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AI Summary: This is a policy document, specifically an Executive Order. This regulation provides a mechanism for reinstating military service members who were discharged solely for refusing the COVID-19 vaccine. The order directs the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Homeland Security to make reinstatement available to all active and reserve members who were discharged for vaccine refusal and who request reinstatement. Reinstated service members will be able to revert to their former rank and receive full back pay, benefits, bonus payments, and compensation. Additionally, service members who voluntarily left or allowed their service to lapse due to the vaccine mandate can return to service without impact to their service status, rank, or pay. The order requires the Secretaries to report on their implementation progress within 60 days and emphasizes that it does not prevent disciplinary action for other conduct under the Uniform Code of Military Justice. The document also includes standard legal provisions about severability and implementation, and explicitly states that it does not create enforceable legal rights.