Troops separated solely for refusing the COVID-19 vaccine can revert to their former rank and receive full back pay and ...

Many in the Republican party have criticized the guidelines used to combat COVID-19, particularly lockdowns that shuttered businesses and closed schools for months. In 2021, then-Secretary of Defense ...

In August 2021, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin announced a requirement that troops take the COVID-19 jab for "readiness" purposes. That order was rescinded in January 2023 after lawmakers directed ...

"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.

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin speaks during a press briefing ... He took the helm of the Pentagon at the height of COVID-19 and just weeks after the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol by a ...

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin will bid farewell Friday to the ... He took the helm of the Pentagon at the height of COVID-19 and just weeks after the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol by ...

From August 2021 to January 2023, the Biden administration and former Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin discharged more than 8,000 troops over their refusal to get a mandated COVID-19 shot ...

The Pentagon has formally dropped its COVID-19 vaccination mandate, but a new memo signed by Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin also gives commanders some discretion in how or whether to deploy troops ...

President Trump's plans for the US military include reinstating some 8,000 service members who refused the COVID-19 vaccine and giving them back pay.

In 2021, then-Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin ordered vaccinations for military troops against COVID-19 unless they had secured an exemption, such as for religious reasons. The Pentagon ...