If you join the military, you are a soldier. A soldier follows orders without complaint or question. As an American, you vote/elect representatives to run our country and make decisions. As a solidier you agree, by oath, to follow the chain of command.
I don't want a thinking military with precedence set by officers like this who refuse to follow orders. What next? Military officials to decide that it is time for martial law? Citizens vote, Soldiers uphold.