Pentagon Has Rescinded COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate: Spokesman

U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin speaks during a meeting with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi at the Pentagon in Washington on Dec. 14, 2022. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images

The U.S. Department of Defense has withdrawn its COVID-19 vaccine mandate, a Pentagon official said on Jan. 5.

“We have rescinded the mandate,” Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder told reporters during a briefing.