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Consider them the armed-forces cousins of the Cowboy Cop. Military personnel who break all the rules, annoy their superiors, but generally win because they break the rules. Existing largely because of the Rule of Cool, as in real life, the military needs people they can be certain will stop fighting when ordered just as much as they need people who will start. The primary purpose of discipline is to learn self-restraint, after all. (They will occasionally face Reassigned to Antarctica, because the writers know that's where the next trouble will break out.) Examples of Military Maverick include:

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  • Consider them the armed-forces cousins of the Cowboy Cop. Military personnel who break all the rules, annoy their superiors, but generally win because they break the rules. Existing largely because of the Rule of Cool, as in real life, the military needs people they can be certain will stop fighting when ordered just as much as they need people who will start. The primary purpose of discipline is to learn self-restraint, after all. (They will occasionally face Reassigned to Antarctica, because the writers know that's where the next trouble will break out.) Examples of Military Maverick include:
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  • Consider them the armed-forces cousins of the Cowboy Cop. Military personnel who break all the rules, annoy their superiors, but generally win because they break the rules. Existing largely because of the Rule of Cool, as in real life, the military needs people they can be certain will stop fighting when ordered just as much as they need people who will start. The primary purpose of discipline is to learn self-restraint, after all. (They will occasionally face Reassigned to Antarctica, because the writers know that's where the next trouble will break out.) However, apparently it is Truth in Television to some extent. When Richard Dean Anderson asked General Michael E. Ryan (the Air Force Chief of Staff, who once appeared on Stargate SG-1 playing himself) whether there were really colonels like Jack O'Neill, Ryan replied, "yes, and worse." Note that the higher your rank, the more likely you are to get away with it. There are no privates like Jack O'Neill. Or at least, if there are right now, give it a few days. Still, most instances of this would have far more consequences in Real Life than fiction (so does everything). You might get away with disobeying orders on rare occasions and under unusual circumstances, but doing so to the point of recklessness is a good way to end your military career with a court martial at best and a firing squad at worst. So it goes without saying... May sometimes be a Bunny Ears Lawyer in uniform. Examples of Military Maverick include:
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