*as a recruit

Your assertion that it falls harder on officers just is not true. Read up on Abu Ghraib. The only folks who did prison time were enlisted soldiers.

I know you mean well, but your son doesn't know anything else a recruit who hasn't even made it to reception yet. Also, you have a little bit of information based on your proximity to the military, having been a military spouse, but please don't speak like you're an expert on this. You're not.

The only people sentenced to prison time for the Abu Ghraib torture and prisoner abuse were enlisted folks. Not only do they have the right to refuse an illegal order, they have an obligation to under the UCMJ.

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