If Lt. Easterling is indeed court martialed for this act, it will create a flood of military people standing up in his stead.
“If Lt. Easterling is indeed court martialed for this act, it will create a flood of military people standing up in his stead.”
In the Army I served in, everybody was obliged to follow lawful orders from your superiors.
My guess is if this guy is otherwise following orders, doing his job day by day, the service may let it ride.
Best to not stir the pot.
Now if this 40 year old 1LT starts disoberying orders from his superiors, on the basis they come down from Obama, he will get in big trouble.