Posted on Jun 11, 2015
Army vet gets 80 years in killing over argument about military branches. Situations like this make all of us look like idiots. Doesn't it?
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This is what irks me when some idiot takes it to an extreme. This does nothing but help the civilian population believe we are a bunch of drunken idiots ready to fight anyone and everyone at the drop of a hat.
Goes to show that neither of them had the sense of a grapefruit. We have all been in these quibbles over the years. Everyone thinks there branch is the best, toughest whatever it maybe, but in the end we all agree that WE are the best damned Armed Forces in the world. It takes all of us to win battles and wars.
We don't attack our own brothers and sisters in arms we attack the enemy. I'm glad he got 80 years and to the family of the Marine, my deepest condolences and prayers for you loss.
This is a loss that should have never happened.
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(Note: Full article added by RP Staff)
BILLINGS, Mont. — An Army veteran has been sentenced to 80 years in prison for slashing the throat of a former Marine during a drunken argument over which branch of the military was better.
The Billings Gazette reports that 63-year-old William Earl Cunningham was sentenced Tuesday after his March conviction of deliberate homicide in the August 2014 death of 40-year-old Nathan Horn in Laurel.
Cunningham claimed he acted in self-defense when he slashed Horn's throat. The men were arguing over whether the Army or Marines is the better branch of the military.
At the sentencing Cunningham told the family he prays for them to have peace and comfort and told them he was sorry Horn had died.
Horn's aunt said Cunningham "deserved to hurt" because of the pain he caused their family.
http://www.armytimes.com/story/military/crime/2015/06/10/army-vet-gets-80-years-in-killing-over-argument-about-military-branches/71019150/
Goes to show that neither of them had the sense of a grapefruit. We have all been in these quibbles over the years. Everyone thinks there branch is the best, toughest whatever it maybe, but in the end we all agree that WE are the best damned Armed Forces in the world. It takes all of us to win battles and wars.
We don't attack our own brothers and sisters in arms we attack the enemy. I'm glad he got 80 years and to the family of the Marine, my deepest condolences and prayers for you loss.
This is a loss that should have never happened.
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(Note: Full article added by RP Staff)
BILLINGS, Mont. — An Army veteran has been sentenced to 80 years in prison for slashing the throat of a former Marine during a drunken argument over which branch of the military was better.
The Billings Gazette reports that 63-year-old William Earl Cunningham was sentenced Tuesday after his March conviction of deliberate homicide in the August 2014 death of 40-year-old Nathan Horn in Laurel.
Cunningham claimed he acted in self-defense when he slashed Horn's throat. The men were arguing over whether the Army or Marines is the better branch of the military.
At the sentencing Cunningham told the family he prays for them to have peace and comfort and told them he was sorry Horn had died.
Horn's aunt said Cunningham "deserved to hurt" because of the pain he caused their family.
http://www.armytimes.com/story/military/crime/2015/06/10/army-vet-gets-80-years-in-killing-over-argument-about-military-branches/71019150/
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"Situations like this make all of us look like idiots. Doesn't it?"
Well, no, or at least not in my way of thinking, no more than i think a cop throwing a teen to the ground without need makes all cops look like an idiot, or a fireman caught setting fires makes all firemen look like an idiot.
Im kind of big on personal responsibility..what I see from this event is two Military members making themselves look like idiots. .. both for engaging on such a nonsense topic, more for not walking away, and big time for taking it way too far.
But I feel, nor accept any egg on my face from thier actions.
Well, no, or at least not in my way of thinking, no more than i think a cop throwing a teen to the ground without need makes all cops look like an idiot, or a fireman caught setting fires makes all firemen look like an idiot.
Im kind of big on personal responsibility..what I see from this event is two Military members making themselves look like idiots. .. both for engaging on such a nonsense topic, more for not walking away, and big time for taking it way too far.
But I feel, nor accept any egg on my face from thier actions.
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SPC Christian Ziegler
I agree with SGM Erik Marquez I really don't mind what the civilians say. It's mind over matter. I don't mind because they don't matter. The only people that do are my family and they all are depen. or have served, the veterans I talk to and there family's. The rest can go to hell in a hand basket. Now that may sound harsh, but sit down and listen to them sometime, after you do that tell me im wrong and I should care about what they think about the people that keep the monster's under the bed away. Scouts Out
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SGT Steve Oakes
We should all care what the civilian population thinks! They are the ones we need on our side to put pressure on the Government to treat us fairly, not throw us into wars without a good reason, to fix the VA. To appropriate sufficient funds to keep our weapons systems up and running, and to develop and build new and better ones when needed. The lower public opinion is of the military the less motivation POTUS and Congress have to treat us right. You think the VA is bad now see what happens if public support for the military, veterans, and retirees goes away completely.
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1SG William Svoboda
We only fall in lock step with individuals like this and then considered idiots if we too engage in embarrassingly, inappropriate behavior. How often are we told to act as if some one is watching and we are warriors 24/7? Ambassadors of our craft always!
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