Billboards telling troops to obey only lawful orders go up near Florida military base
Source: The Independent
Friday 26 December 2025 10:31 EST
A billboard campaign telling troops to obey only lawful orders in defiance of the Trump administration has launched in Florida near a military base.
Nonprofits Defiance.org and WhistleblowerAid.org launched the campaign at the MacDill Air Force base in Tampa, urging serving troops to Obey Only Lawful Orders amid the Trump administrations lethal strikes on alleged drug boats in the Caribbean and Pacific, which have so far killed more than 100 people.
Were making sure troops know their rights and that theyre not alone if theyre told to cross the line, Miles Taylor, a former Department of Homeland Security official in President Donald Trumps first administration, said in a statement to 10 Tampa Bay.
The president may be the commander-in-chief, but even he is bound by the law, Taylor added. This campaign is a constitutional alarm bell to remind our servicemembers of that. The organizations are offering troops legal advice and providing whistleblower hotlines.

A billboard campaign telling troops to obey only lawful orders in defiance of the Trump administration has launched in Florida near a military base
Defiance.org
Read more: https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/troops-billboard-campaign-florida-orders-b2890691.html
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(63,789 posts)J_William_Ryan
(3,295 posts)Unfortunately, the service men and women pulling the trigger on civilian boats are obeying unlawful orders.
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(316,472 posts)electric_blue68
(25,647 posts)I'd be great if they could put them near all the biggest bases all.ovwr the country at least.