GENERAL MATTIS CAN GIVE ORDERS BUT HAS TROUBLE TAKING THEM.... General Mattis can give orders but has trouble taking them based on the resignation letter that was given and the multiple copies left available to reach the public. I am sure that grounds could be found in the USCMJ for General Mattis' dismissal. Military personnel in general are aware that ranks above colonel are largely political. So these ranks above colonel have to play politics with their superiors in order to maintain their positions. Sick. Mattis served his purpose. "You're FIRED!"