KMC Forums - Questions about the army.

okay lets move on to following orders.........

well some of us have taken an oath to follow any and all lawful order..... which that in itself sounds self explanatory but what is a lawful order?

i mean violating American sovereign law should be obvious but what laws actually extent to other countries?

i mean technically you can kill someone in another country and not be in violation of ur countries laws....

but your also told to follow ur host countries laws but we dont actually do that when it is not in our interest which means we actually kidnap and arrest certain ppl and detain them for questions....

lets just say it is very subjective....

but during war yes, ur officer or anyone can shoot u for not following orders but i dont think anyone has done that since nam. if modern soldiers were to pull some sh^% like that he would not only have to face an inquiry and the news media.

but, he will be lucky if his men dont shoot him as well for killing one of their friends who is probably a junior baby grunt and is more liked then an officer although respected may not truly fit in with his unit due to officer rank....

their is a little animosity between officers and enlisted in the military.. i actually had a conversation with one of my men jokingly if he ever had a wpn pulled by our commanding offficer i would have his back