2026年4月21日 / 美国东部时间上午11:06 / 哥伦比亚广播公司新闻
华盛顿讯 —— 国防部长皮特·赫格斯瑟周二宣布，美国国防部将不再要求美军官兵每年接种流感疫苗。
赫格斯瑟在X平台发布的视频中表示，官兵可自主选择是否接种流感疫苗，五角大楼不再强制要求接种。
他说：“认为无论在任何地点、任何情况、任何时刻，所有服役人员都必须强制接种流感疫苗，这种想法过于宽泛且不合理。”
赫格斯瑟表示，取消流感疫苗强制令是特朗普政府“为我们的联合部队恢复自由与实力”举措的一部分。
他说：“我们正抓住这个时机，摒弃那些只会削弱我们作战能力的荒谬、过度的强制令。其中就包括全民流感疫苗接种及其强制要求。”
赫格斯瑟周一签署的一份备忘录显示，“即日起，所有现役和预备役部队成员以及国防部文职人员的年度流感疫苗接种均为自愿行为。”
此次政策调整之前，五角大楼已开始放宽对所有现役及预备役军人的季节性流感疫苗接种要求。2025年5月29日的一份备忘录中，国防部副部长史蒂夫·范伯格写道，国防部将“仅在季节性流感疫苗接种最直接有助于部队战备状态时，才要求服役人员接种，以此节约资源”。
该指令规定，仅服役满30天的预备役人员需要接种流感疫苗，五角大楼也不再为预备役人员或国民警卫队成员自行接种疫苗的时间支付报酬。
负责制定并落实海、陆战队公共卫生政策的海军与陆战队部队健康保护司令部表示，季节性流感疫苗接种“是降低严重流感风险、避免任务延误，同时降低部队感染风险的最有效防控措施”。该机构警告称，由于流感传播速度快，疫情“可能大范围暴发，并对海军和陆战队的部队战备状态及任务执行造成不利影响”。
在拜登政府执政期间，五角大楼也曾要求所有美军官兵接种新冠疫苗。约8700名现役及预备役军人因拒绝接种新冠疫苗，自愿或非自愿离开军队，该强制令于2023年被撤销。
特朗普连任总统后不久，便签署行政命令，允许因拒绝接种新冠疫苗而被退伍的军人恢复军籍。截至去年8月，尽管已有数百人提出申请，但仅有不到24名军人得以复职。
Pete Hegseth scraps mandatory flu shots for U.S. service members
April 21, 2026 / 11:06 AM EDT / CBS News
Washington — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Tuesday that the Department of Defense will no longer mandate U.S. service members to receive the flu shot each year.
In a video posted to X, Hegseth said troops will be free to choose whether to get vaccinated against the flu, and the shot will not be required by the Pentagon.
“The notion that a flu vaccine must be mandatory for every service member everywhere in every circumstance at all times is just overly broad and not rational,” he said.
Hegseth said the decision to end the flu-vaccination mandate is part of the Trump administration’s effort to “restore freedom and strength to our joint force.”
“We’re seizing this moment to discard any absurd, overreaching mandates that only weaken our war-fighting capabilities. In this case, this includes the universal flu vaccine and the mandate behind it,” he said.
A memorandum signed by Hegseth on Monday states that “effective immediately, the annual influenza vaccine is voluntary for all Active and Reserve Component Service members” and civilians working for the Defense Department.
The shift comes after the Pentagon began moving away from its requirement that all service members — active duty and reservists — receive a seasonal flu shot. In a May 29, 2025, memo, Deputy Secretary of Defense Steve Feinberg wrote that the department would “conserve its resources by requiring seasonal flu vaccination for service members only when doing so most directly contributes to readiness.”
The directive states that only reserve troops activated for at least 30 days would be required to receive flu shots, and the Pentagon would no longer pay reservists or members of the National Guard for their time spent getting the vaccine on their own.
The Navy and Marine Corps Force Health Protection Command, which develops and shapes public health for those services, states that seasonal flu vaccination “is the most effective control measure to reduce the risk of severe influenza and mission degradation, minimizing the risk to force.” The organization warns that because the flu can spread quickly, outbreaks “may be widespread and can adversely impact Navy and Marine Corps force readiness and mission execution.”
Under the Biden administration, the Pentagon also required the COVID-19 vaccine for all service members. Roughly 8,700 active duty and reserve troops voluntarily or involuntarily left the military after refusing to get vaccinated against the coronavirus, and the mandate was rescinded in 2023.
Soon after the start of President Trump’s second term, he signed an executive order making reinstatement available to troops who were discharged for refusing the COVID shot. As of last August, less than two dozen service members had been reinstated, though hundreds had applied.
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