Thursday, January 01, 2026

Billboards Telling Troops to 'Obey Only Lawful Orders'

In the weeks after a widely shared video circulated online where politicians urged servicemembers to refuse illegal orders, a separate campaign began placing billboards near Florida military communities with a shorter message: "Obey Only Lawful Orders."

Posted by LampLighter at 07:32 PM | 6 COMMENTS | permalink

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Billboard telling troops to obey only lawful orders launches near Florida base

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-- The Independent (@the-independent.com) Dec 26, 2025 at 11:16 AM

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... The campaign publicly ties the placements to servicemembers connected to U.S. Special Operations Command in Tampa and U.S. Southern Command in Doral.

Public-facing campaign materials describe the effort as a joint initiative combining billboards with posters and digital outreach and pointing servicemembers to a web portal for guidance and referrals.

A separate report describing the Florida rollout states the billboards were placed near MacDill Air Force Base and near installations in/near Doral. The initial effort is a paid campaign aimed at educating troops about "manifestly unlawful orders" and linking them to independent support. ...


#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-12-31 09:35 PM

Extrajudicial killing of criminal suspects is murder in each and every jurisdiction in America. We are not at war with Venezuela.
And as far as putting troops into democratic cities to intimidate we of the left...illegal orders. What Trump did on January 6, 2021, was an illegal insurrection, a violent attempt to overturn a free and fair election.
And don't think he won't put troops into positions of peril...think "four dead in Ohio". en.wikipedia.org

#2 | Posted by Hughmass at 2026-01-02 07:44 AM

#3 Because there is none.

#5 | Posted by A_Friend at 2026-01-02 02:48 PM

#34 No, it isn't.

#6 | Posted by A_Friend at 2026-01-02 02:49 PM

#4 Whoops ...

In military and organizational contexts, a General Order is a broad, standing rule for everyone (like "guard everything within my post"), while a Direct Order is a specific instruction given to an individual or unit (like "get a haircut by tomorrow").

General orders establish fundamental duties for all members, whereas direct orders dictate specific actions, often with timeframes, for a particular person or group, with both types carrying legal weight if lawful, but direct orders are more personal and immediate.

#7 | Posted by A_Friend at 2026-01-02 02:52 PM

@#8 ... Anyone who thinks this is a viable option is ...wrong. ...

Two questions:

1) what, specifically, is the "this" of which your comment speaks?

2) why is anyone who might think that is wrong?

thx.

#9 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-01-03 01:22 AM

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