The following is an essay on the above topic, to which I have failed to do. What is an order, an order is defined by Webster as: an authoritative direction or instruction; command; mandate, a command or notice issued by a military organization or a military commander to troops. Which means when you break it down to simple terms, an order is what someone that holds more rank than you instructs you to do. In the military the following of orders is vital to the success of the unit more so than that of the civilian world. When an order is issued, there should be no doubt in the mind of the person issuing the order that what was ordered will be done. If you can’t count on the troops you command to follow through with your instructions than the basic elements of functioning are not there. The ability to obey and follow an order is a direct reflection on ones discipline. So with that one’s defiance of an order is a display of indiscipline, which has no place what so ever in a military organization. If a soldier doesn't follow orders while in a combat zone this makes them combat ineffective and when a one single soldier in a unit is combat ineffective this slows down the progress of winning by making the leaders deal with a soldier who can't help with the workload of the unit. For example if a NCO tells a private to prepare a vehicle for something like that before they roll out for mission the NCO is telling the private to get the vehicle or whatever ready so they can be fully functional and help with the fight even if the private doesn't know why they are being told why they are doing this the soldier needs to execute the order without question. When a soldier executes an order quickly and to standard they tremdously help with the effectivness of the unit even if they don't know it because every single soldier is vital to winning the war and a soldier that is able to follow orders and execute them effectivly and to standard they strengthen the unit and increase the...