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In stature and seniority, General of the Army Douglas MacArthur was the Army's foremost general. The son of Lieutenant General Arthur MacArthur Jr., a recipient of the Medal of Honor for action during the American Civil War, [8] he had graduated at the top of his West Point class of 1903, [9] but never attended an advanced service school except for the engineer course in 1908. [10]
Insubordination is the act of willfully disobeying a lawful order of one's superior. It is generally a punishable offense in hierarchical organizations such as the armed forces , which depend on people lower in the chain of command obeying orders.
In that case, a police officer was compelled to make a statement or be fired, and then criminally prosecuted for his statement. The Supreme Court found that the officer had been deprived of his Fifth Amendment right to silence. A typical Garrity warning (exact wording varies between state and/or local investigative agencies) may read as follows:
She was fired for "gross insubordination" a few months after acquiring the position. "I don't wonder," she reportedly wrote on her résumé, according to "Julia Child: A Life." "One needs a much ...
He testified that while those questions were crucial to determining a motive for the attack, he followed the order because he feared being disciplined or fired for insubordination if he did not.
A day after releasing a campus message saying Sonoma State University would pursue 'divestment strategies' and an academic boycott of Israel, President Mike Lee was placed on leave for ...
Kevin Ryan (R) Though described as "loyal to the Bush administration," he was allegedly fired for the possible controversy that negative job performance evaluations might cause if they were released. [60] John McKay (R) Was given a positive job evaluation 7 months before he was fired. After a close Washington governor's race resulted in a ...
The main reason behind Schlesinger's dismissal, though at the time unreported, was his insubordination toward President Ford. During the Mayaguez incident, Ford ordered several retaliatory strikes against Cambodia. Schlesinger told Ford the first strike was carried out, but Ford later learned that Schlesinger, who disagreed with the order, had ...