There has been stories about the "Mutiny" in Iraq circulating over the web recently. The blog posts and other articles point to a story on Army Times. The story describes an Army unit in Iraq, Charlie 1-26, that experienced an exceptional number of deaths and a suicide of key leader. In response the story describes a "mutiny" where a platoon refuses to go out on a mission.

They decided as a platoon that they were done, DeNardi and Cardenas said, as did several other members of 2nd Platoon. At mental health, guys had told the therapist, “I’m going to murder someone.” And the therapist said, “There comes a time when you have to stand up,” 2nd Platoon members remembered. For the sake of not going to jail, the platoon decided they had to be “unplugged.”

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“They called it an act of mutiny,” Cardenas said, still enraged that the men he considered heroes were, in his mind, slandered. “The sergeant major and the battalion commander said we were unprofessional. They said they were disappointed in us and would never forget our actions for the rest of their lives.”

But no judicial action ever came of it.

“Captain Strickland read us our rights,” DeNardi said. “We had 15 yes-or-no questions, and no matter how you answered them, it looked like you disobeyed an order. No one asked what happened. And there’s no record — no article 15. Nothing to show it happened.”

Comment: Leaders are accountable for the welfare of their troops and safeguard the mission. If the unit isn't ready it puts the troops at unnecessary risk and jeopardizes the mission. Is this really a mutiny? It is possible that this was a good leadership call.

Reference: http://www.armytimes.com/news/2007/12/bloodbrothers3/