Officers do not swear an oath to anything other than the Constitution. They certainly don’t swear to obey the orders of the officers appointed over them. The Admiral is wrong.
Because we swear the oath to the constitution, to support and defend that constitution, we swear to uphold the laws laid out in the constitution. The constitution specifically designates the commander in chief as the president and so not to follow valid orders given by the president is a violation of what the constitution dictates and our oath.
We swear to carry out the valid orders of the president.
LOL! Their oath implies they will obey lawful orders - this guy pretty much said he would fulfill his oath and by doing so, indicated trust in his Commander in Chief.
Show me a Lt. that disobeys a Col and doesn't have his career destroyed and then try again.
Since you seem to have trouble with what's proper and not, I can guarantee that hitting the link
is proper....