He quietly urged other military personnel to reflect on their own positions. “They should be confident in questioning possibly immoral or illegal orders,” he said, “remembering they are responsible for their own actions, and knowing others are asking the same questions.”
“If they have doubts about their orders, they are not alone,”
also it takes a while for an officer pipeline from college(rotc or OCS)-to colonel or generals, so once they lose these officers its going to be harder to replace them, its not like suddenly can promote a non-officer to an officer quickly.
it looks like its going to end up like russia’s military.