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Pardon my reference to a science fiction show in my first post on this site, but I've been lurking for a bit now, and while I don't have much to add to any of the other discussions (though I do enjoy reading what everyone else has to say ) I had a question I hoped someone here could answer for me.
The other day I was watching Stargate SG-1 and two of the main characters, a colonel (Jack) and a captain (Sam) where going to go against direct orders of their General, knowing they faced a court martial when they returned from their mission. Jack told Sam that she could choose to come if she wanted to, that it wasn't an order. I wondered that, had it been real life and not wacky TV, if Jack had ordered Sam to go would she have been able to escape the court martial because of it?
And as an add-on question, is there any leeway in obeying orders from a CO?
Thanks in advance for any replies.
-Paik
The other day I was watching Stargate SG-1 and two of the main characters, a colonel (Jack) and a captain (Sam) where going to go against direct orders of their General, knowing they faced a court martial when they returned from their mission. Jack told Sam that she could choose to come if she wanted to, that it wasn't an order. I wondered that, had it been real life and not wacky TV, if Jack had ordered Sam to go would she have been able to escape the court martial because of it?
And as an add-on question, is there any leeway in obeying orders from a CO?
Thanks in advance for any replies.
-Paik