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Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) has asked the top U.S. military official to provide an update by Aug. 19 on U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) efforts to “apologize, reinstate, and provide back pay” to service members who were terminated for refusing to comply with the military’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate.
In a July 29 letter to U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, Johnson said that the military dismissed roughly 8,700 active duty service members for not getting the shot. “This dismissal of thousands of brave men and women from the military was a despicable act that damaged our armed forces,” Johnson wrote.
