Posted on Jan 18, 2016
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I think it stinks that after this long the Sec of Def. can reduce someone in rank. Even if he or she is a General officer. Yes I know he was convicted of mishandling of classified material. They should have reduced him back then. Maybe we as military community should let our voices be heard.
UCMJ
SECDEF
David Petraeus
Posted 10 y ago
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Some feel that the general should have been drummed out of the service at the time but wasn't for unknown reasons. Allowing him to retire at full pay and allowances after his transgressions is outrageous to say the least. People of lesser rank are drubbed out reduced and careers ruined on a daily basis for a lot less, this perp received special treatment at the hands of the politicos which amounted to a betrayal of every other service member who has served honorably or otherwise.
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He did not do like what another General a decade ago did..he did not sleep with wives of his staff like another General who was going to get his 3rd star on retirement but was demoted to full-bird colonel after the wives he slept with complained. I think it stinks too..Gen. Petraus is a hero! Had he not screwed up, and had he had the desire to run... he would be ahead of Donald' epws are losers' Trump and 'Bengazi is teflon to me' Hillary Clinton!
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MCPO Roger Collins
LTC Stephen Conway - As did Lewinsky and now she's a celebrity and Clinton is held in high esteem by the Dems
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MCPO Roger Collins
LTC Stephen Conway - Let he who is without sin, cast the first stone. Reminds me of the old joke about Francoir the Frenchman. I drive and they don't call me an Engineer, I cut down many trees and they don't call me a Lumberjack, but I suck one d**k....
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MAJ David White
Anyone wonder why this SecDef has it in for him? Is he just an easier target that GEN Mattis? Become critical of the administration's social experimentation or of foreign policy and there's a target... Does the SecDef's gender issues (yes, I raised the issue) make him hate the military? He seems by action and policy determined to undermine it. I'm not name-calling, just posing the question.
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LTC Stephen Conway
MAJ (Join to see) - ok, that is true and the FBI is taking their time with the embattled Senator Clinton. Just think if you or me did that? we would not be here. We would be at Fort Leavenworth.
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Exclusive: Pentagon May Demote David Petraeus
The Defense Secretary is looking to put the clamp down on misbehaving generals. Pentagon insiders say Petraeus could be the next general to face the consequences.
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CPO Andy Carrillo, MS
SGM Matthew Quick, I believe the SecDef needs to send a clear and powerful message to senior officers: you will be held to a higher standard and 'sweetheart' plea deals in a civilian federal court do not trump the UCMJ. Be warned!
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So he may have to trade in his Koenigseg for a Lamborghini? Even at 3 star, that retirement check would still exceed a platoons worth of active duty pay... Unless his retirement were pulled, anything is superficial stick poking at this point...
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SFC Dave Wynn
It's the point the man retired. He would now be on the hook for Tens of thousand of dollars in over pay. It would be like you retiring a E9 then couple of years later they say know you retire as an E-6. All that difference in pay between the two you have to pay back. Trust me Uncle sugar will get his money.
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MAJ (Join to see)
He'd actually be on the hook for about $250,000, as he retired about 4 years ago and the drop in pay would be about $50,000 a year. Plus interest? I'd guess so.
Also, a platoon makes a lot more per month/year than a retired 4-star. At $220,000 a year for a retired four-stary, this works out to about $18,000 a month. An average infantry platoon of about 40 people makes way more than $18,000 a month.
Also, a platoon makes a lot more per month/year than a retired 4-star. At $220,000 a year for a retired four-stary, this works out to about $18,000 a month. An average infantry platoon of about 40 people makes way more than $18,000 a month.
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Can't do it without a courts-marshall and if he received any thing less than an a Honorable or General (no pun intended) discharge it still can't be done.
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No! I will remember GEN Petraeus as the model statesman-soldier, commander of two wars, and chief intellectual author of a counterinsurgency doctrine that advances American interests. Did he F'up? Yes. Did he pay for his F'up? Absolutely!
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