{"id":2395749,"date":"2025-01-27T16:40:59","date_gmt":"2025-01-27T21:40:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-comes-through-for-8000-service-members-who-were-kicked-out-of-the-military-for-refusing-covid-vaccine\/"},"modified":"2025-01-27T16:42:53","modified_gmt":"2025-01-27T21:42:53","slug":"trump-comes-through-for-8000-service-members-who-were-kicked-out-of-the-military-for-refusing-covid-vaccine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-comes-through-for-8000-service-members-who-were-kicked-out-of-the-military-for-refusing-covid-vaccine\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Comes Through for 8,000 Service Members Who Were Kicked Out of the Military for Refusing COVID Vaccine"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/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%2Ftrump-comes-through-for-8000-service-members-who-were-kicked-out-of-the-military-for-refusing-covid-vaccine%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=2395749&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--><p>President Donald Trump is poised to sign an executive order\u2062 that will \u200breinstate\u2064 more than 8,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/troops-struggling-to-receive-religious-exemptions-to-vaccine-mandate\/\" title=\"Troops Struggling To Receive Religious Exemptions To Vaccine Mandate\">000 military service members<\/a> who were discharged under the Biden governance for not complying \u2063with\u2062 the COVID-19 vaccine mandate. \u200bThis directive will\u200c ensure the reinstatement \u2063of both active and reserve members who request it, along with their eligibility for back pay and benefits. The White House\u200c emphasizes that many of those \u200cdischarged had natural immunity and \u200bunwavering dedication to their service.<\/p>\n<p>During the Biden era, only 43 \u2064of the dismissed\u2064 service members opted to return to duty after the vaccine mandate was repealed. Representative Brian Mast,a Republican and former U.S. Army Ranger, praised \u200dthe upcoming order, labeling it a victory for\u200d patriots \u200dand military personnel. He criticized the previous administration&#8217;s mandate enforcement as disproportionately affecting conservative service \u200bmembers.<\/p>\n<p>Newly-appointed\u2063 Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth confirmed the \u200breinstatement initiative, suggesting that it marks the beginning of further executive actions \u200daimed at reviewing policies within the military.\u200c the order is seen\u200b as a long-overdue step towards rectifying what many viewed as unjust discharges based\u2062 on vaccine non-compliance.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>President Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order Monday reinstating over 8,000 military service members who were separated during the Biden administration for not complying with its COVID-19 vaccine mandate.<\/p>\n<p>And the action is long overdue.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The Executive Order directs the Secretary of Defense to reinstate all members of the military (active and reserve) who were discharged for refusing the COVID vaccine and who request to be reinstated,&rdquo; according to a White House fact sheet.<\/p>\n<p>The service members will <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ucf-professor-fired-after-tweets-questioning-black-lives-matter-narrative-must-be-reinstated-receive-back-pay-arbitrator-finds\/\" title=\"UCF Professor Fired After Tweets Questioning Black Lives Matter Narrative Must Be Reinstated, Receive Back Pay, Arbitrator Finds\">receive back pay<\/a> and benefits the fact sheet said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;In spite of the scientific evidence, the Biden Administration discharged healthy service members &mdash; many of whom had natural immunity and dedicated their entire lives to serving our country &mdash; for refusing to take the COVID vaccine,&rdquo; the fact sheet noted.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>The fact sheet also pointed out that of the over 8,000 service members who were dismissed, only 43 chose to return to active duty under the Biden administration after the mandate was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/vaccine-mandate-overturned-army-drops-horrible-news-select-group-soldiers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">repealed in 2023<\/a>, which had been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2022\/12\/08\/politics\/house-vote-ndaa-military-vaccine-mandate\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">spearheaded<\/a> by Republican House members.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Two White House officials tell me President Trump is readying to sign three executive orders all having to do with the military, banning transgender service members, <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">reinstating service members discharged<\/a> for refusing to get the COVID vaccine, and eliminating DEI programs. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JuXjljzFrh\">https:\/\/t.co\/JuXjljzFrh<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PJK4oPSdhp\">pic.twitter.com\/PJK4oPSdhp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Kellie Meyer (@KellieMeyerNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KellieMeyerNews\/status\/1883905097727619357?\">January 27, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>GOP Rep. Brian Mast of Florida, a former U.S. Army Ranger, had offered legislation during the Biden administration on the issue to reinstate the troops with full back pay.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, he celebrated Trump&rsquo;s executive order telling Fox News, &ldquo;Great day for patriots. Great day for our service members, my brothers and sisters in arms.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Mast noted the burden of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/us-military-repealed-vaccine-mandate-service-members-still-punished\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mandate<\/a> tended to fall on conservatives who questioned the Biden administration&rsquo;s judgment regarding the matter.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;They were creating a system where the ones that were going to be giving promotions to the next class of individuals were all going to be those that didn&rsquo;t say, &lsquo;Nah, I&rsquo;m not a conservative. I&rsquo;m OK with everything that you&rsquo;re doing right now.&#8217;&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">&#128680;BREAKING: President Trump is bringing back over 8,000 military members who were dismissed for not getting the Covid vaccine, granting them full back pay.<\/p>\n<p>Promises made. Promises kept.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sJgeWXJs5m\">pic.twitter.com\/sJgeWXJs5m<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bennyjohnson\/status\/1883878489780318605?\">January 27, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Newly-minted Defense Secretary <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-jd-vance-casts-tie-breaker-vote-confirming-pete-hegseth-secretary-defense\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pete Hegseth<\/a> confirmed on Monday in front of the Pentagon that the executive order was coming.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">BREAKING: Pete Hegseth confirmed he is REINSTATING the military members who were kicked out over refusing the covid jab!<\/p>\n<p>This is HUGE!<\/p>\n<p>Thank you <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PeteHegseth?\">@PeteHegseth<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vvHtXPnqYH\">pic.twitter.com\/vvHtXPnqYH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Gunther Eagleman&trade; (@GuntherEagleman) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GuntherEagleman\/status\/1883883576011440183?\">January 27, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;There are more executive orders coming that we fully support &mdash; on removing DEI inside the Pentagon, reinstating troops who were pushed out because of Covid mandates &hellip; As the Secretary of Defense, it&rsquo;s an honor &hellip; to ensure these orders are complied with rapidly,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>This reinstatement action was long overdue.<\/p>\n<p>The Biden administration went <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/biden-doj-appeals-navy-seals-vaccine-mandate-compliance-supreme-court\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">over the top<\/a> trying to enforce compliance with the mandate &mdash; even targeting Navy SEALs who sued seeking a religious exemption.<\/p>\n<p>It was very clear at that point the vaccine <a href=\"https:\/\/pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/articles\/PMC9358243\/#:~:text=And%20according%20to%20the%20current,the%20severity%20of%20the%20disease.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">did not stop the spread of the virus<\/a>, nor provide better protection against severe illness than <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uclahealth.org\/news\/article\/natural-immunity-vs-vaccine-induced-immunity-to-covid-19\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">natural immunity<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Further, the young and healthy were the <a href=\"https:\/\/pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/articles\/PMC7799091\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">least at risk<\/a> overall.<\/p>\n<p>Score another win for common sense, and Trump&rsquo;s barely a week in office.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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This action has been deemed necessary and overdue. The Executive Order instructs the Secretary of Defense to reinstate all active and reserve military members who were dismissed for not taking the COVID vaccine, provided they request reinstatement. Those service members will also receive back pay and benefits. The fact sheet from the White House highlighted that many of those discharged had natural immunity and had dedicated their lives to serving the country, yet were let go despite scientific evidence supporting their health status. Additionally, it noted that out of over 8,000 dismissed service members, only 43 opted to return to active duty after the mandate was lifted in 2023 due to efforts by Republican House members. Two White House officials indicated that President Trump is preparing three executive orders related to military policies: one banning transgender service members, another reinstating those discharged for refusing the COVID vaccine, and a third eliminating DEI programs. GOP Rep. Brian Mast from Florida expressed his support for Trump&#8217;s order, emphasizing its significance for patriots and fellow service members while criticizing how compliance with mandates disproportionately affected conservatives questioning Biden&#8217;s decisions on this issue. Newly appointed Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth confirmed at a Pentagon briefing that these reinstatements are forthcoming as part of broader changes within military policy regarding DEI initiatives and COVID mandates<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2395750,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Kass-Working-Feature-Image.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[32496,4505,32250,3634],"class_list":["post-2395749","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-covid-vaccine","tag-military","tag-service-members","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Kass-Working-Feature-Image.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2395749","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2395749"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2395749\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2395753,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2395749\/revisions\/2395753"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2395750"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2395749"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2395749"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2395749"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}