identified as HIV-positive, are asymptomatic, and who have a clinically confirmed undetectable viral load\u2026 will have no restrictions applied to their deployability or to their ability to commission while a service member solely on the basis of their HIV-positive status,\u201d the memo stated. \u201cNor will such individuals be discharged or separated solely on the basis of their HIV-positive status\u201d <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/04\/14\/center-for-military-readiness-army-fitness-test\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: \u2018An April Fools Joke\u2019: Military Advocacy Group Torches \u2018Woke\u2019 Changes To Army Fitness Text)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Military personnel can be discharged or reassigned for other reasons, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defense.gov\/News\/News-Stories\/Article\/Article\/2881481\/service-members-must-be-vaccinated-or-face-consequences-dod-official-says\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">refusal to take the COVID-19 vaccine<\/a>. The U.S. Army began <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/02\/02\/army-discharge-unvaccinated-soldiers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">carrying out<\/a> orders to discharge all unvaccinated personnel in January.<\/p>\n<p>The Supreme Court <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/03\/07\/pentagon-blocking-unvaccinated-seals-deployment-supreme-court\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">upheld<\/a> the Biden administration\u2019s decision to enforce a vaccine mandate for all military personnel in March. It <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/03\/25\/supreme-court-navy-seals-vaccine-mandate-lloyd-austin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">blocked<\/a> a lower court ruling that prohibited Navy leaders from changing assignment of their inferiors solely based on their vaccination status.<\/p>\n<p>Recent scientific <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2019\/05\/03\/scientists-treatment-hiv-study\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">advancements<\/a> in HIV treatment options allowed for the possibility of HIV-positive individuals to serve in the military, according to the Pentagon. \u201cIn view of significant advances in the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), it is necessary to update DOD policy with respect to individuals who have been identified as HIV-positive,\u201d stated the memo, dated June 6.<\/p>\n<p>DOD amended its HIV-related regulations after a federal judge in Virginia <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lambdalegal.org\/sites\/default\/files\/legal-docs\/downloads\/harrison_roe_msj_opinion_4-6-2022.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ruled<\/a> in April that it could not restrict HIV-positive members from serving, court documents show. The court found that the DOD attempt to discharge three HIV-positive service personnel discriminated against the asymptomatic defendants.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">EXCLUSIVE: Senate Republicans Demand Answers Over DOD Program That Could Target Military Members Who Speak Out On \u2018Woke, Leftist Ideology\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uI0eAAt7Ob\">https:\/\/t.co\/uI0eAAt7Ob<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DailyCaller\/status\/1466165210759245835?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 1, 2021<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Department of Defense did not immediately respond to the Daily Caller News Foundations\u2019 request for comment.<\/p>\n<p>Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. For licensing opportunities of our original content, please contact <a href=\"mailto:licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org\">licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HIV-positive individuals may now serve in the U.S. military, but the Pentagon continues to ban those who refuse to get vaccinated for COVID-19 from serving.The Department of Defense (DOD) updated<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":899,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1509806","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1509806","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/899"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1509806"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1509806\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1509806"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1509806"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1509806"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}