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Today, we are sharing the story of another resilient warrior who was negatively impacted by the COVID-19 vaccine mandate, Kennie Kelly. Chief Warrant Officer 5 Kelly, a Master Aviator, was involuntarily separated in September 2022 after refusing to take the COVID-19 vaccine. Following the release of EO 14184, he worked directly with the dedicated @USArmy COVID-19 Reinstatement & Reconciliation Task Force to return to service. With support from the Task Force - and under the leadership of @SecWar & @SecArmy - CW5 Kelly was reinstated in February 2026 with full relief, including backpay, duty station preference, entitlements, benefits, and constructive service credit. He now serves alongside his three sons, each carving their own path in the @USArmy, @USNavy & @USAirForce. Said CW5 Kelly, “Putting the uniform back on is an absolute honor that truly feels like coming home. Though the COVID separation was a difficult chapter, it ultimately deepened my dedication to the @DeptofWar mission and the nation I serve.” Welcome back, CW5 Kelly. Hooah!


JUST IN: Tensions flare between the CIA and Sen. Rand Paul over a COVID-19 whistleblower hearing. The agency is reportedly “not happy,” accusing Paul of acting in bad faith as he pushes forward with testimony tied to the virus’s origins. Paul fires back, telling @BillMelugin_ the CIA needs to “obey the law” after Congress passed a measure to declassify COVID intelligence—arguing there’s no reason for continued secrecy.








This will be a long one. But I’m actually gonna cut in here a bit. @USW_PR_HONTata ‘s team has done a metric ton here. I do remember SECWAR saying at the all hands COVID meeting that “The only way we lose is if we stop fighting”. I must say, with experience now, that the ability of the Pentagon bureaucracy to morph, adjust, and fight back… is something I’ve never seen before. It is the ultimate example of Machiavellian obstruction. Imagine someone with the attitude of a DMV worker but with 140 IQ. That’s your average senior bureaucrat. I’m not trying to make excuses here, but sometimes new fronts need to be opened up. Maybe that’s what this is about. But to say it should have been Tata’s job doesn’t sit well with me. Because they’ve done A LOT. Let’s be honest here and see this problem clearly: the moral injury sustained by the COVID cohort is among the worst, if not THE worst in American military history. The finest America had to offer were ousted, ostracized, insulted, and left for dead. Tens of thousands of them. The anger to fix things quickly is justified. The anger for justice, is justified. Everyone asks “How come they could kick us out in the street in two weeks but can’t reinstate us inside of 2 years?” And it’s a fair question. Because it is always easier to destroy than to create. It is always so much faster to blow something up. Couple that with the fact that, in my opinion, many bureaucrats are ardently ideological (not in a good way), and we have a situation where we are relying on the arsonist to help put out the fire. TLDR; Tata et al have done far more than people realize. Short of assembling mass gallows in the pentagon courtyard and hanging everyone involved, the battle to make everyone whole is a slog. I hate it. I hate the bureaucracy. I am its sworn enemy. I have personally sparred with it at scale. And I’m here to tell you that SECWAR’s words were correct. “The only way we lose is if we stop fighting.” So the fight continues. But I’m not going to assign blame to a battering ram that can’t breach a castle gate. No. I’m going to give it more oomph. Because blaming it is like a rocking chair. It gives us something to do, but it doesn’t get us anywhere. And I thank USW-PR for executing the siege as effectively as they have. And they aren’t even done.








This memo often doesn’t get talked about enough. Dr. David Smith, the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (Health Readiness Policy and Oversight) while Terry Adirim was the Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs, sent an action memo to her which stated, “the memorandum adds a statement that a Service member, after medical counseling, declines administration of the EUA-manufactured Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine but will accept the BLA-manufactured product. The Department of Defense health care providers should engage with their logistics chain to secure and administer the BLA-manufactured Pfizer-BioNTech/Comirnaty® product prior to any punitive action being taken against the Service member.” This was an attempt to bring her memo, which unlawfully directed the EUA and FDA vaccines be used interchangeably, into legal compliance. It was ultimately shot down, and one of the non concur responses stated, “the memo states the vaccines can be used interchangeably; however, this paragraph would suggest DoD considers them different, and as different, cannot carry out punitive action against the Service member until they have the opportunity for a BLA-manufactured vaccine. **This subverts our current DAF vaccination mandate and may open up the Air Force for increased litigation from individuals who have been mandated since 24 August to be vaccinated.** If there is no difference that can otherwise be communicated, we recommend non-concur with this paragraph as it subverts current policy. We are all operating under the belief that the lot issue is a distinction without a difference from a health/safety/medical/legal perspective. As the services have taken action, possibly include adverse action, based on a belief that the distinction is one without meaningful difference, OSD retrenchment signifying that the distinction does matter would probably require significant remedial actions.” The Air Force was more concerned about the potential for increased litigation from service members than they were about following the law. This is one of the more glaring examples of the internal struggle most never saw as members within the DOD and government waged an internal war over the illegality of forcing service members to take EUA vaccines due to no FDA approved vaccines having been produced.







Cadets facing serious health issues like cancer, strokes, and severe pain post-vaccination are being dismissed. Blind obedience to directives like "shots in arms" is harming our own people. A tactical pause is needed to re-evaluate current practices. #HealthAlert #MedicalFreedom








