D'Angilo Miles
October 23, 2015
The Importance of Following Directions
When we enlist into the United States' military we take an oath, an oath that in which we as individuals promise ti follow all orders given by president and the officers appointed above us. Anyone the is in the United States armed forces knows that the entire infrastructure is built upon order, a chain of command in which institutions are given and then executed. With the amount of people in the United States Army, if we did not adhere to this system there would surely be chaos, and the missions that need to be carried out would not be accomplished and that could negatively impact the lives of the very people we have sworn to protect. The simple expectation of executing orders that come down
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Inside of the Uniform Code of Military Justice, Article 92 dictates that it is everyone's duty to obey all direct and general orders given by superior officers. It is all based on the simple principle that "any plan is better than no plan" and whether you agree with the order or not, the methods used have tried and proven to work. Even the worst of orders, if completed to standard, have a far greater chance at success than a good order not fully carried out.
In Army Basic Combat Training the first thing we learn as soldiers is: following commands is essential to the proper function of United States Army, everyone has a job to do a certain level of responsibility in the missions overall outcome. You may not know why your