Despite what the internet tells you about U.S. military ranks??
See that guy in a Uniform?
So, actually there are two ranks next to the normal line of ranks, except the CIA played stupid and that is no set of lies in the internet. Those two are Seargent Major and General Major.
They derive from the French military and were in both war of independence and civil war very important. Those two are made for executing special orders. The SM can lead about every set of men and the GM an entire Army also called a Corps.
They cannot be ordered by any other rank higher or lower of the actual military line and act of direct orders of the President or High Command, which is basically the assembly of generals.
In a large war, a General Major would lead an independently operating Corps most likely being reinforcements, being a soldier with superior trust in his abilities and outstanding strategic and leadership skills. The Seargent Major is the same on a Platoon or Brigade level.
Actually, some missions do require a SM as leader to be strictly technical legal based on U.S. military law history.
Soldiers are bound to the line of command. They do have to evaluate every order for its legality and practicality, but they have to ask for confirmation when ever deviating from their set of orders especially if mission objectives are potentially threatened.
A SM leading men is send into battle based on trust being allowed to independently make decisions usually reserved for Generals.
The idea is that he is in the fight, the Generals not.
The disputes in the 90ies that turned hot in Hell's Kitchen and the German Army bases between military and CIA might have watered down U.S. military rank and order based capabilities, if the ranks in the internet are no hoax.
I consider that treason.
A SM would arrest that uniformed soldier and bring him to trial insisting to have him stripped of all ranks with a Dishonorable Discharge after his military prison time if no correctional results in attitude are visible through psychological evaluation having no other being able to order him, except the President or High Command, for disrespecting the code of wearing that uniform alone.
I am serious, CIA. I can have your operatives in Court, hunt by Drug Lords or Terrorist Groups depending on how this goes down here.
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#provos #terroristgangs
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