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[QUOTE]Originally posted by George Harris: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by Gilbert B Norman: [qb] Margaret, all you need is be a veteran of the military with maybe three hours of service to know "do it now, beef later".[/qb][/QUOTE]Depends, Mr. Norman, just depends. In my time in Nam, with a month to go I did (as a 1LT) give my BN CO a straight up no because I felt following his order gave me a good chance of getting one of my men killed, and in my mind neither getting the progress he wanted on the sewer line we were putting nor avoiding the likelihood of an Article 15 for myself were worth that risk. As anticipated I was relieved of my command and given the worst possible duties he could imagine. (When the drill sergeant you have in basic tells you he will not kill you because he does not want to do the paperwork he is not joking.) In none of the ones on fatalities did I have a conclusion that he liked. No, I did not get the Article 15 because he had just gotten another LT in our BN an Article 15, and to have two officers receiving Article 15's in a relatively short period of time would look bad for him. He just wrote up a very bad OER, but since my active duty was ending within a couple months, no big deal. Saying all that to say if you do not have the guts and backbone to disobey an order where the outcome is dangerous, illegal or both, you have no business in any position where you could be asked to perform such acts. My sympathy for all directly involved in the acts under discussion is zero. There are worse things than losing you job because you refused to simply follow orders into doing something obviously wrong. If in a position to do so, I would far rather hire someone who lost his job by doing something that showed backbone and compassion than someone who blindly just followed orders. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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