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2005-07-29 Home Front: WoT

Army Mechanic Acquitted of Desertion, Convicted on other Charges

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Posted by Steve White 2005-07-29 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 ...Here's where this idiot lost me.
The DoD has a policy in place if you decide that you don't want to play any more and I saw it used twenty years ago, and in ODS as well. I'm willing to believe that someone can see the Great Light, and that's fine.
BUT - and IIRC, that jackass Paredes did the same thing - you are not allowed to just opt out of the game. You have to go with your unit, and then they decide what to do.
A true CO would have gone. This guy didn't. He simply decided that he did'nt want to play anymore, and figured that claiming CO status was his best bet. Well, fine. He can be the prom queen at Leavenworth for the next 15 months.

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2005-07-29 07:07|| 2005-07-29 07:07|| Front Page Top

#2 Son, here is a real CO.

Nuff said!

Posted by Elmaitch Unomort5930 2005-07-29 09:24|| 2005-07-29 09:24|| Front Page Top

#3 Desmond Doss - I never knew about him. Thanks for the link.

He set the bar.

SSGT Benderman was just looking for a quick way out because he found out that war sucks. Well wih that dishonorable following him around, life's going to suck for a lot longer for him.

Posted by OldSpook 2005-07-29 10:28|| 2005-07-29 10:28|| Front Page Top

#4 Didn't lots of CO's serve as medics or chaplain's assistants in WWII?

And the claim that "Benderman believed he had been excused from deploying so he could work on his objector application."?

It is to laugh.

Posted by mojo">mojo 2005-07-29 14:09|| 2005-07-29 14:09|| Front Page Top

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