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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.
"gekokujō". Japan: An Illustrated Encyclopedia.Vol. 1: A–L.Tokyo: Kodansha. 1993. p. 447. ISBN 4062064898. OCLC 76078619. Since the medieval period mid-12th–14th centuries) writers have used the term to describe a variety of situations in which established authority was being challenged from below, such as the coup plots and insubordination the 1930s (see February 26 Incident; Militarism).
The term is commonly used for insubordination by members of the military against an officer or superior, but it can also sometimes mean any type of rebellion against any force. Mutiny does not necessarily need to refer to a military force and can describe a political, economic, or power structure in which subordinates defy superiors.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio called out the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) on Monday for what he called “rank insubordination,” adding that the agency and its procedures ...
Secretary of State Marco Rubio, in an exclusive interview with Fox News, sounded off on USAID's "rank insubordination" shortly after proclaiming himself head of the embattled agency.
Butler drew the latest suspension — this one will last two games — for what the team in a statement Wednesday night called a “continued pattern of disregard of team rules, insubordinate ...
Insubordination is the oral or physical revolt against military orders or the denial (in spite of repetition) of an order, and may be punished with imprisonment up to three years. In case of an initial revolt against a military order, a court could withhold sentencing if the subordinate executed the order voluntarily and in time afterwards. [ 10 ]
“That insubordination necessitated, among other things, the directive in my January 31, 2025 memo to identify all agents assigned to investigations relating to January 6, 2021,” Bove says in ...