PHOENIX (AP) — The Pentagon is suggesting it could recall U.S. Sen. Mark Kelly to active military duty to punish him for appearing in a video that called for troops to defy “illegal orders.”

Before he was a Democratic senator from Arizona, Kelly was a senior Navy officer and pilot who flew combat missions in the first Gulf War. He went on to be a military test pilot and NASA astronaut, part of a small club of space explorers who went on to serve in Congress.

Responding to the Pentagon on Monday, Kelly posted on social media a close-up photo of the medals hanging from his white Navy dress uniform.

“If this is meant to intimidate me and other members of Congress from doing our jobs and holding this administration accountable, it won’t work,” Kelly wrote.

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