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Troops who got the boot over the COVID-19 vaccine mandate are about to catch a serious break, and it’s coming straight from War Secretary Pete Hegseth. Yes, even for the guys who have zero interest in putting the uniform back on.
Hegseth made the announcement in a video on X Friday afternoon, promising to fix the financial hits and restore benefits that were stripped away because of those garbage “general” discharges.
“I’m directing the Under Secretary of War for Personnel and Readiness to establish a Department of War COVID-19 reinstatement and Reconciliation Task Force,” Hegseth explained, noting that their first move would be to assist anyone who wanted to return to military service to do so. “The services have them right now. We’re establishing one at our level to oversee the entire thing. The task force’s goal is to bring back into service all those who desire to continue to serve our country in uniform.”
But Hegseth wasn’t stopping there. He went on to say that changes were also coming for those who were discharged for refusing the COVID vaccine mandate under former President Joe Biden and opted not to put the uniform back on. Those who were denied education benefits due to a “general” discharge, Hegseth vowed, would have them restored.
“Even if you do not intend to return to service, the War Department will provide a path for resolution of unearned bonuses, upgrades to discharge characterizations that will unlock your well-deserved benefits, and removal of adverse documents from service files,” he said. “Further, I have directed a review of policies and decision-making to ensure that we do not go down this path again. You raised your right hand and sworn ill to serve and protect the Constitution and our nation.”
“You were mistreated by the Biden Pentagon, and we are fixing that injustice,” Hegseth concluded.
About damn time.
Between August 2021 and early 2023, roughly 8,700 service members were railroaded out of the military thanks to Biden’s vaccine obsession. Over a third of them — around 3,000 — got slapped with “general” discharges instead of the honorable ones they’d earned. On top of that, plenty lost enlistment bonuses and pay because they were forced out before their contracts were up.
A “general” discharge usually means you can still get some VA disability and health care, but the post-9/11 G.I. Bill education benefits? Often locked out. Classic bureaucratic screw job.
As of March 2026, the Air Force had already upgraded discharges for about 600 of these troops. The Marine Corps and Navy led the pack in sheer numbers of vaccine mandate separations, because of course they did.
Hegseth and the new team are finally treating these patriots like the Americans who raised their right hands to defend the Constitution — not like lab rats for Biden’s failed authoritarian experiment. It’s a long-overdue correction to one of the most disgraceful chapters in recent Pentagon history.
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