Informed consent...mmmm, another half arr*ed attempt by the MOD to beat EU legislation and claims for damages. Still smarting after pregnant females, Crown Immunity Act 91, prevalent offences declared illegal..the list goes on.
Informed consent or not any order along these lines could be deemed unlawful. Infringement of human rights springs to mind. Being told to poison ones self with a drug proposed to be more harmful than E...(and isn't that illegal under mil law!). Pyridostigmine bumps up neurotransmitters known as GABA (gamma-amino-butyric acids)...acting on the central nervous system..add this to the valium based diazepam in the injection pen...no wonder Gulf vets have an as yet unrecognised syndrome!
Consider well that the majority of service personnel now elect for and take good civil legal defence which by and large results in the rapid collapse of any case the Service Police and / or Legal Branches can put together. The spectre of hoardes of troops sat in the desert waiting to see thier lawyers does not bode well
