Steve Breen for June 28, 2020

…because if we reinstate military officers who feel compelled to do the right thing, then before you know it, we have a military full of soldiers who refuse orders like firing gas grenades and rubber bullets at peaceful protesters. And we can’t have that in the New Duh-merican Banana Re-thug-lick!

War criminals are pardoned, heroes are destroyed, welcome to Trump World…

It has ever been thus – look what happened to George Patton when he wanted to go clean up Russia right after WWII.

Heaven forbid that a Captain should actually care about the men who serve under him.

As a US Navy Veteran I see both sides of this,one it’s disgraceful the way they treated the Captain, this whole situation should have been done in private, just discussing!

As a Navy Veteran (1967-1971) I remember being referred to as “short timer” when my 4 year enlistment was coming to an end and I wasn’t going to re-enlist. I had declined a Variable Re-enlistment Bonus of $10,000 and was getting married. That was a great feeling.

I have that same feeling now that our present Commander in Thief . .ah, Chief is a “short timer” and will be leaving soon after 4 years! I wonder if there will be parade someplace. I know I’ll be celebrating.

Just another reason everyone is laughing at America. With Trump leading the way it is how low can the U.S.A go!

Trump certainly doesn’t

Flounder on, O Ship of State. . . .

Indeed. In my years of observing them, Naval proceedings have been generally judicious enough, but it seems to me that the notorious cases (which are really the only ones anyone has ever heard of) tend to be either whitewashes or scapegoating.

Basic: When you have a job with hierarchy, and you aren’t at the top of that hierarchy, your job is to make your boss(es) look good.

I’d like to know who leaked the original message to the press. That is the person who breached security.

Reminds me of the framing and smear campaigns launched against Commander Lloyd M. Bucher after the Pueblo incident. If you are too young to remember it, there is a pretty good rundown on Wikipedia.

This poor Captain … such a good commander.

Not really. The only thing political about it was the review. The fact that he even got one.

He violated the chain of command and broke security. Automatic crash landing. He knew it going in.

He and his superior were judged by a panel of fellow command officers that they both mismanaged the situation prior to his letter. We do not know all the details, probably because it concerns policies and procedures that reveal too much about how things are done internally. It is sad but he can recover and his superior could eventually get that next star. The UCMJ is very well defined about this process and as a veteran of the Navy, I respect how it was handled.

Our military is great at fighting and defending our country but warped in many of its ways of thinking, unfortunately.

The captain cared for his crew, just as the president is supposed to care for all citizens..