You can refuse, but you will be discharged under article 15 of the UCMJ. So, in effect that is how you quit. The military will make every minute as painful as possible on the way out the door. That's how they enforce compliance.
Refusing a vaccine is more likely to lead to a medical board, not a punitive discharge. Unless Biden wants to change the rules.
If you go back in history to those discharged over the anthrax vaccine you'll see there is a precedent for punitive discharge over vaccine refusal.
Currently, the vax is listed as experimental. Seen way too many head shed emails stating that explicitly and that vaccinations are strongly recommended, that is why we are not seeing units have wholesale njp or summary courts martial for not getting vaccinated. When the vax gets past the experimental stage, that is when it becomes mandatory.
I'm on active duty, I understand the current status and what will happen once there is a presidential order or full FDA approval is granted
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