EXCLUSIVE — The Coast Guard reinstated more than 50 members who were separated after refusing to take the COVID-19 vaccine without an approved exemption, a Department of Homeland Security official told the Washington Examiner on Tuesday.

A three-member panel of the Coast Guard Board for Correction of Military Records voted in favor of DHS Secretary Kristi Noem’s recommendation on Feb. 12 to reinstate 56 people who were discharged from the organization, according to the final decision.