LTC Lakin exercised very poor judgement. Only Congress can boot Hussein from office, not a military member trying to beat his disobeyance of a direct order rap.
It is one thing for a junior service member to disobey a direct order. It is quite another for a senior officer. His failure to deploy with his unit is a horrible example. It would be service-wide detrimental to morale if he gets a slap on the wrist while an E-3 would likely get a less than honorable discharge.
Given only what has appeared in the press, I would nail this guy for the maximum sentence allowed. I feel very sorry for his family members, the futures of whom the LTC royally screwed up.
I stand on my previous comment to you... squared.