The oath of office requires an officer to obey the LAWFULL orders of those appointed above. However, the burden of proof that an order is not lawful will generally be on the individual.
your right. As it was explained to us in OCS. What constitutes an illegal order will be determined at your General Court Marshal.
Yes but one phone call to the Area Defense Council (ADC) can put it on them.
Witnessed a few of those. More than once the ADC went and slapped some squadron commander for an unlawful order they or one of their subordinates had issued.