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Is anyone here well versed in military law or know someone who is?
I have an interesting scenario and am curious as to how it would play out.
Case is...
A private is ordered into battle. He refuses and is court-martialed.
His defense is that he was obeying an order from a higher authority - the Commander-in-Chief.
It seems that during his training, the president visited the base and did a meet and greet with some of the personel. Shaking hands, uttering pleasantries and so forth.
When he came to this particular private, his words were, "Stay safe."
Of course, our private took this literally. Going into battle was not staying safe.
So... there you have it.
Any feelings/knowledge on how this would go down? Would the president be called to testify? Even if he could remember this private and what he said to him.
I don't have a story to go with this. It's mainly for my own curiosity, but if anyone can see a story in it, feel free to take the ball and run with it. It might have made for an interesting episode of JAG.
Mark
I have an interesting scenario and am curious as to how it would play out.
Case is...
A private is ordered into battle. He refuses and is court-martialed.
His defense is that he was obeying an order from a higher authority - the Commander-in-Chief.
It seems that during his training, the president visited the base and did a meet and greet with some of the personel. Shaking hands, uttering pleasantries and so forth.
When he came to this particular private, his words were, "Stay safe."
Of course, our private took this literally. Going into battle was not staying safe.
So... there you have it.
Any feelings/knowledge on how this would go down? Would the president be called to testify? Even if he could remember this private and what he said to him.
I don't have a story to go with this. It's mainly for my own curiosity, but if anyone can see a story in it, feel free to take the ball and run with it. It might have made for an interesting episode of JAG.
Mark
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