Veterans and current members of the U.S. military who refused to submit to the once-mandatory Covid shot are hurt, some say “morally injured,” by the mandate’s lingering consequences. They hope the Department of Defense, and its likely new Secretary Pete Hegseth, will restore a culture that respects religious freedom within the ranks.
During his Tuesday confirmation hearing, Hegseth showed he understands how the military culture has changed.
“… I’d been identified as an extremist, as someone unworthy of guarding the inauguration of an incoming American president,” Hegseth said Tuesday. “And if that’s happening to me … how many other men and women? How many other patriots? How many other people of conscience? We haven’t even talked about Covid, and the tens of thousands of service
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