WASHINGTON - Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin is expected Friday to announce a mandatory vaccine policy for all active-duty forces in the U.S.
military.The directive for all 1.3 million service members to get shots in their arms comes one day after President Biden urged all federal employees to get vaccinated.
In a speech last week, Biden said he was directing the Defense Department to examine how to make the COVID-19 vaccine mandatory. RELATED: Biden calls on resistant governors to 'get out of the way' of COVID-19 vaccine pushThe Department of Justice was also asked by the president to look into the legality of mandating for the military a vaccine that has yet to be approved by the Food and Drug Administration.