Posted on Mar 21, 2016
Missouri soldier’s conviction for Obama comments is upheld
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UCMJ trumps the Constitution? I wasn't aware...
Missouri soldier’s conviction for Obama comments is upheld
Posted from tri-cityherald.com
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UCMJ
Freedom of Speech
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CPO Andy Carrillo, MS You know better than anyone that as a service member, you have no rights and you don't have the right to speak or refer to ANYONE in your Chain of Command the way he did, especially the Commander-in-Chief. It doesn't matter if you like him or not. We all took the same oath of enlistment, we are all held to the same standard, and you don't get a pass because it's someone or something you don't like.
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LCpl Mark Lefler
SSG imagine if a private did that to you or you did that to a CSM? we know how that would go down.
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CPO Andy Carrillo, MS
SSG Michael Hartsfield you are correct. When we sign on the dotted line we also voluntarily give up certain Constitutional rights to become a member of the US Armed Forces. I wonder if we truly appreciate what that means when we sign that contract...
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CPO Andy Carrillo, MS this statement says it all. "It is patently evident that (Rapert’s) speech runs directly counter to the ethos of the United States armed forces." Judge Kevin A. Ohlson, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces.
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The rights of the serviceman are not equal to the civilian population. To maintain the good order of the services certain restrictions are placed on them to ensure displine and order.
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CPO Andy Carrillo, MS
SFC Wade W. and as a volunteer force we willfully and knowingly sign away these Constitutional rights in exchange for whatever benefits we hope to receive.
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