A flu outbreak sickened 159 recruits at Lackland Air Force Base weeks after Hegseth declared "no vaccines for troops" The post Hegseth Said “No Vaccines for Troops” then 160 US Troops got Sick with ...
Two months after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth made the flu vaccine optional in the military, an outbreak prompted several branches to make it mandatory again.
Since 1945, the U.S. military mandated flu vaccines—until Hegseth changed things earlier this year.