In a group that size, I can see a couple being smart enough to wonder if it might have some blow back. But if the higher ranked cadets said do it, I can also see them going along to avoid harassment and hazing. I’d convert the leaders and any one who didn’t question them to PFCs and let the two that questioned it graduate.
But I’m not a wimp army officer worried about a career.
Imagine graduation day...as these cadets walk across the stage, will anyone in the audience raise a clenched fist?