No. of Recommendations: 7
We have an all volunteer military. Nobody coerced these men and women to join. And each of them, of their own free will, swore an oth- to support and defend the Constitution of the United States, and will obey the orders of the President of the United States and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to regulations and the Uniform Code of Military Justice..
The order was issued to take the vaccine. All 2.83 million service members complied with the order- except the 8000 who disobeyed the direct, lawful order issued by those appointed as officers over them
They broke their promise. They broke the code, and there were consequences for that. That’s how the military remains the military and not a mob.
This.
We can argue about requiring civilians to get the shot, but in the military it was a lawful order that had to be carried out. You don't have the option to refuse in the military. Those 8000 got off lucky. As I recall, they received honorable discharges. That wouldn't have happened when I was in. You would have had "bad paper" (dishonorable), which means you would never want to claim military service on a resume, because if they check and see the "dishonorable", you're hosed.
