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1. TELEVISION: Which TV sitcom features a
French bulldog named Stella?
2. GEOGRAPHY: What is the capital of
Algeria?
3. MUSIC: Which famous song starts with the Beef & Chicken Marinated in Authentic Mexican Seasonings
line, “I read the news today, oh boy ...”?
4. MOVIES: Who wrote “Hedwig’s Theme,”
the main music in the Harry Potter movies?
5. FOOD & DRINK: What is the origin of
popcorn?
6. HISTORY: Where was Napoleon Bonaparte
exiled to after his defeat in 1815?
7. LITERATURE: Who wrote the novel “The
Sound and the Fury”?
8. ANATOMY: What are the smallest blood
vessels called?
9. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE: In what year
did the international version of TikTok
launch?
10. SCIENCE: What substance makes plants
green?

ANSWERS 7. William Faulkner. 8. Capillaries. 9. 2017. 10. The pigment chlorophyll. ping corn. 6. The remote island of St. Helena.

4. Composer John Williams.
1. “Modern Family.” 2. Algiers.
(c) 2025 King Features Synd., Inc. 3. “ A Day in the Life,” The Beatles. 5. Indigenous people in the Americas mastered the art of pop-

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Defense Secretary didn’t have the authority to had you not been involuntarily discharged.
make the demand for vaccination, that the man-
date hadn’t come from an executive order. If you were discharged for refusing the
In 2023 that mandate was rescinded. Too COVID vaccine and if your file still shows a less
late for many already separated from the service.
The rescinded mandate didn’t have much to of- than honorable discharge because of it, you can
INVOLUNTARY DISCHARGE FOR VAX fer -- it didn’t include back pay or a restoration
REFUSAL? of benefits. In January of this year an executive ask for a review from a Discharge Review Board
If you stood your ground and did what you order called for reinstatement in the service,
thought was right in refusing the COVID vac- along with back pay and benefits to be paid. or Board for Correction of Military or Naval
cine, you might have thought your veterans In April there was a change in policy (cour-
benefits were lost forever when you were invol- tesy of another executive order) that saw the Records. You have until April 2026 to get that
untarily discharged. There’s been a change. DoD having to send out apologies to all those done.
It’s been a long five years. If you were discharged under that mandate, as well as giv-
bounced out of the service for your refusal, you ing information on how to get the back pay and If you need more information, go online to
weren’t alone. Over 8,000 service members were possibly return to service. Their “welcome back”
in that group, and half were saddled with a less campaign included phone calls, emails and www.milreviewbds.mil.
than honorable discharge label. notes on social media that all indicated that they
There went the benefits -- and there were would be delighted to have you back -- as well
legal challenges, of course; one being that the as give you the money you would have received (c) 2025 King Features Synd., Inc.