October 11, - Many people did commit fragging and this is probably the most modern common occurrence at least in the United States military in modern wars. I still do not understand why they would do so knowing the penalties involved with mutiny and also knowing that they almost certainly will not get away with it. If their leader is doing a terrible job and their lives are on the line because of such they may think about getting rid of their leader and committing mutiny. I guess it could come down to the overall mood of the people fighting and if they think it is worth sacrificing or endangering their lives to achieve the goal of a leader. I heard that this was a problem in Vietnam as inexperienced officers would send dozens of men to their deaths to simply win a battle for a small hill that had little strategic advantage. I guess it may have something to do with either inept leadership or military leaders looking to sacrifice as many men as possible in order to achieve victory. I do not know of an instance where an entire unit was prosecuted for committing mutiny, there could be instances of this happening, but I am sure that the military would think twice about executing an entire unit, because at that point it is obvious that the commanding officer was the problem and they all believed that he or she was.Īnytime I think of mutinies I think of why the soldiers, under threat of execution, would attempt to overthrow and take over command of themselves, even though high command would eventually find out what happened. If there is an inept leader that is simply leading men to their deaths with little pay off then a small group of people or even one person may mutiny in order to save their comrades in the future. In order to successfully mutiny everyone has agree with the problems at hand or allow it to happen and act like they did not know what was going on. October 13, - I would think that some of the people that mutinied would do so in order to save their unit and not necessarily care about what happens to them.

A mutiny in time