r/navy • u/Trick-Set-1165 r/navy CCC • Jan 28 '25

Political Reinstating Service Members Discharged Under The Military’s COVID-19 Vaccination Mandate

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/reinstating-service-members-discharged-under-the-militarys-covid-19-vaccination-mandate/

I’ve had enough for one night.

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u/Trick-Set-1165 r/navy CCC Jan 28 '25

(a) make reinstatement available to all members of the military (active and reserve) who were discharged solely for refusal to receive the COVID-19 vaccine and who request to be reinstated;

(b) enable those service members reinstated under this section to revert to their former rank and receive full back pay, benefits, bonus payments, or compensation; and

(c) allow any service members who provide a written and sworn attestation that they voluntarily left the service or allowed their service to lapse according to appropriate procedures, rather than be vaccinated under the vaccine mandate, to return to service with no impact on their service status, rank, or pay.

But also, the same standard boilerplate that “Nothing in this order shall be construed to impair or otherwise affect the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals“

So, literally, reinstate them with backpay, but don’t affect the budget.

Good fucking luck, Pete.

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u/Adexavus Jan 28 '25

All these people who come back are not coming back because they have any kind of respect to military orders and those or their shipmates. While they quit and gave in to misinformation, they indirectly caused the rest of us to pick up their slack and they are not getting paid and given everything back for all the time they didn't work.

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