Isn’t an armed service member stating that he or she would refuse to comply with an unlawful order in accordance with the military code of conduct? My understanding is that U.S. military law requires members not to comply with unlawful orders, and that’s why the defense “I was just following orders” is not allowed in war crime trials. I don’t know; just asking. Can someone educate me on the subject?
You are 100% correct. During induction training at boot camp, they had a special class just for this issue and they drummed that into your head at subsequent training; that was 1971 - 1975 when I went through it.