“I think the American people should say, ‘Wait, what, who’s looking out for the service members here?’ Not the Dems. What is unusual now is the heightened anxiety among service members who normally operate without questioning the legality of typical orders. Facing a questionable order, a service member’s first responsibility is to get clarification from their chain of command, she said. Kevin Courtney, an attorney with the Military Law Center and a former Marine captain, warns that the current political discourse around unlawful orders puts junior service members in a dangerous position. “The reason the public honors veterans and service members so highly and puts them in high regard is because they represent all of America.
