{"id":47652,"date":"2026-04-21T14:13:37","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T14:13:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/04\/21\/hegseth-flu-vaccine-optional-u-s-department-of-war-gov\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T14:13:37","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T14:13:37","slug":"hegseth-flu-vaccine-optional-u-s-department-of-war-gov","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/04\/21\/hegseth-flu-vaccine-optional-u-s-department-of-war-gov\/","title":{"rendered":"Hegseth: Flu Vaccine Optional &#8211; U.S. Department of War (.gov)"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMilgFBVV95cUxPel9MWEE2TllIWVR5TFFqY1U0bzN2aXVSODFiN3lMRFBENTlOT0libDBGS0dTV2tnVjJZZFkxMklNeGR2YWxTc25TUTM1aUE3cG44VVg1Wl92Mnl4QnVoOGpqSmhZb1hBSjhWRWVuUnFOOU1pNnpnSUpRaFNrNmFES0JIRnh3UHlhT1IwcWxFQVlaQ3ZSWEE?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Hegseth: Flu Vaccine Optional<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">U.S. Department of War (.gov)<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMikwFBVV95cUxPaVpMTlZsX0NqQWpJYVo5ZTVGcXBtN0Y4UmVKMlp3UlRaWTVsckZMT3cxT0FWVGJ0ckZTTDFYWFZBUXgxakhfOGl2QXItSDlBRVhlV0g1Ymt1dGYxemRrVDVIU21VcnhwQzYyWVRXMGZWRHEyVnhSNDViTDNYd1FFcy1LLUZBXzFqOExXYjhtUkVFalU?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Annual flu vaccine no longer required for U.S. military, Hegseth says<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The Washington Post<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiyAFBVV95cUxNV1VBVzVkVUVEaWcwVU1vQ0hGZzRPUmJ5Smktd3BqWnVYOGpXS2Q1YTJKa2x3eklGMmc2UHR1OFZlVWZBZ3JzMDlUSVZTUWNvOFBpRU55Ny1CT1NWVWZpeDdkUU5jZ0M2LTBvWEgxVzIxU3UxVkIxcmdPLUR5Q2tSempCMXF3bFBnMnBHYXJnUkpyX0Q5RGdiQ0tPM0VEWENKNFQwem8zNVBGRVROR29xU2NKNmZlU1F2bjEyUWVuY2x6MkRWMHc5Zw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Flu vaccine requirement discarded \u2018effective immediately,\u2019 Hegseth says<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Military Times<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMitgFBVV95cUxPbTdzWHNfQTFYc2I2TlhDQVNxeE5oMUxOY3VIQ3N2YkZPU1AyMGUxc09XSGRWYV9HSEdiOTdzRkRlSmJHQ0hTWVBVaDMycW5rS19mWkxFaS1RNGtDWTVGN2huSTNUWmxQWlNkOGQyVlgwc3pTU3NsNkthQ0hGcWlPdHpGUzdfSjlrRVN3bG9TUzVyTFQxTzZpY3ZfS2hKcC0tLVh1cmsyWHpDZzV6RjB4NWpVOERGUQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Pentagon to Stop Requiring Members of Military to Get Flu Vaccines<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The New York Times<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.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?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">GOP Armed Services chair warns ending mandatory military flu shots \u2018a mistake\u2019<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The Hill<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hegseth: Flu Vaccine Optional&nbsp;&nbsp;U.S. Department of War (.gov) Annual flu vaccine no longer required for U.S. military, Hegseth says&nbsp;&nbsp;The Washington Post Flu vaccine requirement discarded&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/04\/21\/hegseth-flu-vaccine-optional-u-s-department-of-war-gov\/\" class=\"read-more\">[more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47652","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47652","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47652"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47652\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47652"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47652"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47652"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}