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Marine Capitol rioter gets 1 hour of community service for each of 279 Marine Civil War casualties
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Man I’ll tell you what, I got OTH discharge from the Navy for a WHOLE LOT LESS. What a fucking joke. Fuck this
This was civilian court. He hasn’t been tried in a court martial yet.
He’ll be heading to Leavenworth shortly. The military always lets civilian courts go first, specifically to ensure that service members don’t get off lightly.
This is like the $150 fine that the Commonwealth of KY will fine you if you detonate a nuclear device within city limits. They’re just getting the pennies they think they might get out of you when the federal government is done with you.
I think it’s five years later you can appeal, and almost all of them get approved.
Like, if you got a DUI or popped on a drug test, you can probably get it changed. It’s a small hassle, but there’s no reason not to fill out the paperwork
what is OTH?
Other than honorable
That’s different from dishonorable?
There are 8 different discharge types. You can read about them at the link below, but basically other than honorable is for serious violations (assault for example) that don’t meet the dishonorable criteria.
https://www.benefits.com/veterans-benefits/types-military-discharge
“Veterans with this determination may also not be able to vote”
WTF?
Military service is dangerous for multiple reasons…
Not just life and limb, but social participation. The only place where a non-felony can land you with felony restrictions.
As a veteran myself (I was young and dumb. I’m still dumb, but not young), I encourage everyone avoid joining the US military at all costs. It’s really not worth the free college (which isn’t worth a whole lot these days anyway, since everyone has a worthless degree).
I find weird that the right to vote can be stripped at all.
Here in Europe every adult can vote, no matter what.
Thanks for sharing.
In many countries, an active duty soldier commiting treason will result in a firing squad.
Why the hell are these traitors still in the Marine Corps?
Dishonorably discharge them and cancel all their benefits already.
I believe they were also dishonorably discharged IIRC from the last time I saw this. I very well may be wrong though.
I heard other than honorable but again hearsay. Would prefer dishonorable
“As of Friday, all three Marines were still on active-duty status, according to the Marine Corps. But all three could be separated from the Marine Corps “on less than honorable conditions,” prosecutors said.”
Doesn’t say for sure but that’s a exerpt from the article
I’m confused. Why did the judge use such a weird frame of reference for the sentence? How can you use casualties from one branch of the military, in a war over a century ago, for a case today? Seems entirely arbitrary and out of context.
Like, we don’t sentence thieves in 2023 based on how many boxes of tea were destroyed during the Boston Tea Party.
So how much for betraying your country, your corps and the oath that you made when you joined?
Well let’s hope next time nobody joins out of fear of 34 days of community service.
This was the civilian court’s decision. Now that it’s over they’ll face the military court.
Being in the Marines is punishment enough most of the time
The Marines I know don’t seem to mind at all, they relish it.
Have they been to war yet tho? Have they seen their squadmates dead bodies?
I was Navy and on a marine transport ship. The ones who hadn’t been deployed yet were gunho and annoying as shit. Like young puppies.
The ones who had actually seen shit, were a lot more rational and disillusioned.
Don’t underestimate the brainwashing of the military, especially for exclusive stuff, it takes a while to get that out of your head after training.
The Marines I know that saw combat are often messed up with PTSD and feel lost without their units, but still seem very proud to have been Marines.
feel lost without their units
As the full saying goes, the blood of the covenant is thicker than the water of the womb. Soldiers being through shit and wanting to stick together afterwards is a trait as old as warfare itself.
to have been Marines
Yeah, it’s completely normal to put on rose colored glasses years later…
That’s entirely different than seeing it and still being in.
No they mustard it
I hate you. Please don’t ever change.
