Being in the military is about the controlled killing of people and breaking of things. Nothing more, nothing less.

An undisiplined military is an armed, out of control, rable.

A hyper-disiplined military is worse, it has the potential to commit war crimes. The SS death camp guards said: "I was just following orders." They were hung for their crimes. Lyndie England said the same thing, she got 3 years in prison for what she did to Iraqi prisoners.

Do not sing the praises of disipline to me I know better than that.

MODERN Germany has it about right, each Soldier has the obligation to deceide if the orders that they are given are moral or not.

If this is indeed voluntary I would say to the anti kilt guy, hey when my kilt is welcomed here then I will come back until then you can go talk to the trees when you need men. If it is less than voluntary I would start screaming at each level of your chain of command that this guy is out of the accepted bounds of behavior for an officer and needs to be removed from the service immediately for the good of the country.

Make him pay for his big mouth.