I'm a little surprised by that myself, but I think what's happening is this actually in a related article: https://www.militarytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/

I'm a little surprised by that myself, but I think what's happening is this actually in a related article: https://www.militarytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2022/02/18/could-the-supreme-court-strike-down-the-militarys-vaccination-mandate/ https://www.militarytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2022/02... What the government will have to prove, in both cases, is that while it’s granted thousands of medical and administrative exemptions ― though many of those are temporary ― that the high bar for approval of religious exemptions is necessary for keeping the force healthy and deployable. Basically, the military has a mechanism to offer exemption to vaccination for various circumstances. There's an argument being made that their mechanism for exemption on religious grounds is too high. While these arguments are ongoing, the military is being told they cannot discharge the CO, which is where this article comes in. Ultimately, this decision probably doesn't matter since this will quickly escalate to a federal appeal at which point the decision is obvious. Florida can say what it wants in the meantime.