I am no longer in the Military so I no longer memorize the chain of command.
There is another thing that applies.
It has been said that for evil to win only needs to have good people do nothing.
I admire him for standing up and taking the heat. I have had a similar thing done. It wasn't with the military but involved the right to use an old stagecoach road. Everyone else using it caved, and I was left alone to fight.
It was a 15 years, but I won.
Do you also admire people like Ehren Watada, Yolanda Huet-Vaughan, and Michael New?