Trump to reinstate service members discharged for not getting COVID-19 vaccine
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President Donald Trump to sign executive order reinstating military service members ousted because they declined COVID-19 vaccination.
The service members who are reinstated will be restored to their prior rank, and will be provided back pay and benefits, according to the fact sheet. Peter Doocy currently serves as a Senior White House correspondent for FOX News Channel (FNC). He joined the network in 2009 as a general assignment reporter based in the New York bureau.
"From 2021 to 2023, the Biden Administration and former Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin discharged over 8,000 troops solely due to their COVID-19 vaccination status," the fact sheet notes. "After the vaccine mandate was repealed in 2023, only 43 of the more than the 8,000 troops dismissed elected to return to service under the Biden Administration and Secretary Austin."