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Why are you so rude about this? It's weird.
You forgot to include this about the following orders part.
"according to regulations and the Uniform Code of Military Justice."
We had a class that was about not following unlawful orders.
Comment by Parking_Abalone_1232 at 04/12/2024 at 04:35 UTC
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How was I rude?
Here's the enlisted oath:
I, _____, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to regulations and the Uniform Code of Military Justice. So help me God.
Here's the officer oath:
I ___, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter. So help me God.
The UCMJ isn't going to protect you in the moment. It didn't do a lot of good when the military forced everyone to get the anthrax vaccine. The objectors were discharged, sometimes with less than honorable discharges.
The same thing happened with COVID vaccines.
I'm the moment, you'll have to make a choice. As someone else noted, if your Divo or CO gives the orders - the choice to disobey this orders may be incredibly difficult.
And, again, there are a lot of people that will see following this orders as being within their interpretation of their oath.