trust in the civilian military relationship, trust in a commander. in this case, admiral green, to do the best in establishing standards and levels of discipline for his unit. that s what this is all about. it s one thing for the president. he certainly can give this order, first of all, let s set that straight. he can give any order he wants. and any order he gives should be obeyed. what the navy is saying, though, is now he is not only inserting himself in the decisionmaking of the court-martial and what the penalties were and absolving chief gallagher of those things, but now he s getting into unit responsibility. commander responsibility. it s admiral green s requirement to make sure all of his navy s.e.a.l.s meet the standards of what is arguably the world s best fighting force, the navy s.e.a.l.s. and he s been given a tough task because, as you recall, there s been some problems within the navy s.e.a.l.s infrastructure in the last couple of months with some abrogation of standar