Who ordered him to deploy then?
To be Honest, you would have to ask Obama. Obama may have had his wife order him to do it, or Jessy Jackson, or Reverend Wright or the Saudi King.
Until Obama talks, we dont know, ultimately, who ordered Lakin to go to Afghanistan.
Irrelevant in this case. Lakin is not being charged with disobeying orders to deploy but for disobeying other orders not specifically connected with deployment.