I think there is more to it than CNN is reporting. I rarely understand the ways the military chooses to govern itself. But my father was military and Chris was military. So, I've come to see through their eyes that civilians aren't meant to understand their ways.
Sounds strange, I know, but we civilians aren't always privvy to what's going on in there. Training soldiers to value order and their country over their very own lives is very tough and often requires a different kind of order.