HCL
War Hero

From a Tom's perspective, two queries:
A dozen or so Taffs have been sent to the Big House for the same offence as these officer cadets and it won't be long before someone points out to them that these cadets have not received the same punishment for the same offence. What's going to happen and/or what will be the likely consequences if some of them/parents pool their resources and instruct a decent civvy lawyer?
The names of those officer cadets will become widely known across the Army eventually so come their commissioning and their joining their units there's going to come a day when a squaddie* is going to disobey an order and the YO will attempt to assert his authority and the squaddies will tell said YO to shove it where the sun doesn't shine on the grounds that said YO him/herself disobeyed orders and has no (moral) right to make him obey. Do tell, what happens next to restore not only the YO's credibility but also the Army's?
*From a Tom's p.o.v. if YO is a good 'un then that situation probably won't arise as the incident would just add to the YO's rep, however, if the YO is a duffer then it's an odds on certainty.
A dozen or so Taffs have been sent to the Big House for the same offence as these officer cadets and it won't be long before someone points out to them that these cadets have not received the same punishment for the same offence. What's going to happen and/or what will be the likely consequences if some of them/parents pool their resources and instruct a decent civvy lawyer?
The names of those officer cadets will become widely known across the Army eventually so come their commissioning and their joining their units there's going to come a day when a squaddie* is going to disobey an order and the YO will attempt to assert his authority and the squaddies will tell said YO to shove it where the sun doesn't shine on the grounds that said YO him/herself disobeyed orders and has no (moral) right to make him obey. Do tell, what happens next to restore not only the YO's credibility but also the Army's?
*From a Tom's p.o.v. if YO is a good 'un then that situation probably won't arise as the incident would just add to the YO's rep, however, if the YO is a duffer then it's an odds on certainty.