Trump's week in review: Crackdown on healthcare fraud, Coast Guard members reinstated
2. Coast Guard reinstates 56 members discharged under Biden for refusing COVID-19 shots
In a statement published Tuesday, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced that it has reinstated 56 members of the U.S. Coast Guard who were discharged for refusing the COVID-19 injections required by the Biden administration.
The 56 members of the U.S. Coast Guard were reinstated to their former positions by the DHS Board for Correction of Military Records earlier this month at the recommendation of DHS Secretary Kristi Noem. The members of the Coast Guard harmed by the Biden administration's decision had their dismissals removed from their records.
“56 members of the United States Coast Guard who were kicked out of the service over the COVID-19 vaccine have finally been reinstated with back pay — this is a victory for religious, personal, and medical freedom for all Americans — both in and out of uniform. The last administration’s vaccine mandates were unconstitutional, un-American, and a gross violation of personal freedom. It was no way to treat the men and women who put everything on the line to keep our country safe.”
Noem thanked Trump for “righting these wrongs and returning those unjustly removed members to service,” adding, “This decision to reinstate these members of the Coast Guard is a major step in the right direction.”
The reinstatement of the Coast Guard members comes over a year after Trump issued an executive order that made reinstatement available to service members discharged for declining to take the COVID-19 injections.
Ryan Foley is a reporter for The Christian Post. He can be reached at: ryan.foley@christianpost.com
