Did they tell you of the law of lawfulness of orders? The doctrine that says a facially valid order is assumed legal and must be obeyed so long as it does not require the commission of an criminal act? What criminal act would Lakin have been committing by deploying with his unit?
Whether Lakin had to obey the order is another question.
The US military has accused him of disobeying a lawful order. The “elements” listed with Article 92 say that an order is “lawful” if it is not contrary to the Constitution or law and if it is not given by somebody acting beyond their authority.
Lakin’s CO’s acted beyond their authority deploying him to Afghanistan because Joe Biden has not authorized additional forces to Afghanistan in support of OEF.
And we know that Joe Biden is the only one who the Constitution allows to act as President, since Obama’s birth facts have never been legally determined even now, much less by the deadline of Jan 20, 2009.
I would not have taken the same position as he did.
I have a Son in the Airforce and he served two tours in Iraq and one in Kwait.
He may be going to Korea again shortly. He served there for a year a while back.