Both Navy and Marine Corps have removed punitive policies for those seeking religious exemptions to vaccination.
1, the damage is done. Those guys are not going to forget what their branch put them through.
2, Why does it have to be a religious exemption? Not that anybody got one. But why is "Saw my buddy get sick from it, and it doesn't stop the disease, so no thanks" less valid than "The Invisible Man in the sky wouldn't approve?"
I didn't hear Jocko say a word about the seal vaccination fiasco. Maybe I missed it. But seems like it was just too radioactive for him.