Under the uniformed code of justice you have a right to refuse orders that put you into unneccessary jeopardy or into a position of harm. You also have a right to refuse an order or posting if the action goes against your personal beliefs. Hence the lack of defense for a soldier that goes AWOL instead of going to Iraq, that soldier has the right to ask for a transfer to a different unit, or a seperation from the military with loss of future pay and benefits. These options were put into place to prevent an officer for creating a suicide mission, it was also put into place so soldiers aren't forced to fight to the death without options.
I almost don't blame these soldiers if this is true, its sloppy to send any kind of logistics unit into a front line area without proper backup.
Even logistics soldiers are trained in basic infantry, however I wouldn't want to be going into an area swarming with insurgents without some proper support or firepower.
The Contaminated fuel comment concerns me, if it was tested and refused due to purity issues, the officer in charge of the fuel should have taken it back to where it came from, there needs to be a investigation of that to see if its sabotage, or poor quality, both of which can cause death.
The Logistics team isn't in any mortal jeopardy for refusing these orders, you have a right to question them, and there won't be a court martial since there are some obvious facts on display here. However there will be an article 32 (I think) investigation to acertain that the officer in charge of the logistics team was right in refusing the given orders, if it can't be proven that his actions were proper he will face a court marial.
Sorry for the grammer and spelling, a half dozen beers at the football game will do that to you sometimes.
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