Not Their Plane to Land: Generals Thwarting the Chain of Command?

Chris, Melanie, and Zack discuss Doyle Hodges’ recent article
scrutinizing Gen. Mark Milley’s behavior in the waning months of
the Trump administration. Journalists have rendered a relatively
favorable treatment of Milley’s insubordination, but Hodges
questions the long-term implications for civil-military
relations. Should senior military officers be expected to follow
lawful orders, even if they are morally objectionable? Or is
resignation the only proper response when those in uniform cannot
faithfully execute an order? And is the problem of civil-military
relations unique to the Trump administration or does the Milley
case portend a future in which the military’s standing is
filtered through the same partisan lenses that inflict our
politics across the board? Grievances for two former Pennsylvania
judges who sentenced juveniles to for-profit prisons (and got
rich), toward India for joining Russia’s military exercises, and
to President Joe Biden abusing his authority to relieve student
debt. Atta-people to the Ukrainian military for its first major
counter-offensive of the war with Russia, to Clayton Forrester
and all others behind the decision to re-introduce wolves to
Yellowstone National Park, and to all those behind an important
essay series exploring the future of airpower.


This episode's reading: 
https://warontherocks.com/2022/09/not-their-plane-to-land-generals-thwarting-the-chain-of-command