Several times in my 33-year career, I advised my boss to take one course, and he chose another. I faithfully executed his orders because I got to speak my peace, and he was the boss. In the cases I recall, exactly what I said would happen, happened. Only at one company, the Israeli owned one, was I then blamed for the cockup. I was fired as a sacrifice by the Israeli company, but not the others. My point is, don’t throw out the baby with the bathwater without thoroughly sifting through it first. Good officers should not be sacrificed because they followed orders. If they didn’t, would the military be trustworthy in the future?
Several times in my 33-year career, I advised my boss to take one course, and he chose another. I faithfully executed his orders because I got to speak my peace, and he was the boss. In the cases I recall, exactly what I said would happen, happened. Only at one company, the Israeli owned one, was I then blamed for the cockup. I was fired as a sacrifice by the Israeli company, but not the others. My point is, don’t throw out the baby with the bathwater without thoroughly sifting through it first. Good officers should not be sacrificed because they followed orders. If they didn’t, would the military be trustworthy in the future?