President Trump is expected to sign an executive order on Monday to reinstate thousands of US service members who were discharged for refusing the COVID-19 vaccine, a White House official told The Post.
Trump is preparing to make good on a 2024 campaign promise by bringing back more than 8,000 members of the US military, restoring them to their previous rank and providing back pay and full benefits.
The order will cover active-duty or reserve service members who were kicked out for not taking the COVID jab mandated by the Biden administration between 2021 and 2023.
Just 43 of the roughly 8,000 removed returned to their service branch after the Biden administration scuppered the mandate, according to the White House.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth made the same pledge during his confirmation hearings earlier this month, saying that he stood by the president’s promise that each discharged troop “will receive an apology, back pay and rank that they lost.”
