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Military advocate hopes Trump ends 'travesty of liberalism' at Pentagon

Military advocate hopes Trump ends 'travesty of liberalism' at Pentagon


Military advocate hopes Trump ends 'travesty of liberalism' at Pentagon

A military-related organization, which advocates for service members booted for refusing the COVID-19 shot, is hoping for restoration for many of them during the incoming Trump administration.

With the election of Donald Trump, there is renewed optimism among many the United States will once again be respected by our allies, and feared by our enemies. There is also hope our weakened, woke-obsessed armed forces will improve its dismal recruiting numbers.

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Derek Jones, executive director of Chaplain Alliance for Religious Liberty, tells AFN the religious liberty group is grateful for Trump’s election because Alliance is currently working on behalf of service members who were booted over the COVID shot.

“It's actually happening now,” he tells AFN.

“It might be accelerated, and do better with the Trump administration making right those wrongs as best as we can,” Jones adds. “But let there be no mistake: We will never be able to get back to those members what they lost.”

During the COVID-19 pandemic, the Pentagon mandated the experimental shot for the entire armed forces in the fall of 2021. A vast majority of military members rolled up a sleeve, but approximately 10,000 service members refused to do so and were discharged for disobeying the order.

Thanks to lawsuits and legal discovery, service members also eventually learned the military branches ignored and rejected almost every religious exemption request that was made.

The military’s vaccine mandate was eventually rescinded by Congress in January 2023, in the annual National Defense Authorization Act, but a CNN story reported only 43 punished service members had returned and put on a uniform nine months later.

After the defense bill was signed by President Biden, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin (pictured at left) was forced to officially rescind the vaccine mandate.

When he did so, Austin also claimed in a statement the vaccine mandate “will leave a lasting legacy in the many lives we saved, the world-class force we have been able to field, and the high level of readiness we have maintained, amidst difficult public health conditions.”

Austin, who was vaccinated against the virus and had two boosters, caught it twice in eight months.

 According to Jones, himself a former Air Force fighter pilot, he feels pity for patriotic service members who are victims of the Biden administration.

“It’s a tragedy, and it's a travesty of liberalism and extreme left thought, that tends to be anti-military in the first place,” he complains. “They are going to be forever victims of a woke, far-left administration."