The Pentagon is trying to woo back to the military thousands of service members involuntarily discharged over refusing to get the COVID-19 vaccination, starting with “letters of apology” sent this week,

Some 8,700 service members who were fired by the Biden administration for refusing to get COVID-19 vaccines are invited back to their former positions.

The Pentagon and service branches are ramping up efforts to get the word out that service members who refused to take the coronavirus vaccine and want to return to the military have until next April to pursue reinstatement,