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You're allowed to complain in the military. There are extensive internal bureaucracies just to accommodate complaints. EO, SHARP/SAPR, IG, command climate surveys, congressional inquiries, open door policies (mandatory), sensing sessions, requesting mast... there is quite a lot of mechanism for complaint and due process in the military.

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> there is quite a lot of mechanism for complaint and due process in the military.

Sure, and sometimes that due process ends at "do it". That's been the case for vaccinations for quite a few decades, and hasn't historically been much of an issue for folks.

The military has had an exemption process for vaccines since long before COVID.

Yes, and if you were fine with the ~20 or so you get at basic, but suddenly decided you don't like vaccines with COVID, you're not getting one.

https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/17/politics/us-military-religiou...

> The US military has approved religious exemptions to its Covid-19 vaccine mandate for 15 service members out of approximately 16,000 requests, according to the latest data from the services.

That wasn't the comment though. The comment was "That's [do it] been the case for vaccinations for quite a few decades" I'm saying that there has been an exemption process for vaccinations.

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