That directive isn't for the Enlisted men. It's for the Officers. They know that lower rank Officers have the absolute loyalty of their men and if 1st/2nd Lieutenants or Captains wanted to get together and launch a coup, they could. And they would pull it off.
This is where Trump missed the mark, IMO. He should have fired every last one of those swamp rats the day he took office. The DoD is swamp central.
This is just one of the areas he screwed up.
Soo much easier said than done, the Administrative State is in control. By design. Elected politicians have a mere fraction of the true power in DC.
This is going to end so well.
That directive isn't for the Enlisted men. It's for the Officers. They know that lower rank Officers have the absolute loyalty of their men and if 1st/2nd Lieutenants or Captains wanted to get together and launch a coup, they could. And they would pull it off.
They are worried, they stole the country, and they know everyone knows about it, this is guilty behavior, they are worried about retaliation.
LOL some SSG is going to fix this shit.