{"id":81188,"date":"2018-08-16T07:33:54","date_gmt":"2018-08-16T11:33:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=81188"},"modified":"2022-01-13T20:34:13","modified_gmt":"2022-01-14T01:34:13","slug":"mad-dog-wants-more-ucmj","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=81188","title":{"rendered":"Mad Dog wants more UCMJ"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis has issued new guidance to commanders across the military: Stop relying on administrative actions for discplinary problems and start using the military justice system more often.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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In the\u00a0new memo\u00a0dated Aug. 13, Mattis calls the military justice system a \u201cpowerful tool\u201d for good order and discipline, and he says flatly it is a \u201ccommander\u2019s duty to use it.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cMilitary leaders must not interfere with individual cases, but fairness to the accused does not prevent military officers from appropriately condemning and eradicating malignant behavior from our ranks,\u201d Mattis wrote, according to a copy of the memo that was\u00a0obtained by Military Times.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Ok, but I do not think we are going to turn the hands of time backwards.\u00a0 There was a time when service members could have 5 NJP’s and still make SNCO.\u00a0 If they are going to start using UCMJ charges at the drop of a hat, I hope they also reward merit.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u201cLeaders must be willing to choose the harder right over the easier wrong. Administrative actions should not be the default method to address illicit conduct simply because it is less burdensome than the military justice system. Leaders cannot be so risk-adverse that they lose their focus on forging disciplined troops ready to ferociously and ethically defeat our enemies in the battlefield.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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I always thought a decline in punishment was a good thing.\u00a0 \u00a0Not sure I am with the Warrior Monk on all of this.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf a subordinate makes a mistake, leaders should learn to coach them better,\u201d he writes. \u201cBut we must not tolerate or ignore lapses in discipline, for our enemies will benefit if we do not correct and appropriately punish substandard conduct. Time, inconvenience, or administrative burdens are no excuse for allowing substandard conduct to persist.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The UCMJ is a tool, no doubt.\u00a0 I never wrote one charge sheet my entire career.\u00a0 There are a bunch of Marines on my FB list that will tell you they wish I had instead of…\u00a0 Never met a Platoon Sgt that earned the respect of his men by using a pencil to whip them.<\/p>\n

I am always concerned about booting good warriors to the curb because they like to mix it up.\u00a0 This fantasy of having killers that mind their manners 24\/7 is a joke.\u00a0 My concern with those graphs is that we are getting too soft and mild mannered.\u00a0 I earned every one of my NJP’s, all for drinking and fighting with a dose of telling someone to go phuck themselves.\u00a0 I also went from being a Cpl to a SSgt in 6 months.\u00a0 If we are going to start taking rank away quickly,\u00a0 we better not boot the scrappers to the curb unless we are only going to war in the powder puff league.<\/p>\n

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