Xenophon
Gone and forgotten
Unlike these pretender clowns, i know the correct procedure in such a case.You are full of shit.
There is no 'peer presure' to follow illeagal orders you dimwit.
It is your DUTY NOT TO OBEY an illegal order.
I agree that it's a duty not to obey an illegal order. But what if there's disagreement as to whether an order is legal or illegal?
You refuse the order, if the commanding authority tries to arrest you, you demand an article 32 hearing.
An illeagal order will last about about 10 seconds in the IG's hands before you are released and the person issuing the illeagal order is arrested.
The UCMJ is very clear on what you can and cannot do. It is not ambiguious in the slightest.
The pertinent sections are:
Section 16c(1)(c):
Lawfulness. A general order or regulation is lawful unless it is contrary to the Constitution, the laws of the United States, or lawful superior orders or for some other reason is beyond the authority of the official issuing it.
Section 14c(2)(a)(i):
Inference of lawfulness. A order requiring the performance of a military duty or act may be inferred to be lawful and it is disobeyed at the peril of the subordinate. This inference does not apply to a patently illegal order, such as one that directs the commission of a crime.