Well, the military is a completely separate detail.
And the applause from the left is deafening. 85 says "it's the law". Big gay Mike says "where can I find more jerk off memes".
They require smallpox and other vaccines, many of which are either not required or even a few that cannot be mandated, by civilian organizations and entities. That's how the US military can force various things on service personnel, although the US DoD and VA ultimately becomes fiscally liable for them too.
In fact, this is where the Biden administration is running into trouble ... not only on non-federal contract employers, but even federal contractor employers too. Employees of those entities have far more rights than federal employees, let alone the military.
E.g., the smallpox vaccine causes heart enlargement and other complications at the same rate as several of the current mRNA SARS-CoV-2 vaccines. That's why it's not recommended as a general vaccine ... especially among the most fit and healthy of the US population.
What's become comical is how we keep thinking an endemic disease that will be with us for decades can somehow be stopped by not just vaccines, but worse yet, re-vaccination over and over and over again ... with increased periodicness.The rest of us see that this shit is weakening our country and it is by design.
I'm glad more are seeing this for what it is ... a crapshoot with no scientific foundation.