Facing a questionable order, a service member’s first responsibility is to get clarification from their chain of command, she said. Following that, they should seek guidance from a military chaplain or a member of the judge advocate general’s corps.
However, given that one of the first acts of incoming secretary of defense Pete Hegseth was to fire or demoting legal advisors to the service branches, there are concerns that the JAG corps is becoming politicized, too.
Gray further expressed alarm that many military lawyers are quitting the service. “It’s important to have good people who have integrity in these positions, because if you get rid of everybody who could even question, you really got a problem.”
She urged active-duty senior leadership to publicly reaffirm their oath to the constitution and their political neutrality. “You don’t want the American people to think … the military is going to change based on [who’s in charge],” she said.
Kevin Courtney, an attorney with the Military Law Center and a former Marine captain, warns that the current political discourse around unlawful orders puts junior service members in a dangerous position.
Trump’s intervention is “a dangerous comment for the president to start getting into, literally the politics of whether service members should be following rules or not.”
HERE'S THE STATEMENT THAT BACKS MY CONCERNS.....INEXPERIENCE,NO REAL LEADERSHIP....GREY AREA? YA I WOULD SAY SO AND THAT SHOULD SCARE THE SHIT OUT OF EVERY AMERICAN CITIZEN......MACRO THINKING IS NONE EXISTENT IN OUR PRESENT GOVERNMENT....BE VERY AWARE....WAIT AND WATCH
GEE, I GUESS 'MISSION ACCOMPLISHED;' WAS ONE OF THE BEST WARS WE WON? LET'S BRING THE STORY FORWARD INTO MOST RECENT TIMES, NOT ANCIENT HISTORY.....VIETNAM WAS SUCH A VICTORY WASN'T IT?'.......AND NOW, WE HAVE A GLOBAL ARENA THAT IS NOT REAL KEEN ON AMERICA....WATCH WHAT HAPPENS....
Remember when Joe Biden thought it was a good idea to pull the troops and abandon our military base in Afghanistan, before Americans and allies were removed? There has never been a more stupid move made by a US president. Then when the 13 dead soldiers were returned to our soil, Joe was so bored that he looked at his watch every time a body was pulled from the plane.
50 years of experience “serving” the American people. Who’s the next Democrat leader that has the experience to leader the military and our country… AOC? Newsome?
The left is angry because they are now being judged by the content of their character and not by the color of their skin.
