The brigade commander did not originate those orders to deploy. Unless here has been a change and now brigades just deploy to war according to the whims of the commanders.
It is Obama’s order. Claiming otherwise is mere sophistry. The presiding officer is nothing but a coward, disguising his cowardice in legalistic terms.
But he gave the order to Lakin to deploy with his unit. What made the brigade commander's order illegal?
Your claim is that the legitimacy of the order is dependent on every member in the chain of command being eligible. Why? What article of the UCMJ, what court decision, what federal statute supports that claim? The fact of the matter is that Obama could be found ineligible and removed from office tomorrow, and Lakin would still be guilty of refusing to obey the lawful order of his brigade commander and of missing movement.