Trump to reinstate service members discharged over COVID vaccine

(NewsNation) —President Trump volition motion an enforcement bid Monday allowing for the reinstatement of astir 8,000 work members who were discharged during the tallness of the pandemic for refusing to get the COVID-19 vaccine. 

Under Trump's order, these work members volition beryllium reinstated with erstwhile rank, afloat backmost wage and benefits if they reenlist.

The determination comes arsenic the adjacent successful a bid of executive orders that Trump promised portion connected the run trail. 

From August 2021 to January 2023, the Biden medication discharged thousands of troops implicit their refusal to get a mandated COVID-19 shot, with constricted exceptions for aesculapian issues oregon spiritual objections.

The fig of work members that were discharged represented little than 1% of the Air Force, the Navy, the Marine Corps, and astir 2% of the army. 

The Pentagon allowed dismissed soldiers to reapply erstwhile the mandate was rescinded successful 2023, but lone 43 chose to bash so, according to national statistics. 

With galore of these members not returning and debased recruiting numbers, Trump's caller Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, is hoping the caller bid volition incentivize galore of them to travel back.