Yea, I agree. The SEAL’s should be able to decide who’s a SEAL.
It’s not a choir club.
POTUS can give him back his rank and pension, be he can’t, or shouldn’t, dictate what he, specifically, does. POTUS, regardless of who it is, just doesn’t know.
He can force the teams to take him back, but if, for what ever reason, they felt he broke the faith, that’s on him to fix.
But what do I know. I’m just a civilian.
How far down the ranks does that principle apply? Can a buck sergeant simply decide that he is more knowledgeable than the First Sergeant? Can a Captain pronounce himself more competent than a Major and ignore the Major?
That is simply not the way it works. Nor would it ever be possible to make it work. How many levels of higher rank can the person responsible for punishing the soldier ignore?
Our Founders greatly feared a standing military. The President is Commander-in-Chief as one of the checks on the military. His lawful orders are to be obeyed by EVERYONE in the military.