[Non-Sequitur]

Hope he is regular because if he is reserve commission he is history.

Regular or reserve, if he refuses to obey an order from his superiors then he's toast.

[boomop1]

This is 2009 ain’t how it was when I was in, 30 years ago.

[Apparatchik]

The name Scott Easterling checks out on the Army database as an active duty first lieutenant on recruiting duty in Tennessee. Looks legit to me.

[celtic gal]

I would clarify that to include that the orders must be lawful. If they are not, he is bound not to obey them.
That said, he made his point and he may well find himself out of the service. There was an officer who was a reservist during the Clinton years who made a critical remark about the Slickster in off duty off base civilian status and he lost his billet and his career was then over for all intents and purposes.
These kinds of officers and enlisted who go to this extent believe they are right to do so and know the stakes.

[El Gato]

Regular or reserve, if he refuses to obey an order from his superiors then he's toast.

Unless it comes out in the Court Martial that order was illegal. Or in this case issued by an ineligible national command authority.

[Beckwith]

if he refuses to obey an order from his superiors then he's toast

No, he is not toast -- but he would be subject to court martial under the UCMJ.

That, of course is what he is looking for.

As a defendant in a military court martial he would be in a position to subpoena individuals and DOCUMENTS.

He would have STANDING.