Posted on Jun 27, 2018
Navy chief reportedly beat up kid at youth soccer game
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Carrying your obsession with sports way too far --- not gonna be a good career move, either.
Navy chief reportedly beat up kid at youth soccer game
Posted from navytimes.com
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A a US Navy Chief I recommend the following:
1) General Courts Martial for a number of UCMJ violations
2) When found guilty the following punishment:
- Reduced in rank (to E1)
- 12 months in the brig
- After brig - Dishonorable discharge (or a best an "other than honorable discharge")
3) Counseling while in the brig. (While the above punishment is harsh, something snapped in this man and it cannot go unresolved or it gets worse.)
4) A written and verbal apology by the Chief to everyone present.
5) A stern tongue lashing by the JAG Judge to not only the Chief, but to ALL the adults and the kids about the importance of civility and sportsmanship. I know JAG who just might be willing come out of retirement to give just such a commentary!!!
Added comments: While some of you may thing my approach harsh as a father and as a grandfather my duty is to SET AN EXAMPLE. Unless a gun, knife or gang of kids and in absolute self-defense as an adult you have no place or right to lay your hand on a kid in such a manner as to pummel them - ever!!!
As a kid, I got in scraps with others and unless the fight was unfair in some manner kids need to work things out. Breaking up a fight is OK and more than ONE adult who saw the issue should have recognized a problem was getting ready to explode. In our, new reality of WIN at ALL COST, adults need to maintain their composure. I have coached soccer from 7 - 14 yr olds for >30 years. I love to complete, but SPORTSMANSHIP is key. I have also worked with youth for over 40 years as an adult and in all that time, I have never seen such behavior.
I am being tough on the CHIEF because as a CHIEF myself, I am VERY DISAPPOINTED that he resolved to take a "drunken sailor" approach to problem solving. As a Hospital Corpsman I have had to put too many marines and sailor back together after such brawls.
Do not get me wrong, a father and mother should defend their kids. That is without question!!! But, pummeling another kid, again unless being threatened with any weapon form a gun to a lead pipe is NEVER an excuse to harm a child. And, then ONLY in self and in the defense for the safety of others when faced with NO OTHER OPTION.
After reading the article again I cannot help but wonder what the Chief saw. Also, I cannot help but wonder the command climate and any back story issues the Chief was experiencing and when he saw his child engaged what snapped.
Some might say, if the Chief gets a Courts Martial and punishment as suggested he would not be able to provide for his family. Well, he is in an engineering rate and from what I see his skills are needed in the post-military market place. The question will not be his skills, I am sure he is very skilled professionally and others will see that. The question is his temperament. I also see a sailor who needs help. I know some reading may think, after my recommendation for harsh punishment, that to be sensitive is contradictory. If you think about it, really think about it, it is not!
In closing, as a Chief, I feel for the man's family! We should pray for them and lift them up as they are hurting as much as the other families that witnessed the horror. This man has a soul too. While he was wrong, it does not mean each of us cannot ask for grace to be upon him as well.
1) General Courts Martial for a number of UCMJ violations
2) When found guilty the following punishment:
- Reduced in rank (to E1)
- 12 months in the brig
- After brig - Dishonorable discharge (or a best an "other than honorable discharge")
3) Counseling while in the brig. (While the above punishment is harsh, something snapped in this man and it cannot go unresolved or it gets worse.)
4) A written and verbal apology by the Chief to everyone present.
5) A stern tongue lashing by the JAG Judge to not only the Chief, but to ALL the adults and the kids about the importance of civility and sportsmanship. I know JAG who just might be willing come out of retirement to give just such a commentary!!!
Added comments: While some of you may thing my approach harsh as a father and as a grandfather my duty is to SET AN EXAMPLE. Unless a gun, knife or gang of kids and in absolute self-defense as an adult you have no place or right to lay your hand on a kid in such a manner as to pummel them - ever!!!
As a kid, I got in scraps with others and unless the fight was unfair in some manner kids need to work things out. Breaking up a fight is OK and more than ONE adult who saw the issue should have recognized a problem was getting ready to explode. In our, new reality of WIN at ALL COST, adults need to maintain their composure. I have coached soccer from 7 - 14 yr olds for >30 years. I love to complete, but SPORTSMANSHIP is key. I have also worked with youth for over 40 years as an adult and in all that time, I have never seen such behavior.
I am being tough on the CHIEF because as a CHIEF myself, I am VERY DISAPPOINTED that he resolved to take a "drunken sailor" approach to problem solving. As a Hospital Corpsman I have had to put too many marines and sailor back together after such brawls.
Do not get me wrong, a father and mother should defend their kids. That is without question!!! But, pummeling another kid, again unless being threatened with any weapon form a gun to a lead pipe is NEVER an excuse to harm a child. And, then ONLY in self and in the defense for the safety of others when faced with NO OTHER OPTION.
After reading the article again I cannot help but wonder what the Chief saw. Also, I cannot help but wonder the command climate and any back story issues the Chief was experiencing and when he saw his child engaged what snapped.
Some might say, if the Chief gets a Courts Martial and punishment as suggested he would not be able to provide for his family. Well, he is in an engineering rate and from what I see his skills are needed in the post-military market place. The question will not be his skills, I am sure he is very skilled professionally and others will see that. The question is his temperament. I also see a sailor who needs help. I know some reading may think, after my recommendation for harsh punishment, that to be sensitive is contradictory. If you think about it, really think about it, it is not!
In closing, as a Chief, I feel for the man's family! We should pray for them and lift them up as they are hurting as much as the other families that witnessed the horror. This man has a soul too. While he was wrong, it does not mean each of us cannot ask for grace to be upon him as well.
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He needs a good blanket party! Oops are we not supposed to mention those anymore....
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