Not that it will make you feel any better, but often the offending soldier is not held responsible. Ultimately might will make right and the victors will decid

Not that it will make you feel any better, but often the offending soldier is not held responsible. Ultimately might will make right and the victors will decide on the punishment. The "system" is already an excuse. Example the Tarnak Farm Incident where a US pilot killed 4 Canadian soldiers: "... as much as the F-16 pilots bear final responsibility for the fratricide incident, there existed other systemic shortcomings in air coordination and control procedures, as well as mission planning practices by the tactical flying units, that may have prevented the accident had they been corrected."[5] Despite the fact he "flagrantly disregarded a direct order", "exercised a total lack of basic flight discipline", and "blatantly ignored the applicable rules of engagement". He was merely fined $5,700.