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Aleph, you are correct that platoons are not corts martialed, nor are platoons subject to tribunals. The US Military did away with mass punishments decades ago. Each and every member of the platoon who refused to pull the mission will be evaluated by the unit commander and from there it will be decided whether Non-Judicial Punishment (NJP) is warrented or if they should be sent to higher Authority, in any event...each of them will have the right to request a courts martial as per the UCMJ instead of allowing the unit commander to issue NJP.
I thought it was the press calling it a Tribunal and I hate it when the press acts like its all informed and knows what the hell they are talking about, and then go off getting the story wrong.
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