Key Highlights
- Under Secretary of the Navy Hung Cao emphasized that the Department of War is committed to "righting past wrongs" and welcoming back former service members who were dismissed during the pandemic."To the sailors and marines who were wrongfully discharged during COVID, we failed you," Hung said in a video posted on X.
- "We will never allow this to happen again, not on my watch.
- We are ready for you to come back, and we want to correct your records." Cao, the Department of the Navy’s chief operating and chief management officer, overseeing roughly one million Navy, Marine Corps and civilian personnel, acknowledged the impact of the mandate on those it forced out.
- HEGSETH ORDERS ABOUT FACE ON PENTAGON'S SLIPPING GROOMING STANDARDS Under Secretary of the Navy Hung Cao appeared in a video discussing the Navy’s apology letter to former service members.
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