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The Hill: The Pentagon is trying to woo back to the military thousands of service members involuntarily discharged over refusing to get the COVID-19 vaccination, starting with “letters of apology” sent this week, according to the defense official overseeing the effort. President Trump, in Jan. 27 executive order, stipulated that the booted service members could be brought back with full back pay and benefits, with an easier medical screening.

[Which is itself a lie:] rather than receiving a large windfall of back pay, troops, airmen and sailors would be given a sum that allows them to “stand financially in the same position they would have stood in had they never been discharged.” That figure would be reached by taking into account all basic pay, food and housing allowances and bonuses they would have received if never booted. But any dollar they’ve earned while out of the military as well as Department of Veterans’ Affairs payments or benefits given in that time would be deducted from that sum.
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Why would the military be desperately trying to grow their ranks with people that bought into right wing conspiracies enough to disobey lawful orders? hmmm?