Tall bearded
Australian service personnel, irrespective of rank, are required to abide by the will of parliament as expressed in various legislations such as the Defence Force Discipline Act and the Official Secrets Acts to name but two, as well as policy decisions which they are required to implement. That is, the decision not to disclose information was not made by the Navy. It was made by the Parliament.
Now as a civilian, if you no longer want to work for your boss you can leave. In the military, during peacetime, it’s called Absent Without Leave and if you leave, when you get caught, you can spend time in a military corrections establishment (jail). As civilian, if your boss does something you don’t agree with you can tell them to go and get stuffed. In the military that’s called insubordination and off to jail you go. As a civilian, if your boss tells you do something you don’t agree with you can tell them to bugger off? In the military, it’s called disobeying a lawful command and you go to jail. That is military service involves relinquishing right which everyone else doesn’t give a second thought to, one of which is the rights to publically criticise or contradict government policy which you don’t agree with.
Now before people cry cope out, please think again. The reason why it is the way that it is for your protection. The people in the defence force are the people with the guns and the knowledge of how to use them, and Egypt and Fiji are just two examples of to what happens when they (the military) get into their head they can ignore or refuse to implement policy that they don’t agree with.
So to those who advocate that General Campbell should just disregard his oath and answered the question, I say be careful as to what you ask for, because one day you may get it, only to find just how dangerous is the thing which is behind the door you just opened.
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Nah they just get the sack like everybodty else.... except their names are not released and they don't
end up having to defend a civilian charge.
(fiddling with the subordinates....gotta be a direct disobeyal of an order)
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-11-14/army-personnel-sacked-over-explicit-emails/5092966
Six members of the Army have been sacked over a scandal involving the distribution of explicit emails that denigrate women.
Army chief David Morrison released a statement saying the six men had been part of the so-called Knights of the Jedi Council group.
Key points
- Six army personnel sacked over distribution of emails with demeaning sexual videos of women
- Sacked soldiers range in rank from sergeant to major and were part of the so-called Knights of the Jedi Council
- Three of the men have been subject of investigations by New South Wales Police
- Army chief David Morrison says those who fail to uphold the Army's standards will be held to account
Seventeen members of the group swapped footage of sex acts without the women knowing, and attached demeaning commentary.
Police say other members were challenged to try to have sex with the women.
Three of the sacked soldiers still face possible criminal prosecution by New South Wales Police, but it is unclear whether any charges have been laid.
A further 11 soldiers remain under internal investigation.
Lieutenant-General Morrison, who warned troops in June to respect women or "get out", says the six sacked men range in rank from sergeant to major and are from regular and reserve units.
Hundreds of emails were allegedly distributed and about 90 other people - predominantly Army personnel - have been implicated in the scandal.
Lieutenant-General Morrison says four have faced administrative disciplinary action, while Defence is considering the futures of several others.
He says more than 120 Army personnel have been discharged in the past year, mainly in relation to misconduct, inappropriate behaviour or prohibited substances.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-06-13/experts-say-sexism-is-deeply-ingrained-within-defence-force/47...
Defence Minister Stephen Smith says the Army should take a zero-tolerance approach to the misconduct.
Australia's Sex Discrimination Commissioner, Elizabeth Broderick, made a similar recommendation when she investigated the culture of sexism in the Defence Force less than a year ago.
The email scandal involves a Lieutenant Colonel, majors, warrant officers, sergeants and corporals.
Ms Broderick says she is appalled at the range of people implicated.
"That's what's so abhorrent about it and it also shows the complexity of the issues that have to be solved," she said.
"Because this is just not a particular rank who are all coming together, it's across from senior officers - Lieutenant
Colonel - right through to general enlistment."
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