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letsreddittwice15 karma

It’s absolutely every soldier’s job to consider the legality, ethicality, and morality of the orders they’re given. The harder part is writing orders that make sense, which are legal, ethical and moral, and which still leave your troops the leeway they need to actually do something. If you try to micromanage, your troops will be at a loss to adapt to changing situations which regularly occur. If you leave orders open-ended, you risk accomplishing nothing or worse. At some point, a general, wide-sweeping order (win the war in a specific country, within a year) has to be interpreted, reformatted for the unit receiving the order(I.E., your assets are realizing their part to play) and disseminated to the level at which it is appropriate. (First Squad will take and hold the hill for a week to allow friendly elements free maneuver.) This is why soldiers must consider their orders and their impact. Your Platoon leader may have given an order, but the situation has changed and you need to disobey to avoid immoral actions. It may not always be that an officer has issued an illegeal order, but soldiers should always be re-evaluating the situation.

letsreddittwice11 karma

This is really cool. Somebody could also do a short-bus idea and make that work too, I feel. Next time?

letsreddittwice7 karma

Now that's an idea. That's a very good idea, except for getting drunk on a weekend. Before you know it, you've missed your ride home, and your ride-home.

letsreddittwice4 karma

That's how you film an action movie. Radio-controlled entry point that opens if you can find a ramp to get on

letsreddittwice4 karma

Good Afternoon! A few questions for you and maybe more if I think of any-

1.NaNoWriMo- seems like a good excursion into writing but I'm not sure if it leads to success. Do you know any NaNoWriMo writers/winners who have benefited positively from the challenge?

  1. I'm looking into a lot of career options once I finish out my contract in the military. I'm weighing medical school but literature has always been a love of mine. I wrote a 55,000~ trash YA romance to prove I could, but I never did anything with it. Do you think full-time occupation dulls creative sense and writing ability?

  2. I'm playing with an idea in my head that I love and can picture, but I'm trying to change how it is written. It seems to be far easier to turn into a movie script than a manuscript for a written work. Have you ever worked with authors who strayed close and ended up in screenwriting instead?

Thanks!