>>511198171 (OP)If it did happen, the men who actually arrested him, and the officers on the base where it happened would be cut loose and thrown under the bus within the span of an hour of the news breaking. The reaction would be so bad, the DoD would have to disavow it completely, and arrest everyone involved on the surface level.
It'd be like that awkward coup in Turkey from a few years ago, where they realized none of the populace were joining with them because Erodragon is actually popular and well liked there. It just immediately became a rogue band of soldiers, who weirdly had no commanding officers.