Under the directive, all service members who opt to return to the military will have to reenlist for at least two years.

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 ...

"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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

During the peak of the COVID-19 outbreak, researchers at the University of Texas followed every positive case, took that date ...

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 ...

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 ...