Thousands of soldiers were discharged for refusing the COVID vaccine, but only 650 are interested in returning to their jobs now—even with Trump’s promise of back pay
Trump argued the vaccine mandate wrongly pushed troops out and suggested that many would return.
Col. Dave Butler, Army spokesman, said more than half of the approximately 1,900 soldiers discharged have been contacted either by phone or email. And of those, about 200 have expressed interest in returning to the service.
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