et us assume that there is a Company or Platoon level engagement in Afghanistan, and that YOUR son is a Private in that Platoon. During the engagement there is a fortified and well defended position that is causing this hypothetical Platoon a real problem. It has to be taken out. The Company or Platoon Commander, for whatever reason, decides not to use the Javelin fire team on his right and instead orders a frontal assault by the section on his left, a ludicrous order resulting in a suicidal action but one that if it is disobeyed could result in a charge of disobeying a direct order in the face of the enemy.
Pr00ne has had a wee bit of unfair flak over this I think. There are no doubt death-and/or-glory people in the UKDF Officer Corps.
Didn't Lt-Col H Jones of 2 Para do something similar at Goose green 31 years ago?