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51. The number of service personnel who would obey such an illegal order is relatively small

Fri Nov 13, 2020, 11:01 AM

Nov 2020

compared to the size of the Armed Forces and the Security Forces would stomp on them pretty quickly and very hard.

I did a 2 year stint with the Marine Security Forces (MOS 8152) and we took our duties very seriously.

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