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[plonq]

Words fail me.

I suppose there's no statute on these things, but after 40 years...  What pushes it firmly into the realm of pettiness is the part where they won't even let his family pass along word to him that his brother died.  I suppose they could try and send him a note - not that he could read it, given that they confiscated his glasses too.

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Re: The marines need to get over themselves.

[ionotter.livejournal.com]

You have to understand, desertion isn't just walking off the job. Think of it this way: You volunteered to be a firefighter, and you're in a burning building. You're half-way to the day-care center, where nearly 30 kids are trapped and screaming for help, when you suddenly chicken out and decide that being a fire-fighter isn't for you. You're not hurt, you're not in any immediate danger if you stay with your team, but you decide to bug out anyway. So you drop your part of the hose, turn tail and run.

The problem is, the hose is too heavy and too powerful for any less than five men, and you've just decided on a career change when the going got tough.

Even in the civilian world, you would be tried for criminal negligence, dereliction of duty, maybe even manslaughter if anyone died because of your cowardice.

This is why desertion carried the death penalty in time of war. That almost never happens anymore, but you can pretty much count on spending the rest of your life crushing rocks into pebbles at Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas.

The other thing is, if they didn't pursue deserters and make their lives and absolute monstrous living Hell of paranoia and terror that they'd be caught, then EVERYONE would desert when the going gets tough.

I saw it all the time in the Navy. Stupid Kid joins the military to get a free ride around the world and free money for education, then suddenly gets all pissy and scared when they have to actually START DOING THEIR JOB.

Cowards. And they deserve the life of a coward; to live in mortal terror of being found and caught.

Let him burn... for about a week

[dakhun.livejournal.com]

but you can pretty much count on spending the rest of your life crushing rocks into pebbles at Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas


But Lieut. Lawton King, who speaks for the marine corps at Camp Pendleton, Calif., said that is unlikely.

He said the most likely outcome is an "administrative separation," a dishonourable discharge from the marine corps.

"Unless there is more information of a criminal nature or other factors that must be accounted for, most cases like these are separated administratively, and fairly quickly," King said.

King said most cases are handled within seven days.