Ron Johnson Presses Pentagon On Reinstatement Of Troops Fired For Not Bowing To Biden’s Covid Shot Mandate; Ron Johnson Urges Hegseth To Address Military COVID Mandate Victims Following DCNF Report, and other C-Virus related stories

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Ron Johnson Presses Pentagon On Reinstatement Of Troops Fired For Not Bowing To Biden’s Covid Shot Mandate:

Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., is pressing the Pentagon on its efforts to reinstate military troops fired by the Biden administration for forgoing the Covid shot, the senator revealed Thursday.

In his Tuesday letter, the Wisconsin Republican asked Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to provide an update on what the Defense Department is doing to return service members booted for not getting the experimental jab under President Biden.

As The Federalist previously reported, the mandate was announced by then-Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin in August 2021, and — while ultimately repealed by Congress — resulted in the dismissal of roughly 8,700 troops from the service. Reporting in recent years and statements issued by Hegseth have called the legality of the mandate into question.

“This dismissal of thousands of brave men and women from the military was a despicable act that damaged our armed forces,” Johnson wrote.

The senator specifically highlighted concerns raised in a recent Daily Caller report, which found that, even though “President Donald Trump is offering backpay and reinstatement for active duty service members, some troops who fell through the cracks are still fighting for their rights.” --->READ MORE HERE

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Ron Johnson Urges Hegseth To Address Military COVID Mandate Victims Following DCNF Report:

Republican Wisconsin Sen. Ron Johnson urged Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to address the thousands of former service members still fighting for justice after being fired for refusing the COVID vaccine following a Daily Caller News Foundation report.

Johnson requested Hegseth to provide a briefing to his office by August 19 to address a DCNF report covering three lawsuits from legal firm Military Back Pay seeking justice for thousands of service members unjustly terminated or reprimanded under the Biden Pentagon’s vaccine mandate. While President Donald Trump did offer backpay and reinstatement to active-duty members, some members suffered injustices beyond the scope of the Trump administration’s relief or otherwise fell through the cracks and have turned to legal channels instead.

“I respectfully request that you carefully review this article and provide a briefing to my office by August 19, 2025, regarding DoD’s efforts to apologize, reinstate, and provide back pay to the service members who were terminated after refusing to take the COVID-19 injection,” the letter reads, referencing the DCNF’s reporting.

Military Back Pay has three lawsuits against the United States seeking relief for discharges among active-duty service members and the thousands of reservists and National Guardsmen from the service for refusing the vaccine. The law firm estimates that nearly 100,000 total soldiers have been unfairly affected by Biden’s vaccine mandate. --->READ MORE HERE

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