The former US troops who were forced out of the military under the Biden administration’s vaccine mandate policy are now suing the government for billions in lost pay and benefits over the matter, a policy which the government has since backtracked on.
The attorneys involved are Attorney Dale Saran, a retired Marine, and also Andy Meyer and Brandon Johnson. The three have launched three separate lawsuits against the government for backpay and benefits for troops, and they hope to turn the three separate cases into one massive class action lawsuit that they claim will be worth billions.
Saran, speaking to Breitbart about the matter, said that between 80,000 and 100,000 active duty and National Guard troops were involved in the matter and that “It’s worth billions. That’s just flat-out. That’s what it is in backpay. It’s billions of dollars.”
The website for the legal team launching the lawsuit provides, as an introduction, “We are lawyers representing former service members who were discharged for failing to comply with the now-rescinded DoD Covid-19 Vaccine Mandate. Our goal is to obtain back pay and other relief from the Court of Federal Claims for everyone discharged from regardless of branch of service and including National Guard, Reserves or Active Duty.”
Explaining the suite of cases with which the lawyers are attempting to get backpay and benefits for those troops forced out over the policy, the legal website provided, “There are three lawsuits seeking back pay and other relief for those discharged for failing to comply with the DoD’s now-rescinded Covid-19 Vaccine Mandate. Bassen includes all former service members (except Coast Guard) who were on Title 10 active duty orders when discharged, Regular or Reserve (i.e. “federalized”). Botello includes all service members (except Coast Guard) on Title 32 Orders in the National Guard or Reserve (i.e. “non-federalized” or “Militia”) when discharged or moved to the “IRR.” Finally, the Harkins case includes all former members of the Coast Guard when discharged, Active or Reserve.”
Continuing, they then go on to explain the background to the case and the problem the general situation presents for US national security. “Since August 2021, up to 100,000 or more members of the Armed Services were wrongfully discharged, kicked off active-duty, forced into early retirement, involuntarily transferred to the inactive ready reserve, or were denied pay or retirement benefits due to Department of Defense’s (“DoD”) COVID-19 vaccine mandate and refusing to take unlicensed, experimental vaccines. This is the greatest reduction in force since the end of the Cold War and likely the greatest self-inflicted threat to national security and military readiness in our Nation’s history,” it provides.
“Congress ordered the DoD to rescind the COVID-19 mandate in January 2023. Unfortunately, Congress did not explicitly order the miliary to provide back pay and financial compensation for all the service members and veterans harmed by the mandate. The Military Backpay legal team is seeking to rectify this injustice. To date, we have filed three class actions in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims seeking back pay and other compensation, as well as reinstatement and other non-monetary relief, for all current or former members of the U.S. Armed Forces harmed by the illegal COVID-19 vaccine mandate,” it concludes.
Explaining the Court of Claims and why it is the proper legal venue for this, Saran told Breitbart, “The Court of Claims has been around since the Reconstruction Era. It’s a very old court and kind of a weird one. But in any event, you can go there if you’ve got a claim and say, ‘Hey, I was illegally discharged, or the military did something to impede my pay,’ or whatever. The Court of Claims is where you go.”
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