{"id":32128,"date":"2012-09-24T19:14:27","date_gmt":"2012-09-24T23:14:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=32128"},"modified":"2012-09-24T19:14:27","modified_gmt":"2012-09-24T23:14:27","slug":"two-marine-staff-sergeants-face-court-martials-for-urination-videos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=32128","title":{"rendered":"Two Marine Staff Sergeants face court martials for urination videos"},"content":{"rendered":"

Chip sends a link in the Washington Post<\/a> to the news that 2 Marine Staff Sergeants face court martial charges for their participation in the famous urination videos;<\/p>\n

The Marine Corps said the urination took place during a counterinsurgency operation in the Musa Qala district of Helmand province on July 27, 2011. The decision to court martial [Staff Sgt. Joseph W. Chamblin and Staff Sgt. Edward W. Deptola] was made by Lt. Gen. Richard P. Mills, the commanding general of Marine Corps Combat Development Command.<\/p>\n

When the video came to light on YouTube, U.S. military officials sternly condemned the misconduct. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said he feared that it could set back efforts to begin reconciliation talks with the Taliban.<\/p>\n

Chamblin and Deptola also were charged with other misconduct alleged to have happened on the same day as the urination incident. That includes dereliction of duty by failing to properly supervise junior Marines, failing to report their misconduct and failing to require them to wear their personal protective equipment.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The article continues that three others are facing non-judicial punishment (the Army calls it Article 15, and the Navy\/Marines calls them Captain’s Mast, I think). Washington Post also says that one has already pleaded guilty – although I don’t think that’s possible with NJP. Last I checked, all you did with NJP was accept the fact that you will be judged by your commander instead of shooting for a court martial).<\/p>\n

Anyway, this is so blown out of proportion. All they did was urinate on some bodies. It’s not like they drowned them in urine, or shot innocent people. If the Secretary of Defense wasn’t so worried about the political implications, this wouldn’t rise to to the level of a court martial. So these two sergeants are being crucified for the urination videos as well as the Koran burnings, and the idiots who posed with body parts of suicide bombers. They’re being prevented from winning this war for political reasons and now they’re being punished for political reasons.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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