Originally Posted by SFCardiacRN I was not stationed in a medical unit. Perhaps they are different. I was at a dive command. We did salvage and recovery. There were Navy SEALS and EOD(explosive ordinance disposal) and support crews. Lives depended on strict adherence to orders. That's just the way it was. I had friends on destroyers and in the Marine Corps and they lived similar experiences. You question orders at your own peril.
I'm going to copy-n-paste from my previous post...
I never said that officers can randomly pick & choose the orders they wish to obey. Military regulations, orders, doctrine, etc., are almost always right, yet impossible to construct any code of law whose logic or good sense will not at some point require a variance. So, that's where officers are expected to exercise sound judgment, which sometimes ...
but rarely requires an officer to not obey those instructions, regulations, or orders that are not in the
best interest of the Army [or, applicable military branch] at that moment. Plus, this moral dispensation must
never be used for personal gain or other corrupt gains.
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What is so difficult to understand? Officers & especially Senior SNCOs don't question every single military order & reg that comes there way... just the one's which would go against the best interest of the military in a
specific situation, plus
better darn well be prepared to back up axn with just cause. I, being an enlisted AD USMC Vet, am well aware of the importance of junior enlisted following orders w/o question.
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