Executives have the power to command or order something, this implies to any other commanding officer or high-ranking officials in the office. These people have the power to command what they want done. This means that by ordering the cold red Commander Jessup was not wrong because he was doing his job. The only problem is that he didn't consider the consequences and realize that what he was doing was wrong. In his speech Commander Jessup told Kaffe that “we follow orders, son. We follow orders or people die. It's that simple. Is everything clear?" (Jessup). This is just an indication that there is no way Lieutenant Kendrick and the two marines could avoid the order. They had to follow the order since that's what they did