How to do it:

Service Members:

If you need help, groups exist to help you determine your rights and responsibilities. Here are two well-reputed groups, outside the military chain of command. You can safely reach out for clarity:

Civilians:

First, you need to understand that asking people in the military to “take a stand” or refuse orders is harder and more legally risky than nearly anything civilians are currently doing. We support and encourage, we do not chasten or chide. While officers can sometimes resign, enlisted members serve until their contract ends. They can be imprisoned for refusing a legal order, or for following an illegal one. It’s a tight spot for soldiers as young as 17 to find themselves in.

Active military are not legally permitted to protest in uniform or to publicly denounce orders, so you won’t see the kind of public resistance we call on civilians to engage in. Service members live under an abridged set of rights, and specifically give up the right to free speech during service. Their resistance looks like sand in the gears, and we’re seeing widespread evidence of that. The Orders Project reports a spike in calls, a National Guard unit argued they needed more time to train for civilian deployment, and admirals and generals have resigned in protest. This is military resistance.

That’s why it’s so important to boost the voices of honorable veterans, like the six members of Congress who just issued a PSA about refusing illegal orders. Trump’s response was to accuse them of sedition and threaten the death penalty, suggesting he knows his orders are illegal.

Our job now is to flood their offices with support, share their PSA everywhere (Streisand-effect this like our lives depend on it!), and point out in conversation with conservatives that Trump’s accusation is a confession: if his orders are legal, their PSA doesn’t apply.

Here is the video PSA on Facebook, Instagram and MSM News. Share them widely, especially in places that service members will encounter it. It’s important they see what these patriots actually said, and not what Trump says about them.

Here is Mark Kelly talking with Katie Couric about why he and five colleagues made the PSA. This will be helpful if you’re unfamiliar with military rules of engagement, and is worth sharing with non-military folks, or folks who haven’t watched the original PSA.

Contact these members of Congress to express support, especially if they represent you: Senator Mark Kelly (AZ), Senator Elissa Slotkin (MI), Rep. Chris Deluzio (PA), Rep, Maggie Goodlander (NH), Rep Chrissy Houlahan (PA) and Rep Jason Crow (CO).