Lloyd Burke's 13-month tour in Korea was at an end when he decided to turn back — and received the Medal of Honor in the ...

How should a military commander respond if they determine they have received an unlawful order?Request to retire — and refrain from resigning in protest, which could be seen as a political act, or ...

The Rev. Sam Godfrey, left, and Col. Mitchell I. Lewis, a chaplain with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, say a prayer Wednesday, Sept 9, 2015 during the Vicksburg District's Blessing of the Fleet on ...

In the Nov. 30 Perspective section, there were two articles on the obligation of members of the armed forces regarding illegal orders. One was by a local writer, Commander Robert Hirsch (“Retired Navy ...

As a veteran and former naval officer, I commend Sen. Mark Kelly and former military veterans in Congress for reminding us that pursuant to the Uniform Code of Military Justice, a member of the U.S.

German lawmakers are set to approve 29 military procurement contracts worth a record €52 billion ($61 billion) next week, part of the government’s push to transform the Bundeswehr into Europe’s ...

As a lawyer for a conservative think tank, Ms. Bondi, now the attorney general, filed a Supreme Court brief last year saying service members who followed such orders were committing crimes. By Adam ...

In 2016, as then-presidential candidate Donald Trump vowed that US troops would carry out even his most extreme battlefield orders as commander in chief — some of which former military leaders said ...

The Trump administration’s top law enforcement official and legal adviser said in a brief filed last year in the Supreme Court that service members are required not to carry out illegal orders from a ...