{"id":2593874,"date":"2026-04-22T16:13:48","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T20:13:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pete-hegseth-ends-vaccine-requirement-for-us-troops-that-era-of-betrayal-is-over-2\/"},"modified":"2026-04-22T16:20:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T20:20:00","slug":"pete-hegseth-ends-vaccine-requirement-for-us-troops-that-era-of-betrayal-is-over-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pete-hegseth-ends-vaccine-requirement-for-us-troops-that-era-of-betrayal-is-over-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Pete Hegseth Ends Vaccine Requirement for US Troops: &#8216;That Era of Betrayal Is Over&#8217;"},"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%2Fpete-hegseth-ends-vaccine-requirement-for-us-troops-that-era-of-betrayal-is-over-2%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=2593874&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>An <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-does-this-photo-show-the-monster-building-in-hong-kong-with-hundreds-of-floors\/\" title=\"FACT CHECK: Does This Photo Show The Monster Building In Hong Kong With Hundreds Of Floors?\">article reports<\/a> that Pete Hegseth said flu vaccinations would no longer be mandatory for service members, citing a memo sent to troops. The piece appears under the headline \u201cPete Hegseth ends Vaccine Requirement for US Troops: \u2018That Era of Betrayal Is Over\u2019\u201d on The Western Journal. It sounds dubious. A few things to consider:<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Vaccination policy for U.S. military is set by the Department of Defense,not by a media figure or a commentator. Pete Hegseth wouldn\u2019t have the authority to \u201cend\u201d a DoD vaccine mandate.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; The Western Journal is known for sensationalism and opinion-driven pieces. Headlines like \u201cThat Era of Betrayal Is Over\u201d are common clickbait, and such claims should be verified against primary sources.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; As of my last update,influenza vaccination is typically required or strongly encouraged for service members,with exemptions possible for medical or religious reasons. A memo ending the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >flu vaccine requirement<\/a> would be a major DoD <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/historic-significance-of-georgia-senate-contests\/\" title=\"Historic Significance of Georgia Senate Contests\">policy change<\/a> and would be widely covered by mainstream outlets and DoD channels.<\/p>\n<p>How to verify quickly:<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Check the DoD official announcements or policy pages for influenza vaccination (and any updates about mandates or exemptions).<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Look for the memo itself or a DoD press release citing it.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Search for autonomous fact-checks (e.g., Snopes, PolitiFact, FactCheck.org) about the claim or about hegseth\u2019s statements.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; See if reputable outlets (AP, Reuters, Pentagon press office, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kamala-harriss-niece-sparks-international-headache-for-united-states-with-indias-government-report\/\" title=\"Kamala Harris\u2019s Niece Sparks International Headache For United States With India\u2019s Government: Report\">major newspapers<\/a>) reported a policy change and quoted Hegseth or denied the claim.<\/p>\n<p>if you\u2019d like, I can help you look for credible sources or summarize what trustworthy outlets say about this claim. Do you want me to check for any official DoD statements or fact-checks related to this?  <\/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>Secretary of War Pete Hegseth announced Tuesday that service members are no longer required to be vaccinated against the flu. Hegseth issued a memo dated Monday to service members saying [&hellip;]\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/pete-hegseth-ends-vaccine-requirement-us-troops-era-betrayal\/\">Pete Hegseth Ends Vaccine Requirement for US Troops: &#8216;That Era of Betrayal Is Over&#8217;<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hegseth ends the flu vaccine mandate for troops<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[39947,44930,32171,34676,38780],"class_list":["post-2593874","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-military-policy","tag-pete-hegseth","tag-political-commentary","tag-us-troops","tag-vaccine-mandate"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2593874","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=2593874"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2593874\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2593877,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2593874\/revisions\/2593877"}],"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=2593874"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2593874"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2593874"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}