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People like this piss me off in any profession. "I'm getting more than I deserve so let's look at everybody else and assume they feel the same way." Fuck this guy.

I have always hated the "one person shits, so everyone wears diapers" method... How about a good ole fashion wall to wall ball kicking of the person that screwed up....crush him...hold him responsible for his actions. Novel concept...I know. Cap-10 Edit for me spellun goodly. Posted from the NEW Baseops.net iOS App!

I am well past it now. Just the ORF who, when not yelling at damn kids to get off my lawn, realizes that politicians, for the most part and especially in this Administration, don't give a rat's ass about folks in uniform. Great props for showing how tough they are when a crisis erupts; or for paying lip service to on two holidays a year; but mostly alien and unfathomable. Hence this Bergdahl episode blew up in this Administration's face. I actually believe they wish they'd never done it now. But it did get the VA buffoonery off the front pages, so there's that.

Bergdahl walked off post. The bad guys were captured. Bergdahl is a soldier wearing the uniform of his country. The bad guys are terrorists not wearing uniforms and not following the Laws of War, the Geneva Convention, or any recognized ROE. Therefore they aren't POWs. The 'enemy combatant' status was invented to fit the situation. Not civilian criminals who can be tried in civil court, but not military subject to, traditionally, military tribunals. The conflict/war is not over, therefore talk of exchanging of prisoner/enemy combatants are premature. The Administration has been getting hammered, even by the usually tame press on the left, by a loooong sequence of buffoonery - Ukraine/Crimea, VA scandal, etc, etc, etc. Gitmo's closure was the very first Executive Order issued by the current Administration. Opportunity for a 'feel good' while showing decisive executive action to, finally, accomplish that EO. Surprise - BOOM. Not a word from this Administration regarding the Marine with rifles and a wrong turn in Mexico. Or the civilian contractor (possibly CIA) imprisoned in Cuba for some years now. We do have more than a few convicted spies of Cuba's - including Americans convicted of such. Or the now three Americans being held in North Korea. I hear the little fat one likes food and oil, yet nary a peep for any sort of deal there. Sadly, we kid ourselves if we think the higher echelons of the USG won't write off a GI for their greater good - themselves. The bro network within the military won't, but those at the top of the slippery pyramid have and will.

Poor wording on my part. What I meant is, as the CC I would address my people, explain the situation/punishment and reiterate my expectations. I would treat my people like adults. Ah yes...because if you don't do something visible, you have done nothing at all, line of thinking. I particularly love this leadership style...it usually goes hand-in-hand with the everyone wears diapers method. I'll default to nsplayrs post for forms of punishment. If questioned by leadership what I have done, I would have plenty (public shaming, paperwork, stripped of IP/FL/etc...) to show them. Is this not enough? Let me be clear, I have no problem using it as punishment...for the individual, but not the whole group/squadron. I've never worn my blues, when I wasn't forced. As far as the blues monday...the last time that rule was put in place, our OG didn't require us to wear blues, as we could always be thrown on the schedule. So no, I probably wouldn't bitch that much.

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It certainly seems like punishment in this case. If the uniform of the day was flight suits, but suddenly was changed to blues after a DUI...then, yes I would consider it punishment. Why do I, someone who did nothing wrong, need a refocus on professionalism? Yes. I've seen an officer in service dress at the front gate holding a sign after a DUI. This is nothing new...it's always pissed me off when leadership applied the, "one person shits, everyone wears diapers," leadership style. How about you just hold the person who committed the act accountable? Explain the situation, the punishment and reemphasize your expectations to your people (not via a fucking e-mail). Don't make them feel like they've done something wrong (if they have not), just because of a few dumbasses! What a crazy idea!!

And I'm calling BS. There were quite a few missions actioned on "active intel" (I shouldn't have to go into what that is on here) not just OPs set out or random patrols. I'm talking the same complex air assaults and ground assaults stuff you would see for any other HVT mission. This whole "SF commander refused to send his people after a deserter" is crap to sell a story in the 24 hour news cycle.

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Distinction without a difference. Pick up a weapon against our guys and you are the bad guy. I am assuming you agree? Released Gitmo vacationers were held for more than a decade. Pretty severe disagreements within even this Administration about releasing them. The Marine is still in a Mexican jail. Not very effective if an 'ally' won't listen, so yeah, 'not a word. Especially a Rose Garden event, on a Saturday, when someone has been getting hammered for executive buffoonery for weeks on end. Captain Phillips and Ms. Buchanan were civilians that military forces were used to rescue. Kinda the job and good on 'em for doing it. Bergdahl is a solder yet, according to press reports, military forces were not used to rescue him because of the risk involved to the units and the cause for his captivity. And I don't blame the military. The Taliban didn't "grab him." He walked to them. He may have had second thoughts later, but that's a bit late after voluntarily leaving the wire without telling anyone. Prisoner exchanges during war in the military context have been 1) for like - a soldier for a soldier and 2) usually for some sort of humanitarian reason - severe injury will keep the exchanged out of any future fights so what's the harm? and nearly always were a 1 for 1. Got it. You like the deal. You want Gitmo closed. Congratulations, it appears you are getting your wish. I'd hate to be one of the dudes still scheduled to be in Afghanistan after the 'war' is over.

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What a clown show. At least now everyone can stop focusing on the VA scandal and how well vets are really taken care of. This has nothing to do with rescuing our soldier; everything is political, scandalous, and deceitful. Don't think this is any different. To think about the amount of heros that died in this shithole trying to capture HVTs that would mass murder Americans in the blink of an eye. We just released the top five! My blood boils as I think about the countless memorials that I attended paying respects for real heroes that gave all to put these terrororist fuks away. Why are we still there? What a joke. We would've been much better off trading four cabinet members and the pres himself- that's a win win! Seriously!

So you would have the member (in service blues maybe?) address everyone early Monday morning and the explain or tell the story to a early am CC call? I'm not sure what "next day" action you can really do. This individual at fault has a pretty packed schedule the following duty day after this shitstorm occurs. And don't forget, no action by CC's will make them look poorly. These guys have to protect their careers as well. But since you see it as a punishment Social, how many days do you wear your blues that you aren't forced to? We do this to ourselves. I'm assuming you'd bitch if blues Monday came back even if it wasn't a punishment. And I'll follow that up with I don't wear blues unless req'd. But its the status quo we've created. Posted from the NEW Baseops.net App!