Marine Corps retreats on court-martial charges in Taliban urination case.

[AWP]

I won't even edit my post. Nicely done.

 

[Chopstick]

I won't even edit my post. Nicely done.

Danke. And thanks for making me spew Vincent's cream soda out of my nose.

 

[DA SWO]

General Amos became the Commandant of the USMC on October 22, 2010.

Then he has a year left, and will retire 30 Sept 2014. They will drag the Investigation out until just before he retires, but he is damaged goods politically with DoD.

 

[Teufel]

Then he has a year left, and will retire 30 Sept 2014. They will drag the Investigation out until just before he retires, but he is damaged goods politically with DoD.

Concur. This plus a few other things, like exonerating the previous commandants son from this same case prematurely so he could take command..... I'm sure the fact that he was a commandant's son had nothing to do with that decision. http://blogs.militarytimes.com/batt...-controversy-to-become-a-battalion-commander/

 

[pardus]

WOW...

 

[Teufel]

First aviator commandant. Just saying.

 

[8654Maine]

Mighty suspicious.

 

[Chopstick]

I guess General Amos has not been in the news enough this month. This is his big follow-up story?
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news...whistleblower-faces-vengeance-from-su/?page=1

Earlier this month, Maj. Weirick sent an email to a lawyer who had worked on Gen. Amos’ staff, urging him in pointed language to cooperate with investigators.

Marine higher-ups responded Tuesday with a series of retaliations against Maj. Weirick, Col. Siegel said.

• Marines escorted Maj. Weirick out of his office and seized his government computer.
• He was transferred to a nonlegal job as a training officer.

• His new commander suggested that he get a mental health evaluation and report for an interview with a Naval Criminal Investigative Service agent, to whom he refused to talk.

• The major was ordered not to communicate with officials, including Gen. Amos, and was denied leave.

• He was told to turn over his licensed personal firearms kept at home, which he did.

• The Corps also is doing a risk assessment to determine whether Maj. Weirick is a danger to himself or the base.

“These steps are all designed for a single purpose and that is to undermine the credibility of Maj. Weirick, the credibility of his complaints to the [Defense Department inspector general] and to push him very close to the very edge of being able to drum him out of the Marine Corps,” Col. Siegel said. “I’ve been practicing military justice exclusively for 40 years, 25 of which were in the Marine Corps, and I have never seen anything quite this destructive carried out by people who I considered to be heroes, the commandant of the Marine Corps.”

 

[DA SWO]

I guess General Amos has not been in the news enough this month. This is his big follow-up story?
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news...whistleblower-faces-vengeance-from-su/?page=1

They are freaking idiots, Amos needs to go now.

 

[Scotth]

Ritual cleansing?

lol

Smooth like 20 grit sandpaper

 

[Chopstick]

Not one but two probes? This should drag out well beyond the General's projected retirement date.

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news...t-marine-higher-ups-suspected-in-reta/?page=1

The Pentagon inspector general has confirmed to Congress that an investigation is underway into whether Marine Corps higher-ups retaliated against an officer who accused the commandant, Gen. James Amos, of meddling in a prosecution.

In letters to House and Senate members in recent weeks, the inspector general’s congressional affairs office wrote that the Directorate of Whistleblower Reprisal Investigations has two probes underway. Gen. Amos has denied any wrongdoing.

The inspector general is trying to determine whether senior officers retaliated against Maj. James Weirick, a judge advocate at the Quantico, Va., Marine base. He was stripped of his duties last year.

 

[DA SWO]

It seemed real blatent that someone was interferring. Amos should lose a star over this case.