now they're targeting soldiers for refusing the covid vaccine. for thousands of men and women who have actually applied for religious exemptions from the military and they don't want to take the jab, they thought it was completely unnecessary, but out of the 16,000 plus who applied, only 15 were granted those approvals. i should note that the exemptions were only granted in the last few weeks. in the preceding month, not a single exemption was even issued by the biden administration. worse, the service members who would not get the vaxx were treated like pariahs, and that includes my next guest. joining me now is nikolai's, former west point cadet. i know you did not apply the exemption. you just got fed up because you refuse to get vaccinated. tell us how this all went down and what the thoughts are of your former fellow cadets.