On August 9, 2021 President Biden announced his “support” for the Department of Defense to mandated the emergency use authorised COVID-19 vaccine for the military – stating “These vaccines will save lives. Period. They are safe. They are effective.” On July 29, 2021 Biden had ordered the military to start taking steps toward vaccine mandates.
Though there were great concerns for adverse effect from the shots. [8, 9] More than 60,000 military personnel refused the jab and were “cut off from their military benefits”.
On August 24, 2021 the Secretary of Defense announced [1] that COVID-19 vaccinations are mandated for US Service Members, on the premise that “mandatory COVID-19 vaccinations for service members are necessary to protect the health and readiness of the force.” [2, 4]
On November 30, 2022 it was reported that more than 20 Republican governors were calling on Congress to remove and prohibit the Biden administration’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for members of the U.S. armed services.
By January 11, 2023 the mandates ended [3] despite the White House and Pentagon wanting them to stay. [5, 6, 7]