A Navy SEAL who murdered Afghan children was pardoned by Trump and allowed to retire with his trident pin.

A Navy aircraft carrier commander who did everything in his power to protect the 4000 sailors under his command will be relieved of duty.

I'm not sure how anyone could expect Captain Crozier to "respect" the chain-of-command when the chain-of-command was indifferent to the welfare of the people whose lives he was entrusted with.

The message is clear: if you want to preserve your military career, you cannot go above and beyond to protect your soldiers from a once-in-a-century pandemic.

This will lead to soldiers, sailors and marines getting needlessly killed by COVID-19 as their commanders hesitate in doing anything which the Pentagon doesn't explicitly allow.