Pete Hegseth Scraps Mandatory Flu Shots for U.S. Service Members

Hegseth announces end to military flu vaccine requirement: ‘We will not force you’

War Secretary Pete Hegseth announced the end of the Pentagon's long-running flu vaccine mandate for US troops, saying on X that service members would no longer be forced to take the annual flu shot.

Flu Vaccine No Longer Mandated for US Troops, Hegseth Says

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says the U.S. military will no longer mandate the flu vaccine for American troops.

Flu vaccine no longer mandated for US troops, Hegseth says

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Tuesday that the U.S. military will no longer require all American troops to get the flu vaccine.

Pete Hegseth scraps mandatory flu shots for U.S. service members

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said U.S. service members will no longer be required to get annual flu shots.

US military service members will no longer be required to get annual flu shot

Defense secretary Pete Hegseth makes announcement and calls military’s flu vaccine mandate ‘broad’ and ‘not rational’Members of the armed services will no longer be required to have an annual flu vaccination shot under a new policy announced Tuesday by Pete Hegseth, the US defense secretary.In a video statement posted to social media, Hegseth described the mandate as “overly broad” and “not rational” and the decision to drop the vaccine requirem…

Hegseth cancels ‘absurd’ flu vaccine requirement for ‘brave warriors’ in military

Hegseth described his latest directive as ‘restoring’ what he called ‘simple medical autonomy’ in response to the Biden administration’s Covid-19 policies