[Non-Sequitur]

If you get an order from your commanding officer and you have reason to believe that your commanding officer is not, in fact, a sworn member of the armed services but is an imposter, then are you obligated to obey that order and if not, how would you go about determining whether or not the order is lawful?

The military generally takes a dim view of soldiers who decide for themselves if their commanding officer is legitimate and if his or her orders are valid.

[P-Marlowe]

The military generally takes a dim view of soldiers who decide for themselves if their commanding officer is legitimate and if his or her orders are valid.

If you are a five star general and you are driving onto a military base, if the corporal at the gate doesn't ask you to show your papers, then he is likely to get demoted.

Even a General has to show his papers. Why doesn't the commander in chief have to show his?