[Red Steel]

I don’t think we ought to be using our military to hold politicians or ordinary men on the street accountable to the law. That is emphatically not what they’re there for.

Being an usurping president is not legal but there he is.

And no one forced Lt. Col. Lakin as he came to his own conscientious decision. No one used him.

[danamco]

Article 138 is one of the most powerful rights under the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ), but it is one of the rights least known and least used by military personnel. Under Article 138 of the UCMJ, “any member of the armed forces who believes himself (or herself) wronged by his (or her) commanding officer” may request redress. If such redress is refused, a complaint may be made and a superior officer must “examine into the complaint.”

Article 138 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) gives every member of the Armed Forces the right to complain that he or she was wronged by his or her commanding officer. The right even extends to those subject to the UCMJ on inactive duty for training.