Posted on Jul 5, 2016
What would happen if this guy burned the American Flag on a military base?
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As we know, unfortunately people burn the American Flag for whatever reason, and laws tend to see it as free speech. But I honestly don't know how this situation would unfold on an actual military base. What would you do if you were on a military base and you saw this happening?
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I would render the necessary care to stabilize the wounds from an unknown number of assailants until relieved.
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I would assume that Service Members in his vicinity would detain him for desecration of the flag and arson. I would also assume those Service Members would attempt to do so without physical confrontation until the MP's arrived.
After the initial detention, if I were the base commander, I would revoke his on base privileges for conduct that has the potential to effect the good order and discipline in my command. If this would cause a Service Member to have to find housing for the dependent, I would not approve BAH if this is the only dependent in the household. I would also contact DEERS to see if I could flag the ID card number for restricting access to other bases. I would approve awards for defending our flag for any Service Member that helped stop the situation with a low level of physical altercation.
After the initial detention, if I were the base commander, I would revoke his on base privileges for conduct that has the potential to effect the good order and discipline in my command. If this would cause a Service Member to have to find housing for the dependent, I would not approve BAH if this is the only dependent in the household. I would also contact DEERS to see if I could flag the ID card number for restricting access to other bases. I would approve awards for defending our flag for any Service Member that helped stop the situation with a low level of physical altercation.
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SPC James Gehringer
for the most part i agree with you but as i witnessed in my deployment to iraq quite often physical confrontation is required. and he apears to de the type that would resist (or that is what I told the MPs when they arrived that he resisted being detained)
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SSG Trevor S.
SPC James Gehringer - if the Service Members that detained him did so with no physical violence I would put them in for awards. If physical violence occurred I would have to evaluate that situation. This would not be for charges, but to see if the Service Members could have used a better approach and if so to incorporate that approach into training.
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